104 Value of Live Stock Shows to Students, [may, 



of Iowa College, was won on this occasion by Ohio ; and the 

 one for cattle, sheep, and swine, held by Ohio, went to the 

 Ontario College. The Ohio students led in cattle and horse- 

 judging, Texas in swine, and Ontario in sheep. The latter, 

 however, scored the largest combined number of points in 

 judging cattle, sheep, and swine, with Iowa second. In a 

 maize-judging competition Iowa won a bronze trophy previously 

 held by the Kansas Agricultural College. 



The Experiment Station Record observes that the spirit of 

 good-natured rivalry, which this competition engenders, is a 

 healthy one, and serves as a stimulus both to students and 

 instructors. The opportunity to measure swords with another 

 institution is helpful to the boys and to those responsible for 

 their instruction. The experience of taking part in such a con- 

 test is valuable, helping to develop confidence, self-reliance, and 

 decision. Properly managed, the students' judging contest 

 becomes an attractive and valuable feature of the show, and, 

 incidentally, it attracts attention to the Colleges and to the 

 practical nature of their work. 



This annual Exhibition, which is the largest Live Stock Show 

 in the United States, is visited by numbers of students from 

 Agricultural Colleges. Seventeen States and the Province of 

 Ontario v/ere represented in 1905. There were about a hundred 

 students each from Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska, large numbers 

 from the Colleges nearer by, like Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, 

 and Ohio, thirty from Colorado, ten from Texas, several from 

 Kansas, Missouri, and Louisiana, and eighteen from Ontario. 

 Great advantage is taken of the educational facilities afforded 

 by the collection of choice specimens of the different breeds of 

 live stock, and the students not only v/atch the judging in the 

 ring, but go round the Show under the guidance of an instructor 

 and have the points of the animals explained to them. 



The Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations also send 

 stock for exhibition, there being no less than 275 entries by them 

 in ninety-five different classes, largely in the fat stock, sheep, 

 and s\\ ine classes, although there were several in the breeding 

 classes and among the horses. Six Colleges also showed in the 

 dressed carcase classes. The grand championship of the fat 

 stock show was won by the Iowa State College with an Angus 



