Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-16

Whites. c. G. Ogier and H ShowaIter.
of near here. G. {. Paul Laurel: O. J.
! Brouhard. Colo: and Walter Smith.
Melbourne all have d-sized herds
G. W. Kellogg. of LeGrand was the
first exhibitor of Hampshires AZ the
county fair. There was time when ne
had no competition. This year there is
double the number of Hampshires ever
SHOWN before. and oddly enough most
OF them come from the vicinity of Lee
Grand ard Dunbar. In addition TO the
elder Kellogg. he and his son. Evans &
kiery. A G. Bryngleson. all of IeC;rand:
ara w +. fingst, OF State Center, have
good sized herds entered
Some Splendid Sheep.
Altho the number of sheep is COM
paraIively small the quality is splendid
TIE two big exhibitors are botn from
adjoining counties John Graham 4
son. Of Eldori. are here with spl.ntiia
droves of oxford and Hampshirc
Downs. W. A. Taylor & Son Of Aules.
have an equally good lot OF Shropshire
and Cotswolds entered.
Blue eioods Among Cattle.
There are real aristocrats among the
cattle. Including bo-h domestic and i'm.
ported individuals whose blood is an
pure as generations OF breeding and Sc
lection can make 1t. There are some
nerds and herd leaders that are state
prize winners.
OF particular interest. because they
are from a distance and have never
shown here before no less than because
OF their quality, are three herds. Two
of them are Shorthorns one of s,,ven-
teen head Of Bates breed. owned by w.
A. Riddle. Chaplin: and another of
eighteen Scotch Shorthorns, entered
| from the Wisner estate farm near Ell
( dora The third is the nerd OF seventeen
Jerseys owned by the Shoemaker Van
Peit- Mayne Company, of Waterloo.
The Wisner herd is led by the herd pull
count Avondale- for which II is said H.
W. Emeny. manager-of the estate, paid
$1,000 last year. The Riddle herd has
at its head the herd bull BenwiIdon. a
, 5000 pound individual and a whale of
a bull. Another Shorthorn exhibitor IS
William Wickersham, of Melbourne,
who has herd of eighteen entered.
! The Riddle herd is entered as grass fed
stuff. as dual purpose cattle. such as
would appeal to the acreage 10 rmer.
| j. II. Packer, of Clemens. Is on the
ground with fourteen Red Polled cattle,
I ~iiA tiic LIcISiOTu tEciuQe IL
| T. Maiden & Son, Tama: b. r.. Bishop
State Center. and Smith & Norton, OF
near this city.
Horses Below Average Number.
| The horse division is below the aver
age. due tn unfavorable weather and
sickness among animals exhibited al
other fairs recently. Among the ex.
hibitors are HiIderbrand Bros. OF Glad
brook. who have a good-sized string OF
sCiydes and Belgians: Dan Jordon, Of
st. Anthony. who Is showing Shires
and Aaron Coulter. Of Conrad. who ha.
Belgians.
Poultry Exhibit Large.
| For the first time in the history o
the fair the poultry exhibitors hav,
had the advantages Of suitable ex.
hibition hall. To show their apprecia
ton the exhibitors have eclipsed any
thing il the way OF a poultry show
| ever attempted, and the show has al
wa5s Sss: large. and equal almost ii
number and quality to the state show
Over 1000 birds are shown.
The Rock" family leads in number
followed closely by the Reds" Wyan
dottes are third, Orpift0ns fourth. an
Leghorns fifth. All other imaginabl
breeds are represented. including man
Of the Mediterranean. the difYeren
Asiatics. etc. Judge A. b. Shaner. o