Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-20
CATTLE, SWINE AND SHEEP TO
BE SEEN IN ALL THEIR
PERFECTION.
IOWA EXPOSITION SETS
PACE FOR OTHER FAIRS
Choicest Breeding Herds and FIocks
Of Country to 30 Exhhited-Euro-
pean War to Cut Exhibit Of Imported
Horses-swine to Be Featured-Fair
Opens Aug. Is.

/ Des Moines, Aug. 20.-The sixty-first
annual Iowa state fair and exposition
will be formally opened Wednesday.
: Aug. %.
The opening of the Iowa fair marks
the beginning of the fair season in this
great AGRICULTURAL region. The week
following Sept. 3. closing date, the state
fairs Of Nebraska and Minnesota will
be held. Then will come the Kansas
fair, and those in the Dakotas, and so
held the distinction of showing the
way to the others, but she leads in
other respects as well.
Herds Divide Here.
The live stock show of the Iowa
fair always has been known as the
highest and best held in connection
with any state fair. None Of the 9TH
ers can compare with it in the num-
Der Of entries. The owners of the
large herds show here, and then some
go to Hamline, Mimi, and others to
Lincoln, Neb.
Practically all of the stock to be
shown is owned in Iowa. Altho Wyo-
ming can show greater returns from
her sheep industry. and no state can
surpass Missouri in raising mules. ard
Wisconsin leads in the matter Of dairy
cattle, Iowa will lead the union as
stock raising state. Texas alone can
boast OF more stock, but Texas is some
five times larger than Iowa. Every
thing considered, Iowa's resources and
output Of horses, cattle. sheep. swine,
and mules puts her at the head of the
list as live stock producing state.
Iowa Would Exhibit.
There will be some 100000 worth
of livestock in the stalls and pens at
the coming fair. The choicest breed
ing herds and focks of the country
will be there. and, as was said. the
cream of them all, as we'll as the bulk,
has been raised on Iowa feed and is
Iowa owned. In this department the
cash premiums, exclusive Of the purses
offered for the speed events, amount to
s41,4s9. When the money to be award
ed to winners on the track Is includ-
ed the sum is raised to s57,569. In
addition there are also several valuable
cups, trophies, and medals offered by
Citations.
In the Shorthorn class, where sew
enteen out of the thirty exhibitors are
Iowans, 1850 in premiums is offered.
In the Hereford class $4,000 is to be
won. The sum Of s2.25O will be divid-
ed among the owners Of the prize win
ming Aberdeen Anguses. In the CAL
,o-ay c!ass the premiums amount to
1904, and in the Polled Durham, 1888.
Awards totalling 1884 are posted for
the best bred Red Polled cattle. The
popularity OF the beef cattle over the
dairy animal in Iowa is noticed in the
difference between the premiums Of
fered for the two kinds. However. the
awards in the latter class are large
enough to draw not only the best cattle
in this state. but also that from our
neighbors, as well. Premiums amount
ing to 1855 are offered in each OF the
four classes to be shown at the fair.
These classes are: Holsteins, Guern-
seys, Jerseys, Ayrshires and Brown
Swiss.
Fewer Imported Horses.
Because OF the discontinuance Of the
horse importing industry on account
of the war in Europe there will be
fewer imported draft horses in tile
stables this year. But in their place
will be magnificent array Of Iowa
bred forseAesh that compares more
than favorably with the aristocrats
across the Atlantic. The largest ex-
hibit Of any one breed will be in the
Percheron class. Twenty-six Of the
thirty three to enter In this contest
are Iowa breeders The show Of Bel
CLANS will push the others closely for
first place In the attention of the ex-
perts, and out Of the twenty breeders
entered In this division, eighteen are
citizens Of this state There will be
twelve exhibitors of Clydesdales and
but one OF them lives outside Of Iowa
In the Standard bred division thir-
teen Iowans have entered horses. In
addition, one breeder each from Mis-
souri, and Illinois has entered a string.
In but one Of the horse departments
will anything like a preponderance OF
entries be found coming from outside
of the state. That is the saddle horse
division. All told. there are seventy
six animals entered. and forty-six Of
them come from Missouri.
Swine to BE Featured.
In raising of swine Iowa easily
leads the rest of the country. and this
department will be one Of the features
Of the livestock show. All of the best
known breeds will be well represented
IN the pens in the swine pavilion, and,
as in other departments tempting cash
premiums are to be awarded to the
winners. There will be Poland Chnas,
! Berkshires, Chester Whites, Duroc Jer-
seys Yorkshires, Tamworths and
|! Hampshires from all parts Of Iowa and
| the surrounding states. The Hamp-
| shire hog Is q comparatively new one
in this part Of the country, but one
that is proving very popular with
breeders It has been predicted by
some authorities that this Is the COM
ing breed Of Iowa. Without doubt, the
!, farmers will devote q great deal of at
tentfon to this class
The newly completed sheep barn
at the fair grounds adds incentive to
flock owners TO show their sheep at
! the Iowa state fair. Iowa sheep are
coming to the front rapidly. both in
numbers and quality. II N predicted
that when the value Of the flock OF
sheep to farm becomes moro gener-
ally known there VIII scarcely be q
farmer in the state without at leaS,
one flock on his land
| In all the livestock show this year
will be one that every Iowan may well
be proud Of Il Will be Of special in
terest to the Iowa breeders because the
Iowa commission to tlse Panama e.