The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-13
LIVE STOCK At FAIR
ALL BIG BUILDINGS FILLED TO
OVERLOOKING.

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the Southern Iowa Fair are great
larger and better than last season.
They are a surprise and wonder.
In each of the classes of live stock
the show has exceeded all expectations
and additional provision has to be
made to accommodate the entries. =
Horses exceed all expectations. The
big horse barns are filled and two
sections of the speed department &C
commodations were taken, twenty
two double stalls, to provide for some
fifty head or more. One hundred and
sixty to IT'S separate entries are noted
for the consideration of the horse
judges.
This year the horse show is on a
different basis from that of last sea-
son. Glasses this year of standard
and grades, with the exception of a
couple of instances, are excluded
Some complaint against this action OF
the board was heard, but the large
entries, the superior show and the re.
suits to be obtained are proof of the
wisdom of the act. #.
| Look at this. Entries have beer
made in the following classes in ad.
dition to many special premiums and
awards: French draft, Shire horses
Clydes, Percherons, Belgians, Stand
ard Bred horses, roadsters, grades
JONES, drivers and saddlers.
The grand parade of prize winning
stock will take place Thursday after
noon before the grand stand and il
will be some big show. This Show il
itself will be well worth the price Of
the days admission, and should b.
seen by every admirer of "bettel
stock"
Swine have overrun the accommo
dations provided and the sheep barns
had to be annexed and the sheep will
be accommodated in big tent at the
west end of the sheep building. M
less than 1913 swine entries must b.
considered in the competition in the
following classes not including man!
specials: Poland Chinas, Chester
White, Duroc Jersey, Berkshire
Hampshire, Spotted Poland China. II
the class of the Duroc Jerseys Their,
are seventy-seven entries. Nineteel
entries have been made for the bes
: sow and pigs. riE @>r -
l Sheep will make creditable show
ing-larger than expected, with en-
tries in the following classes: Merino
Cotswold, Shropshire, Hampshire ant
Oxford Downs.
Extra accommodations had TO b.
secured for cattle in addition to tn
space allotted in the regular barn
, and the overflow will find space in |
great tent west of the permanent
cattle sheds, providing as much spac,
) as is afforded by the big barn.
Competition in the following classe
makes work for the judges, outside O
an unusual number of specials, ant
today a special class for baby bee
contest was created by the director
when as many as ten entries wer
brought forth. This was an uReX
pected feature. The greatest mum
Der of cattle entries are noted in tn
Shorthorn class, and then come Here
fords, Angus, Red Polled, Holstein
and Jerseys.
Many of the show animals seen a
the state fair and several of the spe
cial herds exhibited for premium a
Des Moines show are on the ground
competing for prizes here. The siz
of the stock show is surprise t.
every one.
!, The sheep exhibit which wa
crowded out of it's own barn by tn,
r swine entries, has been placed in ;
special tent between the stock pa
villions and the poultry sheds. An
other large tent has been ordered TO
: the horses and this will be erecte'
where space can be convenient.
found.
? Among the prominent sheep cxhib
itors are F. +. Warner & Sons o
, Bloomfield, showing Merinos; E. l.
Bitterman of Mason City, C. L, Stcd
, dom & Sons of Lacey, and G. L. Fo'
of New Sharon, showing Shropshires
John Graham & Sons of Eldora hav,
the Hampshire species, as also doe
Mr.. Bittcrman of Mason City. Loca
sheep men are also in the show bu
! with fewer animals.
Swine.
Among the swine exhibitors arr
the following: Poland Chinas are
shown by George Ruby of Lacey
l. M. Reed ofS Oskaloosa and thu
Lytles are prominently represented
Dickens & Son of Hedrick have {
large number of animals and the
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