Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-09-10
COUNTY FAIR IS
REMARKABLE SUCCESS
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extension department at Ames. Mr..
Quaife has rare eye for the "big
type" hog and he consistently made
the awards in the three breeds on ex-.
hibit, Poland Chinas, Duroc Jerseys.
and Chester Whites. In nearly every
class in these three breeds, there
was competition of state fair quail
ity. The Poland China exhibitors
were VIM. Keiser, Seth Hamblin, F.
Morrell Hamblin, all of Manchester.
Len Fisher OF Edgewood, Hurley
Bros. Of Ryan, and r. r. French st
Independence. Mr., French's herd in
cluded the monster three year old
boar weighing over half a ton and
many other splendid specimens Of
the breed, yet he was, as the list Of
awards will show, not able to cap
ture all Of the firsts.
Duroc-Jerseys furnished the larg-
est classes in the show, in some Of
them more than dozen entries being
driven into the ring. ]. P. Cole, a
new breeder hailing from the north
ern part Of the county, bringing with
him some pigs Of the famous Path
finder breeding, got away with good
bunch of the prize money. His pig
was made Grand Champion boar Of
the show after cleaning up the COM
petition in the junior classes.
Senior champion boar was shown
by A. 2. Sharp winning over the an
finals shown by George S. Banta and
Frank Sly as senior and junior yearl-
ings, respectively. First aged sow
was shown by Howard Cook.
Cattle Awards.
County Agent Peterson Of Wash
ington county, tied the ribbons on the
Shorthorn cattle which far outnum-
bered the entries in the other breeds
and Howard Vaughn OF Marion dis
posed OF the placings in the balance
of this department rapidly and with
much satisfaction.
In the class Of aged Shorthorn bulls
six animals were shown. Mrs. E. W..
Niederfrank exhibiting Gloster Cum
berland, took first place and also
senior and grand champion honors.
Her animal is one OF great bulk, pure
while in color and with q head and
horn of character and expression to
make the lover OF the breed grow
enthusiastic. His lines are excellent
his depth and quarters likewise, and
it was the frequent remark Of those
who looked him over that, properly
fitted, he would stand well in the best
company in the land. Below him in
class was placed the big and smooth
roam bull owned by Martin Fitzpat-
rick Of Greeley, though the judge
took considerable time in giving him
the place over the massive and snowy
bull, Secret Star, that heads the herds
Of w. B. Robinson & Sons. The aged
COW class brought out nine animals
and other classes we're nearly as
large. The list of the prize winners
does not include all OF those who
showed animals Of merit for many
good ones had to drop below third
place, so fast was the travelling. The
grand champion female was a red
senior yearling shown by w. B. Rob-
inson &s6ons, the prize going to her
after the Judge had time and again
looked her over to compare her with
the white COW shown by T. s. McRob-
erts as first in, the aged class. The
animals shown in all Of the classes
were modestly fitted but were in good
useful shape and it is but fair to say
that credit is due to the exhibitors
for the evident work they had placed
upon their entries. b
BROOKS Bros. of Hopkinton and =.
q. >,Boxwell Of Manchester staged q
tfetty duel in the Hereford classes.
Probably there has never been
breed Of cattle capable Of making
the "dress parade" that the Herefords,
do and the animals brought out by
these two firms showed creditably. Alb
.erdeen Angus numbered about thirty
head and were shown by two exhib-
itors from the southwestern part OF
the county, VIM. Carrothers and ).
w. Robinson. Both OF these herds
are headed by bulls Of great breed
ing.
Dairy Glasses.
Holsteins, Guernseys,. Jerseys and
Ayrshires with good herd of milk
ing Shorthorns made up the display
in the dairy classes The fair man
agement made up some special pre-
miums to cover some of the breeds
not provided for in the catalogue and
in doing so in the dual purpose class
they let down the bars for the Short
horn exhibitors to show their good
mich cows. This resulted in Fitz-
patrick's of Greeley getting the first
money with large red cow that
gave abundant evidence OF her abil-
ity to make money at the pail as we'll
as on the block.
Great Horse Show.
A great horse show was put up ny
the breeders Of the county. The
Belgians were numerous but good
specimens of Percherons were not
lacking. Ed Corbiser, the filter and
buyer for the Lefebure establishment
at Fairfax, Iowa, tied the ribbons
here. He found some good animals
to reward, particularly in stations
shown by the Holbert Importing COM