Event features 'elite animals'; Dubuque hosts National Ayrshire Convention

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: June 26, 2003| Author: JOHN EVERLY | Copyright information

It isn't every day you see dairy cattle in downtown Dubuque.

But this week, the Five Flags Center arena is transformed into a dairy barn - albeit an unusually elegant one - for the Grand National Ayrshire Sale.

The sale will be part of the National Ayrshire Convention, which is under way at the Holiday Inn Dubuque Five Flags.

The public can see the dairy cows today through Saturday. Organizers expect around 60 top-quality Ayrshire - reddish-brown and white cows - from ar...

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