Anthan states, "My credentials for covering agriculture were established in my first several weeks working for the Des Moines Register when I was assigned to cover the Iowa State Fair. And immediately--which is a treasured assignment, since the book “State Fair” was written by a Des Moines Register reporter--and I immediately identified in the caption some purebred swine as Herefords. It was the only time in my 40-some-year career at the Des Moines Register that I heard the words, “Stop the presses”."