lit) STATE BOARD OF AGRICITLTURE. 



'I'lio Dairy, l\)ullvy ;\iul Ajirictilturnl Ituihliniis art^ no! lni',i;'(' (Mi()u,!;ii, and 

 in I'acl. nro not t;()()(l (Mioii^h lor pcM'niancnl l)uil<lini!;s. and it. was very ditli- 

 cull for the sniuM-intcMuUMits ol" tiiese (h^paiinuMils 1<> (ako rare of (^xliihilors. 

 In I'acl, lli(>y could nol do justice to their i2;rcat o\hil)iis, and \\(> would 

 \\illin,t;iy luivo iiroviiUnl larfi;ef and IxMlor acconunodations had \vc Ixhmi in 

 lin.ancial con(htion to do so; and we should koop these (U^part nients ])ar- 

 licularly in mind wlien TutinH* ini])ro\-enients an> beiiii!; considered. 



The Horticultural Huildini;- is of a more permanent cluvr.actor and cost 

 more money than tlu* oIIkm' l>nildini;s, hut it was felt, to he out of the cpies- 

 tion to put up ;> huildini;' in this location without keepin.ii' it in haiMuony 

 with the Main iinildinj;', so called, and show some iien(M-al improviMuent in 

 I lu> way of pcM'manenl buildings, and 1 believe we mad(^ no mistaki^ in this. 



When w(> look b.ack and see what a great show Prof. \j \l. Taft produced 

 in Truifs and (lowers, and r(\Mli/,(» without doubt it was the best of anything 

 of \\\v kind at any St;»t(> l''air held, our Association .and tlu^ St.ale at lai'gc 

 should f(Hd \(>ry proud of it. 



There may be some ({uestion as to whether or not w(^ should Ikivc put up 

 such good spcMMJ barns, but ;is they were built !arg(dy at the di^sire of the 

 presid(Mit, beliexing they would be the nutans of bringing us in a nice revemie 

 from such f.arm owners of speed horses, at the time it iookivl to be a good 

 investment, ^^'e were assm-ed we would have the barns tilled practically 

 the ye.ar round at a rental of Iffl.'iO per month for each stall, and to jtrepare 

 for this, we not (udy had to build the new stables, but had to put in floors 

 and seal up and line those buill in 1 '.)()"), as tlu\\- W(M-(> nol built with the idea 

 of bluing us(m1 in winter. I'or sonie reason. 1 presume ilue to the ccMidition 

 oi the track .and gtMieral conditions with hors(MU(Mi, tlu^ anlicip.ated rev(Mnie 

 was not forthcoming. 



Tlu> bleachers at tlu> north (muI of grand stand was built at the request of 

 Mr. Hoherty, chairman of the I'^inaucial Committee, beli(>ving that this 

 would pay. tiot only in increa.sed revenue, but in giving better accommoda- 

 tions to our exhibitors. The grand stand was also enlargetl as we knew 

 it was crowded and running o\cr in 1 *)()">. and W(^ coimted {\\c additional 

 income more th.an justilied the expeuiliture to sa>" nothing oi the great con- 

 V(Mh»'nc(^ and t'ombu't of visitoi"s. 



TOIIiETS. 



The greatest criticisnt o( IDOo was our poor acciMumodation in the way of 

 toiletvS, and knowing (hat these criticisms were just, wc realized that \ho 

 njatter had to be taken in hand and placed beyond a pt^ssible chance for 

 criticism this y(\ar (lUOli). 1 think it is generally ci^iceded that we handled 

 this matter entirely satisfactory to exhibitoi^s and everyone \isiiing our 

 groimds. 



Although we had a sewer running through the grouutls, we had a somewhat 

 dillicult |H-oiH>siti(Mi to strive, as the grounds are nearly level, with very 

 little f.all, and sewtM-s have no (nitlet, as it empties into a ccnmty ditch near 

 a farm. Howexcr. we trii^l a system o\ cess ]>ools, that was perhaps some- 

 what expensive compared to .a ciMidition of a sewer running into running 

 water, which fortunately provetl all that could be desired, and worked out 

 most satisfactory. In locating the toilet buildings, we met with smne dif- 

 ficulties, as sonte locations we desired c(nild woi be used for the reason that 

 we could get no fall to the sewer. 



