PROCEEDINGS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 5 



Agriculture through the township assessors were the only authentic and 

 reliable statistics available, but on account of no appropriation being 

 made to take care of the proper auditing of the county auditor's reports 

 and tabulating these statistics in the department, they were published so 

 late that they were almost worthless. He stated that the Farm Bureau 

 would favor legislation providing for an additional appropriation to pro- 

 vide the necessary help, either in the Department of Agriculture or in 

 the Weather and Crop Service Bureau, which is a division of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, to handle these statistics promptly and efficiently. 

 They would also like to have the Weather and Crop Service Bureau given 

 the necessary help so that they might extend their estimates to all 

 classes of live stock, instead of confining their estimates to farm crops, 

 as they do at the present time. 



Mr. Reed also appeared before the board and stated that at the present 

 time they were handicapped on account of the limited amount of help 

 provided for taking care of the work in the Weather and Crop Service 

 Bureau. He outlined a plan whereby the Weather and Crop Service 

 Bureau might handle the statistics collected through the township as- 

 sessors; also a plan for making an estimate on the number and value of 

 live stock on farms at least twice a year. He emphasized the fact that 

 the law should be so amended as to provide a penalty in case any one 

 failed to answer the inquiries asked by the township assessors. And 

 provision should also be made to have the township assessor's books 

 accompany the county auditor's reports, so that the latter reports might 

 be audited and verified. He made the following recommendations which 

 he thought were necessary to take care of the additional work: 



Make the representative of the United States Bureau of Crop Esti- 

 mates assistant director, and pay him, in addition to the salary paid by 

 the government, the sum of $1,080 per year. Increase the director's 

 salary from $1,800 to $2,520. Provide for one chief clerk at $1,800 per 

 year; one stenographer and clerk at $1,200; one clerk at $1,200; addi- 

 tional clerical hire, $800; traveling expenses, $1,400; making a total of 

 $10,000 annually. 



These matters were discussed at length by the Board, Mr. Cunningham, 

 Mr. Whitted and Mr. Reed and they came to the conclusion that before 

 any action was taken in this matter, they should get in touch with the 

 chairmen of the committees on departmental affairs in both the house 

 and senate. They arranged for a conference at the Savery Hotel at 7:30 

 with Senator Anderson and Representative Gilmore, chairman of the 

 committees on departmental affairs in the senate and house; also Mr. 

 Cunningham, Secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. The board 

 designated the executive committee, Mr. Weaver and Dean Curtiss to 

 represent the board at this conference. 



Wednesday, 1:30 P. M. 



Mr. F. B. Paddock, J. D. Seaman, R. S. Herrick and B. A. Brown, 

 representing the Beekeepers Association, appeared before the board and 

 presented the following recommendations for the honey and bee depart- 

 ment. They suggested that the classifications should be thoroughly re- 



