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increased state aid. They considered that more important than anything 

 else. There was another bill introduced in the legislature, in the House, 

 that provided for a different method of selecting members of the Board 

 of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture, than that by which they are 

 selected at the present time. The committee did not take action on that 

 bill because they were not directed to by this body. The bill did not pass. 

 We thought that that bill was up to the individual members of the organ- 

 ization. There was another bill known as the Aldrich bill which was 

 introduced and that is all. It stopped. It is unnecessary to go into 

 details in regard to that bill. 



In closing the remarks I have to make I want to say this, that I noticed 

 a tendency among some of the members of the legislature to favor an 

 appropriation which would go just far enough to give their fair all the 

 aid that could be obtained. When we asked these gentlemen why they 

 took that action, in some cases the reply came, "our fair would only get 

 this amount, it does not interest us to any further extent and we will 

 vote against it." I do believe, gentlemen, in all fairness to the larger fairs 

 in this state that they should have had more assistance from the state 

 than they have gotten. A district fair is nothing more than a broadening 

 of the county fair and as such it is doing the same service, and if we 

 have exhibits of live stock at our county fairs, and we have a district fair 

 that they bring the best of these exhibits to, the county fair and the dis- 

 trict fair encourage them in their resolution to go to the state fair, and 

 we want to develop the whole thing for the good of Iowa. 



In conclusion I recommend to this body that their Resolutions Com- 

 mittee draw up a resolution thanking these various men whom I have 

 mentioned as members of the legislature and if you see fit send a copy of 

 that resolution to every one of the men who gave such valuable assistance 

 in increasing state aid this year. I thank you. 



President Hoffman : Gentlemen, you have heard the report of 

 the Legislative Committee. Are there any questions? If not 

 we will pass on to the queston box. The Secretary will explain 

 this to you. 



Secretary Bacon : This is an educational meeting, and if you 

 have any questions that are worrying you it would be a good 

 thing for all of us if every representative or anybody interested in 

 a fair to deposit a question in that box so we can use this as 

 part of our time at the banquet this evening — something which 

 we all have a chance to answer and have a chance to find out and 

 bring it to the attention of these members. 



The meeting then adjourned until 1 :3>0 P. M. 



