440 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 



Dated at Des Moines, Iowa, May 18, 1921. 



Approved by 



DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSION 

 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 

 ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION 

 LEAGUE OF IOWA MUNCIPALITIES 

 STATE DAIRY COUNCIL 



This department has nothing to do with the enforcement 

 of the law having for its purpose the eradication of tubercular 

 cattle. We work in close co-operation with Dr. Peter Malcolm, 

 State Veterinarian, but all correspondence in this matter should 

 be addressed to him. 



PROPOSED DAIRY BUILDING AT FAIRGROUNDS 



In my 1920 Report, I called the attention of the Legisla- 

 ture in the following language : 



''An appropriation for the erection of a dairy building at the State 

 Fair will be asked from the Legislature this winter. That Iowa's great 

 dairy industry should have only two small booths and a refrigerator dis- 

 play to represent it, at the greatest of all state fairs, is a matter of great 

 surprise to visitors from other states. This apparent indifference to the 

 dairy industry has been a source of considerable dissatisfaction to the 

 various dairy organizations throughout the state. Complaints from ex- 

 hibitors of dairy machinery and supplies are growing more numerous each 

 year, until they have now reached the stage where threats to discontinue 

 exhibiting are being heard. It is my opinion that this building should be 

 second to none in the country. Besides ample space for the exhibiting of. 

 dairy machinery and supplies, it should be large enough to permit of the 

 serving of dairy products and contain a w^orking model of all phases of 

 dairy manufacturing. By this, I mean that a creamery, market milk 

 plant, ice cream factory, and cheese factory should be in actual operation 

 each day of the fair. The opportunity to carry on educational w^ork 

 among the men of Iowa's dairy i^lants by model factories of this kind is 

 very great. Not only would a building of this kind possess great educa- 

 tional value but it w^ould be a source of considerable revenue to the fair 

 board." 



The above was written early in the summer, by the time 

 the Legislature convened, agricultural products had taken such 

 a drop and conditions were such that it seemed unwise to do 

 anything or urge the erection of such a building, until materials 

 and labor had declined in price in something like the same pro- 

 portion as farm products. 



