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INTRODUCTORY ^-^-^3«. 



Volume Twenty of the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture covering 

 the year of 1919 is presented herewith in ten parts. Following is 

 a summary of the contents of the various sections of the book: 



Part One contains a record of all the board, executive and special 

 committee meetings of the Iowa State Board of Agriculture held 

 during the year 1919. 



Part Two carries a complete report of the annual State Agricul- 

 tural Convention. It includes a report by the secretary of agricul- 

 ture concerning the transactions of the department for the year ; an 

 itemized statistical statement of the receipts and disbursements of 

 the state fair and statistical data pertaining to attendance, exhibits, 

 etc. ; a report of the Stallion Registration Division ; and a report 

 covering the county and district fairs, together with their attend- 

 ance, receipts and disbursements. 



The report of the Treasurer and President of the Board of Agri- 

 culture are contained in Part Two, together with a report of the 

 election of officers to the board for the year. 



Part Three details the proceedings of the twelfth annual meeting 

 of the Iowa Fair Managers' Association, containing a stenographic 

 report of all addresses and discussions taking place during the con- 

 vention. 



Part Four is an official report of the live stock awards for the 

 1919 Iowa State Fair. It also carries comments made by farm and 

 live stock papers concerning the 1919 fair. 



Part Five is the official report of the Secretary of the lowa Farm 

 Bureau Federation and a detailed statement of the first annual con- 

 vention of the organization held in Des Moines January 8-9, 1920. 



Cvi Part Six is a partial reprint of the report of the Dairy and Food 

 V- Commissioner, covering the transactions of the department and sta- 

 co tistical data on the work of the various creameries of the state. It 

 *^ also contains the account of the living cost investigation carried on 

 ''■^ by this department. A number of papers of interest to dairymen 

 ._. are presented. 



