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delegated to the executive committee with instructions to employ the 

 necessary help to carry out the plan as outlined by Mr. Siraond. Motion 

 seconded by Dean Curtiss and carried. 



Mr. Reeves offered the following resolution with regard to the Euro- 

 pean corn borer and moved its adoption: 



Whereas, The European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilalis) has gained a 

 foothold in Massachusetts where it has proven to be very destructive to 

 the corn and other crops and in fact the most dangerous insect ever intro- 

 duced into this country, as it not only attacks and destroys corn, our most 

 valuable crop, but thrives on the small grains, nearly all garden vegetables 

 and even the weeds of the fields and roadside^, and 



Whereas, It has been estimated that the cost of eradicating this insect 

 will be $500,000 or about ten dollars for each acre now infested; therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, That the Iowa State Board of Agriculture ask the Congress 

 of the United States to appropriate $500,000 for the eradication of the Euro- 

 pean corn borer and that we urge the Iowa Legislature now in session, and 

 all organizations of the state interested in the continued prosperity of the 

 country to pass similar resolutions and inform their members in Congress 

 of their action. 



Motion was seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried. 



The board discussed at length the appropriation bills to be presented 

 to the legislature. 



The secretary presented the following estimate on the cost of pro- 

 posed cattle bam: 



CATTLE BARN. 



Excavating ? 635.00 



Drain tile 375.00 



Concrete footing 825.00 



Cement floors . . . . : 614.40 



Brick 20,100.00 



Roofing 15,250.00 



Sheathing 10,875.00 



Rafters 4,560.00 



Sheet metal 1,469.40 



Mill work 10,445.00 



Steel 40,000.00 



Painting 1,850.00 



Hardware 675.00 



Plumbing 5,250.00 



Heating 8,856.25 



Stalls 5,559.25 



$127,359.30 

 Contractor's profit, 10% 12,735.93 



$140,095.23 

 SALE RING. 



Excavating $ 154.50 



Drain tile 45.00 



Concrete footing 132.00 



Cement flooring and Seats 2,800.00 



Brick 2,450.00 



Roofing 1,830.00 



Sheathing 1,305.00 



Rafters 550.00 



