TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 66 



REPORT OF SECRETARY 



A. R. COREY 



The following report covers the 1919 Iowa State Fair and 

 Exposition in detail with the exception of the awards, which 

 will be published in the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture. 



A more lengthy report of the other duties of the department 

 will be included in the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture and the 

 supplement to the Year Book covering the Stallion Registration 

 Division. 



In brief, the functions of the Department of Agriculture, in 

 addition to managing the state fair, are as follows : Edit and 

 publish the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture; conduct the Stal- 

 lion Registration Division; collect farm and crop statistics with 

 the co-operation of the township assessors and county auditors ; 

 tabulate and disseminate this data to the public; conduct the 

 Publicity Department which issues a publication known as 

 "Greater Iowa;" receive and audit the reports of the county 

 and district fairs ; certify as to the correctness of these reports 

 to the state auditor and forward the state aid due each fair; re- 

 ceive and audit reports of the farmers' institutes and short 

 course associations and forward state aid due each organization. 



STALLION REGISTRATION DIVISION 



The department enrolled and issued certificates during the 

 period from January 1 to November 30, 1919, for 2,957 pure bred 

 stallions, 722 grade stallions, 641 pure bred jacks and 347 grade 

 jacks. 



The number of certificates issued show a decrease of 1,659 

 pure bred stallions, 473 grade stallions, an increase of 44 pure 

 bred jacks and a decrease of 93 grade jacks. There was a total 

 decrease of 1,732 stallions and 49 jacks during the year 1919. 



The records show that 80 percent of the stallions and 65 per- 

 cent of the jacks offered for public service in the State of Iowa 

 are of pure breeding. The supplement to the Year Book will 

 contain a complete report of the division and a directory of 

 stallions and jacks with the name of the owner. 



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