TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 115 



FINANCES 



The total receipts of the 1919 fair were $321,574.55. The re- 

 ceipts from ticket sales were $211,633.50 and from sources other 

 than ticket sales $109,941.05. 



The ticket sales at the outside gates increased $31,545.50; 

 night grandstand, $8,763.50; day grandstand $1,246.75 and night 

 stock pavilion show $1,766. 



The receipts from sources other than ticket sales increased 

 $27,056.18. The receipts of the concession department increased 

 $11,677.43; machinery department $4,502.80, and the sale of for- 

 age $6,000.38. The revenue of each of the other departments 

 showed an increase over 1918 with the exception of the speed 



department. That department showed a decrease of $2,537.75 in 

 entry fees received. This was due to the change in plan of rac- 

 ing whereby the entry fees were reduced from three percent of 

 the purse to ten dollars in seven and eight hundred dollar purses. 

 The total increase in the receipts of the 1919 fair over the 1918 

 fair was $70,379.93. 



The disbursements for expenses other than the state fair, 

 maintenance, or improvements was $12,823.53. The principal 

 items that make up this amount are expense of the Stallion Reg- 

 istration Division, $1,924.98; expenses of 1918 fair paid in 1919 



$1,120.28; curbing assessment against fair grounds $1,173.43; in- 

 surance premiums $2,836.75 and the expense incurred on account 



of the National Swine Show of $864.18. The latter item will 

 be refunded. 



The cost of maintaining the grounds and buildings was 

 $21,617.51. This is an increase of $9,949.77, a greater portion 

 of which is due to the increase in cost of material and labor. 



In order to make the bleachers safe it was necessary to make 

 extensive repairs that cost $4,223.87. Moving and wrecking 

 eighteen frame cattle barns to make room for the new cattle 

 barn cost $2,846.07. The other items for maintenance are item- 

 ized in the attached statement. 



There was expended for additional ground and permanent im- 

 provements to the grounds and buildings $105,216.08. The 

 forty-one acres of ground lying north of the race track purchased 



