PART I 



Synopsis of Proceedings of Iowa State Board of Agri- 

 culture and Committee Meetings. From 

 December 10, 1915 to December 

 14, 1916. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 

 December" 10, 1915. 



Committee met with members Cameron, Olson and Corey present. 



The committee instructed the secretary to notify all parties interested 

 in the protest .of awards in the Percheron filly section that there would 

 be a hearing before the committee at 2:30 p. m. Monday, December 20. 



Committee approved payment of the bill for five shares of stock in the 

 International Motor Contest Association amounting to $50. 



The secretary w^as instructed to write the secretary of the Middle West 

 state fairs calling a meeting of these fairs at the Auditorium Hotel in 

 Chicago on February lG-17 to consider propositions for music and at- 

 tractions at the 1916 fairs. 



The committee announced the appointment of the following depart- 

 ment superintendents: 



SUPERINTENDENTS OP DEPARTMENTS, 1916. 



Admissions O. A. Olson, Forest City, Director in Charge; 



N. W. McBeath, Whiting, Supt. 



Live stock sajiitation .J. I. Gibson, Des Moines 



Horses, ponies and mules Charles F. Curtiss, Ames 



Speed E. J. Curtin, Decorah 



Cattle H. L. Pike, Whiting 



Swine Cyrus A. Tow, Norway 



Poultry C. H. Tribby, Mt. Pleasant 



Implements and machinery J. P. Mullen, Fonda 



Dairy W. B. Barney, Des Moines 



Horticulture Elmer M. Reeves, Waverly 



Floriculture Wesley Greene, Des Moines 



Exposition building, textile, china, etc T. C. Legoe, What Cheer 



School exhibits E. C. Bishop, Ames 



