32 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



SPRING STALLION SHOW. 



The Second Spring Stallion show held at the fair grounds, Feb- 

 ruary, under the management of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 brought out good rings in the Percheron division, but the Bel- 

 gian, Shire and Clydesdale rings were rather light. There were 

 fifty Percherons, eleven Belgians, five Shires and six Clydesdales 

 entered. Two weeks previous to the show a spell of rainy weather 

 followed by zero temperature covered the entire state with a coat- 

 ing of ice and a good many exhibitors who Avould have come other- 

 wise preferred to leave their horses in the stalls rather than take 

 the risk of getting them to the shipping point over the bad footing. 

 The cash prizes amounted to $950. The second annual auction 

 sale under the management of the Iowa Draft Horse Breeders' As- 

 sociation was held in connection with the show and they disposed 

 of 125 head of horses. 



COUNTY AND DISTRICT FAIRS, 1916. 



Daring the past season county fairs were held in seventy-seven 

 counties in the State. Fifty-eight counties held one. fair each, 

 two held two each and three held three each, making a total of 

 jiinety-nine fairs for the season. 



As usual a few fairs eneountered rainy weather and met with 

 f3iiancial loss. Taking all fairs into consideration, however, they 

 were unusually successful this year. Sixty-seven showed a profit 

 of $62,230.80 and thirty-two a loss of $18,895.06. 



The total attendance was 1,272,479, which is an increase of 

 156,874 and an average attendance for each fair of 12,853. The 

 gate receipts increased $73,832.11, or 24 per cent over last year. 



The ninety-nine fairs paid out in cash premiums, other than for 

 speed events, $144,703.25. This is an increase of $27,264.15 or 

 23 per cent over last year. 



The state aid amounted to $56,870.67, which is an increase of 

 $8,784.69 over the amount received last year and an average of 

 $574.45 for each fair. 



The folowing thirteen fairs paid in excess of $2,000 in pre- 

 miums whicli entitled them to $800 the maximum amount of state 

 aid : 



1. Burlington Tri-State Fair, Burlington $10,923.25 



2. Sioux City Live Stock Fair, Sioux City 8.753,50 



3. Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress, Waterloo 5,283.88 



4. North Iowa Fair, Mason City 5,024.65 



5. Cedar Valley Fair, Cedar Falls 4,204.66 



