SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART II 33 



6. Marshall County Fair, Marshalltown 3,875.35 



7. Southern Iowa Fair, Oskaloosa 3,188.50 



8. Henry County Fair, Mount Pleasant 2,812.08 



9. Bremer County Fair, Waverly 2,785.56 



10. Johnson County Fair, Iowa City 2,443.80 



11. Union District Fair, West Liberty 2,368.05 



12. Lyon County Fair, Rock Rapids 2,126.25 



13. Clinton County Fair, DeWitt 2,030.75 



The total expense of eondiieting the fairs was $626,870.14, an 

 increase of 22 per cent or $105,270.24 over the cost in 1915. 



The table setting forth the number of head of live stock on 

 exhibition and the amounts paid in premiums in the various de- 

 partments shows a pronounced increase in every department over 

 last year. This not only speaks well for the count}' fairs and 

 shows they are growing along live stock and agricultural lines, 

 but it shows the additional state aid appropriated for fairs by the 

 last session of the legislature is doing for the fairs just what the 

 fair managers contended it would. 



There are presented herewith four tables compiled from the 

 .county fair reports filed with the department, which contain 

 some interesting data for fair managers. In addition to the totals 

 for 1916 the totals for 1914 and 1915 are given for comparative 

 purposes. 



Table Xo. 1 is a condensed financial statement showing balance 

 on hand at the close of last year's business, the total receipts of 

 fair, receii)ts from sources other than fair such as borrowed 

 money, stock sold, subscriptions, etc., and the grand total receipts. 

 The disbursement side of the table shows the total cost of fair, 

 indebtedness of previous 3'ears paid during current year, amount 

 expended for improvement during the year and the grand total 

 disbursements : also the cash balance on hand or overdraft No- 

 vember 1, 1916, the estimated value of grounds and buildings and 

 the present interest-bearing indebtedness. 



Table No. 2 takes into consideration the receipts and cost of the 

 1916 fairs only. The receipts are itemized as follows : receipts 

 from outside gates, grandstand and quarter stretch, entry fees, 

 speed department, concessions and privileges, miscellaneous re- 

 ceipts, state aid received and the total receipts. The disburse- 

 ments have been divided as follows: premituns paid in all de- 

 jKirtments except speed, amount paid for speed contests, cost of 

 music and attractions, miscellaneous expense, the total cost of 

 fair and lli." profit oi- loss on lli.' 1016 fair. 



