328 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



into the schoool fund of the county in which the cases were prose- 

 cuted. 



County attorneys have reported a total of $3,920.00 in fines col- 

 lected and turned over to the county treasurer of the state as a result 

 of prosecutions instituted by this department, and rebates to the 

 amount of $3,000.00 have been collected for Iowa purchasers as rein- 

 bursement for shortages in food value of concentrated commercial 

 feeding-stuffs delivered from foreign states. Items enumerated 

 above show the total collections of the department to be $68,541.76. 



The total salary and expense of the department was $75,240.55. 



There being but $7,698.79 more than our receipts paid for the 

 maintenance of the department, shows that the department is prac- 

 tically self-sustaining. 



From the above figures we learn that the per capita tax of main- 

 taining the department is less than one-third of a cent. This figure, 

 so far as I am able to determine, is the lowest required by the depa^- 

 ment of any state for the enforcement of effective pure food, dairy 

 and weight and measure laws. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK. 



The educational phase of our work has been given considerable 

 attention this year. The rapid increase in price of most of our sta- 

 ple foods has called for greater economy in many homes. It has 

 been our desire to acquaint the housewife with facts pertaining to 

 the nutritive value of the various foods in order that the consumer 

 may be better enabled to meet the demands of the body and purse. To 

 this end we have exhibited at our larger fairs a practical demonstra- 

 tion of the value of our staple food-stuffs. We have also issued news 

 letters from time to time to the public press of this state. These 

 letters go to the agricultural press, to three to four hundred weekly, 

 and a number of daily papers. AVe find that they give us a way to 

 keep the public well informed on current food subjects. The letters 

 are designed to supply information which will promote more careful 

 buying and assist in the work of the department. 



We have supplied a demand for speakers from this department to 

 give talks at Dairy Picnics, Dairy Trains, Farmers' Institutes, Pure 

 Food Shows, Chautauquas and Women's Club meetings. We believe 

 that a better acquaintance with the laws on the part of the manu- 

 facturing and jobbing interests and the consumer is a step forward 

 in food law enforcement. In our talks before women's clubs we 

 never fail to impress upon them the fact that neither the proprietor 



