36 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



REPORT OF SECRETARY 

 A. R. COREY. 



Following the custom adopted for the past few years, I am 

 submitting herewith a printed report covering the activities 

 of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa State Fair 

 for the year ending November 30, 1920. 



This report deals primarily with the Iowa State Fair and the 

 county and district fairs held during the past year. A complete 

 report covering the proceedings of the State Board of Agriculture 

 and work performed by the Department of Agriculture will be 

 presented in the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture, and a supple- 

 ment containing a report of the stallion registration division. 



In brief, the statute provides that the State Board of Agri- 

 culture shall conduct the annual state fair and that the officers 

 and directors shall constitute the board of managers for the 

 fair. The statute also provides that the Department of Agricul- 

 ture shall collect the farm and crop statistics annually through 

 the township assessors and county auditors, tabulate and pub- 

 lish same in the Year Book of Agriculture. The Department also 

 receives and audits the reports of the county and district fairs, 

 farmers' institutes and short courses, certifies the correct reports 

 to the Auditor of State and remits the state aid due these 

 organizations. 



The Department has also maintained for a number of years 

 a publicity bureau at the expense of the State Fair. During 

 the period from May to October first the activities of this bureau 

 deal primarily with the state fair, and the balance of the year 

 with subjects along agricultural and live stock lines. The mat- 

 ter is disseminated through the department publication "Greater 

 Iowa" and news bulletins. 



The stallion registration division, which will be covered more 

 completely in the supplement published later, enrolls all stallions 

 and jacks offered for public service, sale, exchange or transfer in 

 the State of Iowa. During the period from January 1, 1920 to 

 November 1^ 1920, the departm.ent enrolled and issued certifi- 



