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hibits not only occupied every foot of available floor space in the 

 large exhibition halls but the heavy machinery filled every avail- 

 able foot of outside space, and, in fact, overflowed and occupied 

 a block of ground which heretofore had been occupied by con- 

 cessions. It was very evident that arrangements must be made 

 in the near future to provide more outside space for heavy ma- 

 chmery exhibits. 



One of the outstanding features of the machinery exhibit was 

 the motor driven and motor drawn vehicles and implements. 

 For the convenience of the dealers, the passenger car and truck 

 exhibit was combined and occupied 70,000 square feet of floor 

 space in machinery hall. 



The outstanding features of the agricultural exhibit which 

 completely filled the agricultural building were seventeen county 

 exhibits staged by the county farm bureaus and thirteen in- 

 dividual farm exhibits. These exhibits covered a wide range of 

 products and were arranged in an attractive manner. 



One of the features of this year's fair, which is entitled to 

 special mention, is the junior department which was practically 

 a complete fair in itself. The boys and girls of Iowa, who are 

 doing club work, are entitled to praise for the showing made. 

 In the live stock departments, 122 boys and girls exhibited 140 

 head of baby beeves; 167 boys and girls exhibited 310 pigs; 3 

 boys and girls exhibited 6 sheep; and 150 boys and girls ex- 

 hibited 459 birds in the poultry department. In addition to 

 these exhibits, the State College Building, which was set aside 

 for the boys and girls club work this year was well filled and 

 demonstrations by teams representing the difl^erent counties were 

 staged daily. 



The total attendance for the ten days of the fair was 383,836. 

 This was 24,311 less than the total for 1919. This small slump in 

 attendance was due to the weather conditions after Monday 

 of the second week, and partly to the shortage of labor, high 

 prices and similar factors which led many persons to forgo a 

 vacation trip during 1920. The attendance figures show that up 

 until Monday night, August 30, there was an increase of 16,125. 

 During the balance of the week, however, the weather was not 

 favorable. Considerable rain fell in the territory surrounding 

 Des Moines which made the roads almost impassable. The 

 mornings were cloudy, accompanied by a slight, drizzly rain. 

 In other words,. it was just the kind of weather that would dis-. 



