78 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FINANCES 

 Iowa State Fair 



The total receipts of the 1920 fair were $410,97678, divided as 

 follows : Ticket sales at outside gates, day and night grand- 

 stand, and night stock pavilion show, $270,207.25 ; from all other 

 departments of the fair, $140,769.53. 



The receipts from ticket sales at the outside gates increased 

 $41,825; day grandstand, $11,715.25; night grandstand, $4,894, 

 and the night horse show, $141.50, or a total increase of $58,- 

 573.75 in the receipts from ticket sales. 



The receipts from sources other than ticket sales from all de- 

 partments of the fair were $140,769.53. This was an increase over 

 1919 receipts of $30,828.48. The receipts in practically all depart- 

 ments showed an increase over the previous year. The depart- 

 ments that showed the greatest increases were for stall and pen 

 rent in the horse, cattle, swine and sheep departments, $6,915; 

 concessions and privileges, $7,577.02; machinery department, $5,- 

 970.40; forage department, $4,754.33, and the special premium 

 money added by breeding associations and other organizations, 

 $6,163.45. The total receipts from the fair showed an increase 

 of $89,402.23. 



The total cost of the 1920 fair was $299,287.29. The cash 

 premiums paid amounted to $112,620.15. This was an increase 

 of $27,081.84 over the amount paid in 1919. The total expense 

 of music and attractions, advertising and all the other depart- 

 ments of the fair, except premiums, was $186,667.14. This was 

 an increase of $23,124.95 compared with the same departments 

 in 1919. 



The surplus from the state fair amounted to $111,689.49. De- 

 ducting from the cost of maintenance of grounds and buildings, 

 $21,470.40, leaves a net profit on the fair of $90,219.09. 



IMPROVEMENT 



There was expended in additions and permanent improvements 

 to the state fair grounds and buildings during the past year, 

 $229,415.93. Of this amount $175,993.75 was for the new cattle 

 barn previously referred to in this report. The other improve- 



