BOTANICAL 



PART I 



Synopsis of Proceedings of the Iowa State Board of 

 Agriculture and Executive and Special Com- 

 mittee Meetings for the Year 1922 



SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING 

 Sioux City, January 3-4, 1922. 



In accordance with previous arrangements, the special committee con- 

 sisting of Cameron, Mullen, Corey and Curtin met at the West Hotel, 

 Sioux City, with representatives of the Northwest Iowa Fair Circuit and 

 members of the Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota Racing Circuit. 



Inasmuch as no representative of the Minnesota State Fair or the 

 Nebraska State Fair was present, the forming of the state fair circuit 

 was postponed with the understanding that the meeting would be held 

 during the February meeting of the International Association of Fairs 

 and Expositions in Chicago. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 

 January 26-27, 1922. 



Members present Cameron, Mullen and Corey. 



The president and secretary signed vouchers for the state aid of 

 $2,400 for the support of the Department of Agriculture and $1,000 for 

 insurance on buildings, repairs, etc. 



The committee fixed the date for the next meeting of the board for 

 March 7 and 8. 



The secretary was authorized to employ a stenographer to assist in 

 the Publicity Department and in preparing material for the Year Book, 

 as soon as her services were required. 



The secretary was authorized to place an order for 3000 hangers to 

 be used in advertising the state fair. 



• The committee went over the pay rolls of the superintendents of the 

 various departments for the purpose of working out a budget for 

 each department, to be recommended at the board meeting on March 7. 



The committee also decided to recommend that the auto parking de- 

 partment be consolidated with the police department. 



The committee approved payment of bills on file. 



SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING 



Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, February 20-24, 1922. 

 The special committee, consisting of the executive committee and 

 ^-Director Curtin, met at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, February 

 ^20-24, inclusive, for the purpose of attending the following meetings: 



