136 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. 



The winners and scores are Esther Brewer, of Lynn county, with a score 

 of 98.05, and Earnest Hostetter, of Grundy county, with a score of 99 per 

 cent. 



The Club Dining Hall 



The place where club folks assembled together was in the big dining 

 hall where club members and leaders were served with good substantial 

 eats. This was in charge of P. C. Taff, state club leader, assisted by J. H. 

 Hilton, of the club department. The culinary department was in charge 

 of Mrs. Mary Gregg, home demonstration agent of Marshall county. Mrs. 

 Gregg was assisted by farm women of note in Marshall county. The club 

 dining hall proved a success financially and in every other way, thanks 

 to the management. 



Everyone enjoyed the songs led by Mr. C. E. Gilman, Y. M. C. A. instruc- 

 tor, the talks, the eats and the fun, and when good-byes were said on Fri- 

 day noon, many serious good-byes were given. 



The club parade and pageant was a huge success, so everybody said. 

 After the parade the club folks enjoyed the program before the grand 

 stand. 



FINANCES 



At the beginning of the fiscal year, December 1, 1921, there was on 

 deposit with the Treasurer of the Iowa Department of Agriculture $25,- 

 279.00. The outstanding indebtedness amounted to $3,700.00, covering the 

 balance due on contract for cattle barn. The receipts from sources other 

 than fair were $11,915.82. The principal sources of these receipts were: 

 Fees Stallion Registration Division, $3,877.00; State appropriation for 

 the support of the Department of Agriculture and insurance on fair 

 ground buildings, $3,400.00; stall rent $1,016.50; pasture rent $496.73; 

 storage $876.50. The other miscellaneous items being fully set out in 

 the itemized statement. 



IOWA STATE FAIR 



The total receipts of the 1922 fair was $313,259.49. This was an in- 

 crease of $15,564.24 over the receipts of 1921. This increase was due to 

 ar. increase in receipts at the outside gates of $3,286; day grandstand 

 $10,704.75; night grandstand $1,456.50. The receipts of the Night Horse 

 Show and all other departments of the fair being about the same as for 

 1921. 



The total receipts from ticket sales amounted to $200,541.00, and from 

 all other sources $112,718.49. 



The total cost of putting on the fair was $266,275.11. This was a re- 

 duction of $27,849.00 from the cost of the 1921 fair. The cash premiums 

 were reduced $15,906.00 and the other expense of the fair $11,943.00. De- 

 ducting from the expense of the fair, the cost of the train wreck, $12,650, 

 which was put on under a contract based on an increase in gate receipts 

 on Saturday over the previous year, there was a reduction of $40,499.00 



