42 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II. 



Executive Council. I am positive the law gives the commission authority 

 to make these rules and enforce them and also provides a penalty, but 

 I cannot tell you just what the penalty is or on whom it falls, whether 

 on the fair management or the exhibitor. I think if you recall when the 

 rule came out for the immunizing of hogs. At first it did cause the fairs 

 trouble, but the exhibitors discovered it was a good thing and in a few 

 years all of them immunized their hogs before they took them to the 

 fair. I think the rule on the tuberculin test for cattle is going to work 

 out the same way. I know at state fairs where they did not require the 

 tuberculin test for cattle they could not get a creditable exhibit of dairy 

 cattle. We had that experience at the state fair and we lost a good 

 many herds because we did not require the tuberculin test for dairy 

 cattle. We had required the test for beef cattle for two or three years. 

 Last year we enforced this rule of the animal health commission and 

 required everything to be tested and our dairy cattle exhibit increased 

 fifty per cent. 



Mr. Moore : I would suggest we ask Mr. Corey to get in touch 

 with Dr. Malcolm and find out about the penalty and report here 

 this afternoon. 



Mr. Cameron : Let me suggest that we get Dr. Malcolm to come 

 here himself this afternoon. 



President Estel : I will appoint Mr. Corey to have Dr. Malcolm 

 here if possible this afternoon. Let us have the next question please. 



Secretary Wilkinson: "Would it be possible for two or more 

 fairs having the same date to pool their attractions, thus securing 

 for each a change of attractions not otherwise possible for any 

 single fair to contract alone?" 



President Estel : I think this has been up before and it seems im- 

 possible. Is there anyone in the room who has successfully done 

 this who can tell about it? If no one can I think that answers the 

 question, that it is rather difficult to accomplish. 



Mr. Curtin: We did that one time at Decorah with Independence. 

 We traded acts back and forth between Independence and Decorah, 

 it is only sixty miles, but it didn't amount to anything for the work 

 entailed and we never tried it again. It made a lot of trouble and 

 the crowd didn't seem to care much for the difference and we let 

 it go at that. 



President Estel : What is the next question ? 



Secretary Wilkinson: "Don't you think it would pay the Iowa 

 fairs not located near cities to cut out the night fair?" 



(A chorus of "Nos"). 



Secretary Wilkinson : "Can the Iowa Fair Managers Association 

 arrange for a uniform scale of premiums in various departments; 

 also uniform admission charges to fairs?" 



