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TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



A. R. Corey 



Iowa Department of Agriculture and The Iozva State Fair and 



Exposition 



There is submitted herewith for the information of the delegates 

 in attendance at the County Fair Managers convention, and the 

 State Agricultural convention, a report covering the county and dis- 

 trict fairs held in the State of Iowa during the year 1922, and a re- 

 port covering the 1922 Iowa State Fair. 



The work of the Department of Agriculture will be presented 

 in the Year Book of Agriculture, and a supplement to the Year Book 

 covering the Stallion Registration Division. 



The following summary shows the number of stallions enrolled 

 by the Department from January 1, 1922, to November 30, 1922: 



The records of the Stallion Registration Division show a de- 

 crease in the number of stallions enrolled each year for the past 

 seven years. The best information at hand points to a revival of the 

 draft horse industry. The fact that draft horses' at the present time 

 are commanding good prices at the horse markets, and the fact that 

 the value of the draft horse has decreased less during the period of 

 deflation than almost any other product on the farm, lends encourage- 

 ment to the industry. 



