TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART YI 247 



MEETING OF STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Board Room, Administration Building, State Fair Grounds. 

 Friday Afternoon, Sept. 3, 1909. 



Board met with the following members present : Cameron, Brown, 

 Simpson, Johnston, Phillips, Reeves, Curtin, Packard, Curtiss, 

 Ledgerwood, McDonald, Olson, Pike and Gilbertson. 



jMinutes of the last session of the board in April and of the execu- 

 tive and special committee meetings in vacation were read and ap- 

 proved. 



Secretary presented pay rolls as follows : 



Art department , $ 492.90 



Speed department, including bill of superintendent for expenses 



incurred attending special committee meeting prior to tho fair. . 590.00 



President's department 15.75 



Horticultural department 63.85 



Floricultural department 64.00 



Dairy deparcmcT- ', 20o.C0 



Press bureau 109.50 



Ticket department 304.50 



Horse department, including judges and ring master for night 



show in the stock pavilion 890.50 



Treasurer's department, including ticket sellers, guards, etc., also 



rental of automobile : 1,121.21 



Admissions department 2,541.50 



Police department 1,715 50 



Agricultural department 275.00 



Machinery department 317.45 



Swine department 477.50 



Cattle department 651.50 



Mr. ]\rcDonald moved that the foregoing pay rolls be allowed, 

 seconded by Mr. Curtiss. ^Motion prevailed. 



Mr. Curtiss offered the following additional rule for the premium 

 list of 1910. to apply to the horse department unless the board 

 saw fit to include it in otlier departments : 



"Special prizes will not be accepted for classes that do not conform to 

 the regular classification .^or ihe department in which they belong unless 

 for urgent reasons satisfactory to the executive committee and the super- 

 intendent of the department in which they are offered. Specials must 

 carry money prizes or articles of intrinsic value. Cups, medals or other 

 cirticles offered as specials must be in the hands of the secretary on the 

 opening day of the fair or awards will not be made." 



The matter was discussed and on motion the rule was extended 

 to include all departments and carried. 



