254 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



]\Iinutes of the committee meetings and the last board meeting- 

 were read and approved. 



The following supplementary report to the board was made by 

 Secretary Simpson: 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



To the ]\Iembers of the Iowa State Board of Agriculture. 



Gentlemen : — ]\Iy report of yesterday with reference to the 

 transactions of the department w^as of necessity brief, and I desire 

 at this time, before the board takes up the work of the new year, 

 to give a more detailed report of the finances. In the statement 

 contained in our annual report the total receipts for the year 

 were shown to be $268,893.55; this included the cash ])alance in the 

 hands of the treasurer December 1, 1908, and the $100,000.00 ap- 

 propriation for the amphitheater. The receipts from various sources 

 were as follows: 



Cash balance Dec. 1, 1909 $ 2.5,328.73 



From State for amphitheater, track, etc 100,000.00 



From state for annual appropriation for insurance 1,000.00 



From fees, division of horse breeding 1,08.5.00 



From rental of grounds and concessions, military tournament. . 952.20 



From interest 588.62 



From sale of old amphitheater lumber, rental of stock pavilion 



and grounds and other collections by the superintendent 2,481.21 



From miscellaneous sources other than fair .• 169.89 



From receipts, 1909 fair 137,307.40 



Total $268,893.55 



The net receipts from sources other than the fair and the $100,- 

 000.00 state appropiation w^ere $6,257.42. They are somewhat lar- 

 ger than last year, owing to the money received from the sale of 

 old amphitheater lumber and the rental of grounds and concessions 

 from the military tournament, w^hich amounted in the aggregate 

 to about $2,000.00. In fact, these receipts total about $1,900.00 

 above our expenses which are not charged against the fair. The 

 ticket sales of the fair show a decrease of $2,889.85 over the sales 

 for the previous year, while the receipts from other sources at the 

 fair show an increase of $1,432.59 over the previous year, making 

 the aggregate receipts of the 1909 fair but $1,457.26 less than for 

 1908. The falling off in ticket sales was mo.stly the regular ad- 

 mission, day amphitheater quarter stretch and night stock pavilion 



