4 • IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Board convened at one o'clock with members present as at the 

 morning session, also Dr. R. A. Pearson, ex-officio member of the 

 board. 



The secretary made the following report to the board : 



SECRETARY'S REPORT TO BOARD. 



The purpose of my report to the board is to call your attention to a 

 number of matters that should have your attention and action at this 

 time; to briefly analyze the financial condition of the department and to 

 call your attention to the many needed improvements that have been dis- 

 cussed by the executive committee and members of the board. 



I am aware that it will not be possible to make all the improvements 

 mentioned, but it is for the board to decide which shall be made, and I 

 trust you will give them careful consideration before any action is taken. 



By referring to the printed financial statement you will note the bal- 

 ance on hand December 1, 1913, is $18,759.32. 



I have made a careful analysis of the receipts other than fair which 

 come from the fees of the division of horse breeding, fair ground col- 

 lections by the superintendent of grounds, the appropriation of $1,000.00 

 for insurance and $2,400.00 for the support of the department. 



I have also analyzed the expense other than for fair or improvements 

 which consists of salaries and clerical help for the division of horse breed- 

 ing, the expense of printing certificates and the annual report of that divi- 

 sion, the salaries of the superintendent of the publicity department and 

 one stenographer, cost of printing and mailing "Greater Iowa" and other 

 pamphlets published by the publicity department, the insurance premiums 

 which will amount to $1,400.00 during 1914, and the maintenance of 

 grounds and buildings, which has amounted to between $6,000.00 and $7,- 

 000.00 each year for the past two years. 



I have reached the conclusion that the receipts other than fair will take 

 care of the expense other than fair or improvements. Therefore the board 

 may appropriate for permanent improvements the balance on hand and 

 such amount as you may wish to anticipate from the receipts of the 1914 

 fair. 



One proposition that should have the attention of the board in the way 

 of improvements is the purchase of nine lots at the southwest corner of 

 the grounds. As soon as this ground can be secured I believe the street 

 running north and south immediately east of the street car entrance 

 should be continued to the south line and an automobile entrance put in at 

 that point. Mr. Olson can tell you that the vehicle entrance on Rock 

 Island Avenue is not adapted for the handling of automobiles and that the 

 main automobile entrance on Grand Avenue will soon prove inadequate to 

 handle the traffic if it continues to increase the way it has for the past 

 two years. In fact, it was congested during the last fair on several days. 

 I might also add that a number now use Dean Avenue — on which this new 



