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lem, and work it out satisfactorily for all concerned, and I am sure if 

 we could do that, it would increase the institute work very materially at 

 the same time. I thank you. 



President: Gentlemen — In reai'ranp;ing our program for the 

 day, Mr. Burger, of I^laek Ilawk county, has kindly consented to 

 fill the place Mr. JMarsli was to occupy this afternoon. 



Now, we will listen to tlie report of the secretary. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



A. E. COREY. 



In reporting the transactions of the department of agriculture to this 

 convention I will endeavor to touch upon the more important phases of the 

 work and leave the matter of details for publication in the Iowa Year 

 Book of Agriculture, which will soon be placed in the hands of the printer. 



The following work comes under the jurisdiction of the department of 

 agriculture: 



Conducting the Iowa State Fair and Exposition. 



Conducting the Stallion Registration Division. 



Publishing the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture. 



Collecting and publishing Farm and Crop Statistics. 



Conducting the State Publicity Bureau. 



Editing Greater Iowa — monthly publication of the department. 



Receiving reports and paying state aid to county and district fairs. 



Receiving reports and paying state aid to farmers' institutes. 



Receiving reports and paying state aid to short course associations. 



THE STALLION REGISTRATION DIVISION. 



At the present time nineteen, or practically two-fifths of the states 

 in the Union, have stallion enrollment laws upon their statute books. 

 In several other states laws are being formulated which will be intro- 

 duced at the coming sessions of their respective legislatures. Stallion in- 

 spection is here to stay. At the last meeting of 'the Iowa Draft Horse 

 Breeders' association, the matter was freely discussed and the members 

 present unanimously agreed that the stallion inspection law is a necessity. 



The following statistics enumerate the number and character of licenses 

 issued from January 1, 1914, to December 1, 1914. Six thousand three 

 hundred and thirty-nine certificates for pure bred stallions; 2,683 certifi- 

 cates of soundness for grade stallions; 233 certificates for pure bred 

 jacks, and 589 certificates of soundness for grade jacks. Listing them 

 by breeds the relative standing of each breed is shown: Percherons, 

 3,164, Belgians 942, American Trotters 624, Shires 522, French Draft 512, 

 Clydesdale 332, Morgans 55, German and Oldenburg Coach 54, Shetland 

 Ponies 53, saddle horses 28, Hackneys 18, French coach 18, Suffolk 9, 

 Thoroughbreds 6, Cleveland Bays 2. Adding to this the grade stallions, 

 pure bred and grade jacks It makes a grand total of 9,844. Comparing this 

 with last year's total we find up to this date 619 more certificates are In 

 force than were issued during the entire year of 1913. 



