110 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



During the year 1913 there were 88 county fairs held in that state; fifteen 

 of these fairs received the limit of $4,000.00 and the average amount 

 received by all fairs was $2,841.00. 



The State of Ohio pays the county and district fairs on a basis of two 

 cents for each inhabitant of tlie county. They have a provision in their 

 law providing that the state aid paid to any fair shall not exceed the 

 sum of $800.00 in any one year. Ohio held 88 fairs in 1914 and 78 re- 

 ceived the full amount of state aid. 



In the State of Nebraska the county and district fairs receive from 

 the county treasurer a sum equal to five cents for each inhabitant in the 

 county, upon the basis of the last vote for the Member of Congress in 

 said county, allowing five inhabitants for each vote. 



In the State of Missouri the county and district fairs receive from the 

 state an amount equal to 30 per cent of the premiums paid. They have 

 a provision in their law to the effect that no fair shall receive to exceed 

 $300.00. In addition to this the county may appropriate $100.00 for 

 premiums to be awarded at the fairs in accordance with the rules and 

 regulations of the society. In counties having seventy thousand inhabit- 

 ants or more the county may appropriate $1,000.00 for the same purpose. 



In the State of Indiana the county commissioners may appropriate 

 and pay to agricultural fair associations a sum equal to one cent on the 

 hundred dollars valuation of the taxable property of such county. This 

 money must be used in the payment of premiums on agricultural and 

 horticultural products and live stock. 



