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In the mornings we played indoor baseball and came to know each 

 other better in these games. We were used as ushers at the ampitheater 

 and stock pavilion. Here we saw the various attractions, the wonderful 

 Lincoln Beachey, auto polo, horse and auto races, the Panama canal open- 

 ing, stock judging, and the million dollar live stock parade, We were 

 also permitted to visit the Capitol, Historical Building, and the Y. M. C. A. 



I am sure that we all learned a great deal during the week we were 

 at the fair. I learned many of the good points of animals in the boy's 

 judging contest and in visiting the many barns filled with stock. I 

 learned much about the merits of the gas engines and tractors and other 

 farm machinery. I learned about the different kinds of silos, milking 

 machines, etc. I learned how stock was judged, how an aeroplane flies, 

 how thread is wound, how wireless messages are sent, how the immense 

 crowds at the fair are handled, and, in fact, I cannot begin to tell the 

 many things of interest I learned. 



I might say that I was very much interested in the exhibits of the 

 Iowa mines and quarries, the State Board of Health, State Food and 

 Dairy Commission, parcels post exhibit and the highway commission. 



I am sure that a crowd of boys never gathered at a camp with a better 

 purpose, to have as much fun, and make the most of their opportunities, 

 than did the members of the 1914 Iowa State Fair Boys' Camp. I am 

 sure boys never enjoyed the company of each other, and of Mr. Hanson 

 and his leaders, more than I did. I believe we were all benefited in 

 some way and were glad to have been a member of the camp. We will 

 all try to meet at the fair of 1916. 



• President: We will now listen to the report of the Director 

 of the Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau, Dr. Geo. M. Chappel. 



FINAL CROP REPORT FOR THE STATE, 



DE. GEO. M. CHAPPEL, DIBECTOB IOWA WEATHEE AND CBOP SERVICE. 



Gentlemen: This is only a very brief summary of a very extensive 

 report on crop yields, prices and acreage for this year. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa Weather and Crop Service, showing the acreage, average yield per 

 acre and total yields of staple soil products, and the average price at the 

 nearest station, December 1, 1914: 



CoRX. — As in 191.3, drouth reduced the yield in the southern counties, 

 but timely and copious showers over the northern districts more than 

 made up the loss, and the state produced twenty-one million bushels more 

 than it did last year. The average yield per acre was thirty-nine bushels, 

 and the total yield, 363,689,600 bushels. The average price at the nearest 

 station was 55 cents, making the total value of the crop $200,029,280. The 

 weather during the latter half of October, and all of November, was 

 ideal for harvesting, and the quality of crop was never better. 



