12 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The rates for the tliree year period for which all the insurance is written 

 is as follows: 



Fire insurance on frame buildings $30.00 per $1,000.00 insurance 



Tornado insurance on frame buildings 6.25 per 1,000.00 insurance 



Fire insurance on permanent buildings 25.00 per 1,000.00 insurance 



Tornado insui-ance on pei-manent buildings 5.00 per 1,000.00 insurance 



The tornado insurance on permanent buildings renewed during the past 

 year has been written for $4.00 per $1,000.00. 



Mr. Curtiss moved that the board recommend to Governor Clarke 

 the reappointment of Dr. Geo. M. Chaj)pel as director of the weather 

 and crop service. Seconded by Mr. Legoe. Motion carried. 



Mr. Olson moved that the Boys' State Fair camp be continued 

 as a feature of the 1914 fair. Seconded by Mr. Mullen. Motion 

 carried. 



Mr. Pearson moved that whenever the secretary of this board 

 receives information that the county superintendent of schools will 

 not take charge of the boys' camp essay contest as desired by the 

 board, upon receipt of such information directly from the superin- 

 tendent or through failure to reply to the correspondence, that the 

 secretary shall have power to select another person to act as chair- 

 man of the committee. Seconded by Olson. Motion carried. 



Mr. Reeves moved that the premium list for the school exhibits 

 department be prepared and sent out at a discretionary date so 

 that work may be prepared during the school year. Seconded by 

 Mr. Curtiss. Motion carried. 



A committee composed of Judge W, B. Quarton of Algona, C. 

 A. Nelson of Waverly, Wilcox & Stubbs of Des Moines, and others, 

 representing the Iowa State Dairymen's association and exhibitors 

 of dairy cattle at the Iowa State Fair, appeared before the board 

 and asked for better accommodations for the dairy cattle exhibits 

 at the fair. 



The board took a recess until five o'clock in order to make a trip 

 over the fair grounds. 



Board reconvened at five o'clock. 



Mr. P. W. Branton, representing the Chicago House Wrecking 

 Company, and H. W. Byers, appeared before the board asking for 

 a refund of a portion of the amount paid for a concession at the 

 1913 fair. Hearing was continued until the following day. 



Board adjourned until 9 :30 a. m. Friday, December 12th. 



