18 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



That all machinery exhibits in the northeast part of the grounds be 

 removed to locations in the machinery department. 



That the refreshment concession for the amphitheater be run by the 

 fair management. 



That better police protection be provided for the concession depart- 

 ment office. 



That a barber shop be provided under the administration building 

 and tlie old shop abandoned. 



That the tent and awning concession be extended to allow another 

 company to operate on the grounds. 



That a paid ticket be provided for helpers to be sold with the team 

 and driver ticket, ticket to be good to pass out and in gates. 



That time for settlement of contracts be changed, setting it one 

 day earlier. 



That the roll tickets for Midway shows be put up 2,000 in each roll 

 instead of 500, and that each different priced ticket be a different color. 



Mr. Curtiss made report of the horse department with recom- 

 mendations for 1914 as follows: 



REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF HORSE DEPARTMENT. 



The exhibit in the horse department for the year 1913 was probably 

 the largest and best balanced that has ever been held in the history 

 of the fair. It was more nearly a farm breeders exhibit than ever be- 

 fore. Practically all of the large importers were absent, and the ex- 

 hibit numbering nearly one thousand head, came from the farms of 

 Iowa and other states, with one exhibit from Canada. There was no 

 state fair held in any state tliat furnished as large a proportion of the 

 entries in the horse department as the Iowa fair. The exhibit has 

 grown stronger each year in this respect. There were 148 horse ex- 

 hibitors at the last fair and 107 of them were Iowa farmers. There 

 were 43 Percheron exhibitors, and 30 of them were Iowa farmers. 



The Futurity classes for yearling draft stallions and fillies have 

 resulted in greatly strengthening the breeders exhibits from the farms. 

 The Iowa State Fair in co-operation with the Live Stock World of 

 Chicago, was the first to inaugurate this kind of a show. It has 

 since extended to a number of the other leading state fairs, and was 

 this year adopted by the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago 

 for the first time. It is universally conceded that this has been the 

 means of greatly stimulating the draft horse breeding interests of the 

 middle west. 



The light and heavy harness horse show was conceded to be the best 

 ever held at the Iowa State Fair, and probably the best ever held by 

 any state fair taking all breeds and classes into consideration. The 

 addition of the hunters and jumping classes added a feature of marked 

 interest that contributed to the attractiveness of the night show pro- 

 gram in the pavilion. The saddle horse show, as usual constituted one 

 of the chief attractions. The entries were large and the competition 

 very keen. The show of Shetland, "Welsh, Hackney and other ponies 



