20 IOWA DEPART.MENT OF AGRICULTURE 



petent horse shoeing service, yet tliey are helpless in securing better 

 work. It is believed that an annual horse shoeing contest and exhibi- 

 tion, where prizes liberal enough to induce the best horse shoers to 

 enter the competition may be offerejd and where the public may view 

 the work, the results will be the means of stimulating increased in- 

 terest and greater skill in this important phase of the horse industry. 

 No such exhibition has ever been held at any American fair so far as 

 I know, at any rate, not in recent years. I recommend that such a con- 

 test be established at the Iowa State Fair for 1914. 



Mr. Reeves moved that the report and classification for 1914 be 

 referred to the executive committee and the superintendent of the 

 horse department with power to act. Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Pike moved that the following changes be made in the cattle 

 classification : 



Cut out the classes for Grand Champion Steer and Grand Champion 

 Group (Classes 46 and 47). 



Cut out classification for Dutch Belted cattle. 



Add fourth and fifth premiums in the Brown Swiss and Ayrshire 

 classes, placing these two classes on a par with the Guernseys. 



Motion seconded by Mr. Olson and carried. 



Mr. Pike moved that Frank Reed Sanders of Mesa, Arizona, be 

 suspended from showing at fairs until settlement is made of amount* 

 due this department, and such suspension be reported to the Ameri- 

 can Association of Fairs and Expositions. Seconded by Mr. Shel- 

 don. Motion carried. 



Mr. Sheldon submitted requests from exhibitors for changes in 

 classification in the agricultural department as follows : 



SUGGESTED CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL PREMIUM LIST 

 FOR THE NEXT STATE FAIR. 



At a meeting of the exhibitors and assistant superintendents held 

 on the 2 6th day of August, 1913, in the Agricultural building, the fol- 

 lowing recommendations were made. 



In Class 84, field corn, premiums 1504 and 1505 be made equal in 

 amount of money awarded. 



In Class 85, sweet corn and pop corn, Class 15 30 be made to read 

 "10 ears of White Rice Pop Corn," and a class be added for "10 ears 

 pop corn any other variety." 



In Class 86, Grains and Seeds, Class 1536, be changed to large colored 

 oats; that premiums 1539 be taken out of the book; and that a pre- 

 mium for Speltz be added to the list. 



In Class No. 87, grass and forage, that there be two classes for 

 blue grass; one for hay and one for seed. 



In Class no 88, that 1561 be ripe millet for seed. 



