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members, thus reducing expense and curtailing per diem and mileage. 

 To do this it would disenfranchise four districts of the State and leave 

 them without representation on the Board. Each member of the Board has 

 supervision over a department of the fair and his compensation is 

 $4.00 per day and mileage. If we would attempt to hire superintendents it 

 would be utterly impossible to hire men who would take the interest 

 in the department that is now shown by the directors; on the other hand 

 instead of curtailing the expense it would more than double it; for in- 

 stance, when Mr. Brown was vice-president of the board and superin- 

 tendent of concessions he was paid $4.00 per day for his services, which 

 cost the department $275.00 for the year 1910. When he went off the 

 board and the management hired him to superintend that department they 

 were obliged to pay him for his services and it cost them in the neighbor- 

 hood of $600.00. At that the board felt they were fortunate in securing 

 his services at this figure. 



I also wish to add that in 1910 Mr. Brown served as Superintendent 

 of Concessions of the Oklahoma State Fair and for thirty days' services 

 he received $500.00 and expenses. The total receipts of the concessions 

 department at the Oklahoma Fair were about $12,000, while at Iowa the 

 receipts last year were in excess of $24,000. He also served in the same 

 capacity at the Denver fair and received $500.00 and expenses for his 

 services. 



MEETING STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

 APRIL 9, 1913. 



The board convened at 2 :00 p. m. with the following members 

 present: Cameron, Olson, Corey, Johnston, Reeves, Ciirtin, Went- 

 worth. Summers, Mullen and Pike. 



The secretary presented the following revision of the premium 

 list for the approval of the board; these revisions having been 

 made in accordance with action taken by the board at the annual 

 meeting in December and by recommendations of the superin- 

 tendents of the various departments. 



HOESE DEPARTMENT. 



Mare and foal — Percherons $25 $15 $10 $5 $55 



Mare and foal — Clydesdale 25 15 10 5 55 



Mare and foal— Shire 25 15 10 5 55 



Mare and foal— Belgian 25 15 10 5 55 



Mare and foal— Standard Bred 15 10 5 3 33 



$253 

 Stallion, mare or gelding any age, three gaited-combincd harness 



and saddle horse, $50, $35, $25, $15, $10 $ 135.00 



Hunters and high jumpers (New class) 575.00 



Military horses (New class) 105.00 



Increase $ 1068.00 



Decrease in mule classification 25.00 



Net increase in horse department $ 1043.00 



