40 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Fees, division of horse breeding $ 9,500.00 



Collections by Superintendent of Grounds 1,500.00 



Use of poultry cooping 150.00 



Receipts account of 1912 fair 253.00 



State appropriation for insurance 1,000.00 



Miscellaneous receipts 327.00 



Total receipts other than fair $ 12,730.00 



Estimated expense other than maintenance or improvements to No- 

 vember 30, 1913: 



Clerical help, division of horse breeding $ 2,100.00 



Printing 1912 report and miscellaneous expense... 400.00 2,500.00 



Expense Publicity Department other than for Pair: 



H. N. Whitney, six months salary $ 1,000.00 



Stenographer, six months salary 450.00 



Printing six editions "Greater Iowa," 7,500 each.. 485.00 



Postage on six editions "Greater Iowa" 32.00 



Cuts and electros 50.00 



Postage on 20 news letters of 400 each 80.00 



Miscellaneous printing and pamphlets 303.00 



Total publicity department $ 2,400.00 



Expense on account of 1912 fair $ 250.00 



Expense annual meeting and state agricultural con- 

 vention 484.00 



Expense board meeting with Committee on Re- 

 trenchment and Refonn 296.00 



Insurance premiums paid and due before close of 



year 2,300.00 



Miscellaneous expense 500.00 



Total expense $ 8,730.00 



Balance available for improvements 4,000.00 



Mr. Johnston moved that the secretary's salary be fixed at 

 $2,200.00 per annum, effective from April 23, 1913, in accordance 

 with House File No. 223, Acts of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly, 

 Motion was seconded by Mr. Sheldon and unanimously carried. 



The secretary presented the following resolution adopted by the 

 Des Moines Automobile Dealers' Association: 



Des Moines, Iowa, May 13, 1913. 

 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Des Moines Automobile Deal- 

 ers' Association at its meeting held May 8th, 1913, we, the undersigned, 

 agree and bind ourselves not to exhibit, either singly or collectively, at 

 the Iowa State Fair of 1913, unless released by the committee, composed 

 of Schooler and Van Vliet, who are authorized to intercede for and in 

 behalf of the automobile exhibitors. This is to insure us, as probable 



