FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 93 



IOWA STATK ] AUl AM) EXI'OSITION. 



In my report of the fair I do not believe there is anything I could 

 say that would add to the glory of the fifty-ninth Iowa state fair and ex- 

 position. The fair was so thoroughly reported by all the leading agri- 

 cultural, live stock, and daily papers that you have all become acquainted 

 with its success long before this. 



Therefore, I am going to make a brief report concerning the exhibit, 

 attendance, and receipts and disbursements. The printed report which 

 will appear in a pamphlet now in the hands of the printer and later 

 on in the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture, will contain some of the 

 opinions of the fair by leading editorial writers, as chronicled in the 

 agricultural and live stock press. 



It is a -difficult matter to judge what effect advancing the ojjening 

 day from Saturday morning to Friday morning and closing Friday morn- 

 ing instead of Friday night, had on the attendance at this years fair 

 and on account of this change it is not possible to compare the daily 

 attendance with that of last year. I am of the opinion that if the rail- 

 roads would inaugurate special train service on Friday, Saturday and 

 Sunday instead of waiting until Monday as they did this year the plan 

 would work out satisfactorilj*. If the railroads do not see fit to do this 

 it might work to disadvantage to the fair financially should we have 

 rain on Monday and Tuesday of the second week. In so far as the live 

 stock exhibitors are concerned the plan works to their advantage, giving 

 them plenty of time to load out for the Minnesota and Nebraska state 

 fairs. It also gave plenty of time for all other exhibitors to load out and 

 reach home by Saturday. 



The total attendance of tlie 1913 fair was 280,462, an increase of 8,439 

 over the fair of 1912. 



The following is the attendance of the 1913 fair by days compared with 

 1911 and 1912 fairs. 



1913 1912 1911 



Wednesday 3,849 



Thursday 8,608 3,090 4,074 



■^Friday 33,020 7,503 6,063 



**Saturday 26,861 27,957 27,514 



Sunday 25,211 18,902 17,612 



Monday 58,045 40,602 37,309 



Tuesday 66,465 60,379 64,699 



Wednesday 40,972 58,643 60,580 



Thursday 17,431 38,831 34,117 



Friday 16,116 18,173 



Total 280,462 272,023 270,682 



^Children's day, 1913. 

 **Children's day, 1911 and 1912. 



