202 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The exhibit of horses contained excellent specimens of both the draft 

 and carriage type. Among the former was Helix, who was the Grand 

 Champion horse of America in the year nineteen hundred and len. 



At the races this year the state record was broken. A mile was paced in 

 two minutes, five and one-half seconds. 



The machinery exhibit is said to have covered sixty acres of ground. 

 There were farm implements of every description, besides everything 

 with which to equip a modern house or barn. In looking over the equip- 

 ment for a modern barn one received a good conception of a clean, sanitary 

 barn, and one which should be arranged so as to do away with much of 

 the work of keeping it in order and tending to the stock. The machinery 

 exhibited was designed for better and easier tilling of the soil, quicker and 

 less expensive means of harvesting crops, for lightening the work around 

 the barns and for convenience and comfort around the house. 



Various types of silos had been erected on the grounds, which pro- 

 vided one with an opportunity to select one best suited to his needs and 

 means. 



A very interesting exhibit was that of the Iowa State College at Ames. 

 An instructive feature of this exhibit was the dissected hog which was 

 preserved in a glass case. It showed the action of various diseases, espe- 

 cially cholera, the knowledge of this disease and its prevention being of 

 vast importance to the farmer who raises hogs. 



Models of farmsteads were shown. They were a great help to farmers 

 who wished to build economically and to have their buildings arranged 

 conveniently. Many other interesting and instructive models were shown 

 in this department. 



To those interested in engineering or in building materials the engi- 

 neering department contained many exhibits which were both instructive 

 and wonderful. "Various machines were used to test building materials 

 such as brick, cement and others. 



A wireless telegraph station was communicating with Ames and with 

 receiving stations on the grounds. 



They exhibited various engineering instruments and appliances, one of 

 which was a blue printing machine which does away with all work of 

 tracing. 



There were many other things at the fair that served as an inspiration 

 to the boys who saw them to become scientific farmers and to uplift and im- 

 prove the conditions of rural life. 



The inspiration, experience and the higher ideals of farm life received 

 by being a member of the boys' camp at the Iowa State Fair are well worth 

 the efforts expended by any boy to be able to attend the fair and the ef- 

 forts of the State Fair officials and camp leaders in giving the boys a 

 profitable and pleasant time. 



After seeing the wonderful exhibits of stock, machinery and farm i)rori- 

 ucts one was filled with the desire to become a better farmer, to farm 

 scientifically, and to have good stock and farms, to have fine crops and be 

 able to have the different kinds of machinery, to uplift the conditions of 

 rural life, to encourage scientific farming, and to help make better the 

 State of Iowa which is already the best and greatest agricultural state in 

 the Union. 



