12 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 April 6-7-8. 



The committee met with members Cameron, Olson and Corey present. 



The committee accepted the proposition of Mr. B. F. Howell, Cum- 

 mings, la., to graze 400 ewes with lambs on the state fair grounds, man- 

 agement to fence all buildings and flower beds but to be to no other ex- 

 pense. Mr. Howell was granted the use of the auto parking for corralling 

 the sheep, free water and to pay nothing for the grazing privilege. 



The Executive Committee extended the contract with Mr. Deemer, 

 superintendent of grounds for one year from December 10, 1916, with the 

 same compensation and privileges enumerated in the contract on file. 



The superintendent of grounds was instructed to employ a sufficient 

 number of teams and men to resurface both turns of the race track and 

 to proceed with this work at the earliest possible date. The superin- 

 tendent was authorized to employ Mr. George Whitney to assist in re- 

 surfacing the track, compensation to be $4.50 per day. The superinten- 

 dent was also authorized to pay $5 per day for men and teams for this 

 work. 



The secretary was authorized to rent sixty-five acres of ground from 

 Mr. Joe Moyer for plowing demonstrations, the rental to be $2.50 per 

 acre; also twelve or fifteen acres north of the race track for aviation 

 field or plowing demonstration grounds at $5 per acre. 



The conference called for the purpose of considering program and ex- 

 hibits to be carried out in the Women and Children's Building was at- 

 tended by Mrs. Allen 0. Ruste, Charles City, President of the Mothers' 

 Congress; Mrs. Max Meyer, Iowa City, V. P. Iowa Federation of Women's 

 Clubs and Mrs. Richardson, Des Moines, President of Iowa Women Farm- 

 ers' Club. The following suggestions were made: 



That the Iowa Women Farmers' Club be given the use of the audi- 

 torium for putting on program one day of the fair; that the Child Wel- 

 fare exhibit be staged in the room of the day nursery on the main floor 

 and that the day nursery be under the supervision of Mrs. Allen O. 

 Ruste. It was also the consensus of opinion of those present that a well- 

 arranged program of educational moving pictures would be more desir- 

 able for the auditorium than a program of lectures. 



The secretary was instructed to draw $11,200 of the appropriation 

 made available by S. F. 188; $1,200 to reimburse the department for the 

 purchase price of the Weaver lot and $10,000 to be paid to James H. 

 Deemer for the 17 acres of ground southeast of the Women and Chil- 

 dren's Building. 



The committee attended the conference in the Governor's office on 

 April 3, the purpose of which was to discuss ways and means of increasing 

 the production of food products in the state of Iowa this year. 



The committee approved payment of bills. 



