EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I 27 



I would suggest that during this period of food conservation that all 

 canned goods, exhibited in the pantry department, be judged by appear- 

 ance. This would save the superintendent of the department a lot of 

 grief and preserve all the exhibits. 



I would also recommend that a third premium of one dollar be added 

 to the classification for cakes. This would call for an addition of $38 to 

 the classification. We should also add a class for the different kinds of 

 war breads. 



The boys' and girls' club work has developed wonderfully in the state 

 during the past few years and their exhibits at the state fair have become 

 more interesting each year. I believe the board should lend further en- 

 couragement to this work by offering prizes for pigs fed and exhibited by 

 boys and girls. 



The Chester White Breeders' Association .and the Duroc Jersey As- 

 sociation offered $50 in special for the best pig fed and exhibited at the 

 Iowa State Fair this year by a boy or girl under sixteen years of age. If 

 the board would duplicate this amount and make a similar proposition to 

 the Poland China and Hampshire Associations it should bring out a very 

 good show. 



Assuming that it is the intention of the board of keep a balance on 

 hand until conditions become more normal I hesitate to make very many 

 recommendations for improvements for another year. They are a few 

 things, however, that should be done that will not call for a very great 

 expenditure of money. 



The outside fence from the Grand Avenue entrance to the northwest 

 corner and from the northwest corner to the top of the hill should be 

 replaced before another fair. It was down in a dozen places this year and 

 the old fencing is beyond repair. 



The camp ground roads should have attention. That is the two roads 

 now leading into the camp should be connected at the back end of the 

 grounds to form a continuous road. There should also be another road 

 built leading off of Grand Avenue near campers' headquarters up past the 

 Poultry Building into the main part of the camp grounds. There should 

 also be another road leading off of Grand Avenue just east of the tent 

 and awning company buildings through the north part of the grounds 

 connecting at the back end with the main road that runs through the 

 center of the camp grounds. There should also be a few additional toilets 

 ill the camp grounds. I believe it would also be possible to convert the 

 large toilet east of the grocery store, the two east of the Exposition Build- 

 ing and the one large one in the camp grounds into semi-sanitary toilets. 

 There are the toilets that were equipped with burners a few years ago. 

 They have cast iron stools with wooden covers and I believe they could 

 be equipped with automatic flushers and troughs such as the range toilets 

 have, and would work very satisfactory or at least be an improvement 

 on the present vault system. The sanitary sewer and water is carried to 

 all of these toilets. 



The space under the lobby of the Administration Building should be 

 excavated and toilets for both men and women installed in this room. 



There should be a permanent shade on the west end of the grandstand 

 The canvas shade has been unsatisfactory and expensive. The storm on 



