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worth while, that they should be encouraged, and that there should be 

 more of them and better ones, and that the state doesn't make any mistake 

 when it puts money into this kind of educational institution. 



I want to congratulate you men on the fact that you are orgg,nized in 

 such a way that you can go out and create sentiment along the line of 

 the interest that you represent. 



I thank you. 



The Chairman: The next on the program is an address by J. F. 

 Deems of Burlington, Iowa, on '"County Fairs' Part in Food Con- 

 servation." Mr. Deems Avas unable to be here, as has been an- 

 nounced heretofore, so we will j)ass onto the next subject, which 

 is an address by Dr. J. I. Gibson of Des Moines, state veterinarian, 

 entitled "Live Stock Sanitation at Gountj^ Fairs." Here is a 

 letter addressed to Mr. J. Q. Laaer from Dr. Gibson, which I will 

 read: 



"I received notice this morning of the death of my uncle Frank 

 Gibson, at Denison, Iowa, and will leave Wednesday morning to 

 attend the funeral. 



I fear I will not be able to get back in time for your banquet 

 Thursday noon, as I had hoped to be present and talk to you 

 about Live Stock Sanitation in connection with State, District 

 and County Fairs. ■ 



"I believe it is of the greatest importance that there be care- 

 ful sanitary supervision of the barns, stalls and pens at all fairs 

 and that the cattle exhibited be healthy and free from tubercu- 

 losis as shown by the tuberculin test, also that the hogs be healthy 

 and that they be immunized against cholera. It is also of the 

 greatest importance that all live stock be examined on entering a 

 fair ground to see that no evidence of contagious or communi- 

 cable disease such as influenza or shipping fever in horses, 

 cholera in hogs, and the various skin diseases affecting all the 

 species. 



"In regard to carrying out this work properly there should be 

 a competent veterinarian in attendance to examine all live stock 

 before being passed to barns, stalls and pens. These requirements 

 should apply to such animals as are shown at fairs and sold to be 

 delivered on new premises after the fair. 



"I regret exceedingly that I cannot be present to talk to you 

 on this subject." 



The Chairman : Now then, -we have been promised and will be 

 grateful for a talk by Dean Curtiss of Ames on a subject that he 

 will himself select. Mr. Curtiss. 



Mr. C. F. Curtiss: Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: Your toastmaster 

 didn't give me any subject and I don't know what the subject is, but I 

 want to say that I have great admiration and respect for the county and 

 district fair managers. They are live, wide-awake, progressive bunch, and 

 they are doing a great work. I am heartily in favor of the strongest and 

 biggest state fair that we can have in every state, but I am just as much 

 in favor of the right kind of district and county and local fairs in every 

 community. I believe that they serve just as important a place as the 

 larger fair, and that the one supplements the other. 



