PREFACE. 



The Iowa Year Book of Agriculture is published by the State 

 Department of Agriculture, and is for free distribution. It 

 is issued during the spring, owing to a large part of the matter 

 provided by statute to be published therein, not being avail- 

 able until close of the calendar year. 



In this volume will be found the statistics of farm crops, 

 weather conditions and rainfall for the year 1906, papers and 

 discussions before the State Farmers' Institute, held in Decem- 

 ber, 1906; papers read before a number of County Farmers' 

 Institutes; timely and instructive articles from the press; valu- 

 able information on various subjects of interest to the farmer 

 compiled from literature sent out by the Department of Agri- 

 culture at Washington; results of experiments conducted by 

 the various agricultural experiment stations; live stock awards 

 of the Iowa State Fair; secretary's report for the year, giving 

 a comprehensive and complete statement of all financial trans- 

 actions of the Department during the fiscal year ending 

 November 30, 1906; extracts from the Iowa Swine Breeders' 

 meeting. State Dairy Association meeting; State Dairy and 

 Food Commissioner's Report; report of the committee from 

 the State Board of Agriculture on adulteration of commercial 

 feeding stuffs, stock foods and seeds, with bill passed by the 

 Thirty-second General Assembly to remedy same; synopsis of 

 State Board and Committee meetings during the year; reports 

 of County and District Fair Associations; County Farmers' 

 Institutes, together with a directory of societies, associations 

 and other organizations representing agricultural interests in 

 Iowa and other states. 



J. C. Simpson, 



Secretary State Board of Agriculture and 

 Editor Iowa Year Book of Agriculture. 



Des Moines, Iowa, April 1, 1907. 



