PREFACE. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



QAKDEN. 



Note: — This yearbook should have been received from the State Prin- 

 ter, ready for distribution, by June 1, 1906. The delay has been caused 

 by the large amount of extra work ordered by the last General Assembly, 

 and the printers strike. No blame can be attached to the office of the 

 Department of Agriculture for the delay, the copy for the book having been 

 ready since January 16, 1906 J. C. Simpson, Secretary. 



The Iowa Year book of Agriculture is published by the State 

 Department of Agriculture, and is for free distribution. The 

 book can not be published until after the close of the calendar 

 year, for the reason that it contains information, statistics, etc., 

 which are not available until after that time. 



The present volume includes the papers and discussions pre- 

 sented at the State Farmers' Institute meeting, proceedings of 

 the Agricultural Convention and synopsis of the proceedings of 

 the State Board of Agriculture and committee meetings during 

 the year of 1905; statistics of farm crops and a review of the 

 weather conditions and rain fall for the year; statistics on live 

 stock, farm crops, farm acreage and other information complied 

 from the state census report of 1905; proceedings of the annual 

 meetings of the Improved Stock Breeders', Iowa Swine 

 Breeders', and Iowa State Dairy associations; statistics and 

 other inform ition complied from the Dairy Commissioners' 

 report; report of Pure Food Committee on the adulteration of 

 foods, etc., and proposed legislation to regulate same; some 

 papers read before county farmers' institutes, with articles from 

 different sources on agriculture, . and kindred subjects, of 

 interest to the farmer; reports from county and district agri- 

 cultural societies in the state receiving state aid, with statement 

 of their finances as reported on November 1st; together with a 

 directory of societies, associations and organizations represent- 

 ing 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. January 16, 1903. 



CTi 

 CD 



cr. 





