SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I. 95 



Fine Arts 371.75 



Dairy 767.65 



" Grounds 1,787.21 



Electric Ligtits 126.00 



Cattle 920.50 



Macliinery 1,101.75 



Secretary 8,109.59 



State Appropriation 1,000.00 



Interest 910.62 



Total 118,284.40 



Expense warrants ? 49,685.08 



Premium warrants 28,622.98 



Balance 39,976.34 



Total 118.284.40 



Balance on hand Nov. 30, 1905, $ 39,976.34 



Respectfully submitted, 



G. D. Ellysojs^, 



Treasurer. 



On motion the convention adjourned to meet at i 130 P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention met at i 130 P. M., pursuant to adjournment, 

 with President Morrow in the chair. 



Secretary Simpson read his report as follows : 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



J. C. SIMPSOX, DES MOINES, lA. 



Before my report proper, I wish to say a word regarding the state 

 fair as a factor in agricultural education. We find upon looking over 

 the resolution passed by the first meeting held for the organization oC 

 a state fair, in the first paragraph, the following: "For the promotion 

 of agriculture, horticulture, manufactures, mechanics, household arts 

 and the improvement of live stock." This is the foundation upon which 

 all agricultural and stock fairs are organized. That the state fairs of 

 the middle states have been a great factor in the improvement of our 

 live stock, agricultural products and farm implements, we believe will 

 be conceded by all fair-minded isaen. It is the object lesson taught by 

 showing side by side for comparison which stimulates the effort for 

 improvement, and this is where our fairs have been a factor in the 

 education of the farm folk. It matters not that all agricultural fairs 



