S8 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. A. H. Grissell of Guthrie county moved the adoption of 

 the report as read, and that committee making report be dis-. 

 charged, which motion was seconded and prevailed. 



The report of the committee on address of the president, and 

 reports of the secretary and treasurer was read as follows: 



To the President and Members of ihe Agricultural Convention: 



We, your committee, to whom has been referred the address of the 

 president and reports of th© secretary and treasurer of the Department 

 of Agriculture, beg leave to submit the following: 



We hereby indorse the administration of President W. W. Morrow, 

 and congratulate the State that during his term of office the affairs of 

 the department have been attended to with unprecedented success. 



The thanks of the convention are due, and are hereby tendered to 

 him, as a thoroughly competent and faithful official and for his zealous 

 and official work. That during the term of office held by the president, 

 W. W. Morrow, improvements have been made at a large expenditure 

 of money which was under his direct supervision, and we therefore com- 

 mend him for the admirable manner in which the plans of the department 

 were carried into execution, and for the economical expenditure of the 

 department's funds. 



We fully endorse his views of excluding all side shows of an ob- 

 jectionable nature, but there may be shows that are entirely unobjection- 

 able, that are not only entertaining but instructive, and add to the at- 

 traction of the fair. We, therefore, suggest that the society use due 

 d scrimination in the selection of these shows. 



The secretary's report is a most comprehensive outline of the year's 

 business, and contains many valuable suggestions which are highly corn- 

 men dec' by your committee, especially is this true in reference to the 

 niaking of permanent and lasting improvements. 



Your committee wish to commend the secretary for the admirable 

 executive ability he has displayed in carrying on the business of the de- 

 partment the past year, and we also desire to commend him for the 

 promptness with which he completed the entry books of the fair and 

 placed them in the hands of the judges of the different departments. 

 thereby hastening the business of the fair. 



We also commend G. D. Ellyson, the treasurer, for the careful and 

 judicious handling of the funds of the society, and recommend that he 

 be accorded the thanks of the directors of the Iowa State Fair. 



R. T. St. John, 

 B. L. Manwell. 

 W. J. Scott, 



Committee. 



