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scattered broadcast over the state. If it needs a little money to do the 

 work with it is the business of the legislature to furnish it with the 

 money. It does not require very much money to do these things, but 

 whatever is required ought to be spent. When we have done this we will 

 have accomplished much for this good old state which we all love. Iowa 

 has a great fair. Everyone who attends once wants to come back. Many 

 people, however, cannot shape their plans so they can be here just during 

 the week that the fair is held and I believe it is worthy of your considera- 

 tion that you take up and work out some method whereby you can carry 

 back to the people of Iowa some conception of the magnificent exhibition 

 that you have out on the state fair grounds. 



I do not know whether I have suggested anything along this line that 

 will interest you, but I do know that personally I am interested in Iowa; 

 that I am interested in the fair; that I am interested in education. I love 

 this old state. She has always been my home and I trust always will be. 

 I trust I shall always be willing to stand out on the firing line and fight 

 for the things that will make Iowa known to Iowa people and make it a 

 better state in which to live and a better state growing continually so that 

 finally we can say that Iowa is the best state and the best place in the 

 union to live. That she has the best educated people, the best moral 

 people and then everything will be as we desire. We have the oppor- 

 tunity; we have the soil; we have the climate; we have everything. All 

 we have to do is to put our hands to the plow and all push together. I 

 believe there are greater things to Iowa than any of us have ever dreamed. 

 (Applause.) 



The President: This concludes our program for this after- 

 noon. Tomorrow morning at 9:30 in this room will convene 

 the business meeting of the association. The department of 

 agriculture report. The report of the secretary and treasurer. 

 The report on the benefits of the boys' state fair camp is very 

 interesting. 



Mr. Mershon : I asked Mr. MacDonald a question that I think 

 he did not fully understand. Anyway he did not answer it. It 

 was something as to the method of giving prizes for the best 

 upkeep of the road. The point in my mind was by the local or 

 township road boards. Whether that had been worked out any- 

 where as far as you knew or not, and whether it was feasible. 



Mr. MacDonald : I did not understand the question to be that 

 at all. I thought he had reference to state aid. There is a town 

 in this state that has probably done more along the line of giving 

 prizes than any other place with which I am familiar. Mount 

 Ayr, in the southern part of the state, has developed a road 

 system leading into Mount Ayr to a remarkable degree by- 

 giving prizes for the best maintained earth road, maintained 



