256 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



REVISION OF PREMIUM LIST. 



President Cameron announced the committee was now ready to 

 take up the matter of revision of the rules and regulations and 

 classification of the premium list for the Iowa State Fair and 

 Exposition for 1912. 



PREMIUMS OFFERED. 

 IOWA STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION. 



1911-1912. 



Offered by Offered by Increase h\ Decrease 



Departm't Departm't Departm't by Dep't 



1912 1911 1912 1912 



Horses - $13,233.00 $12,957.00 $276.00 



Speed - - - 15,250.00 14,750.00 500.00 



CattJe 11,252.00 10,505.00 657.00 



Swine 4,030.00 3,918. CO 112.00 



Sheep 2,748.00 2,738.00 10.00 



Poultry 1,9S9.00 1,867.00 122.00 



Agriculture 4,008.00 3,586.00 422.00 



Pantry and Kitchen 828.50 5<J7.50 261.00 



Apiary 295.00 295.00 



Dairy 657.00 657.00 



Horticulture 1,482.75 1,163.75 319.00 



Floriculture 1,279.00 1,279.00 



Pine Ai-ts 1,869.50 1,955.50 $86.C0 



Work of Children 170.50 158.50 12.00 



School Exhibits 867.00 735.00 132.00 



Dog Show 1,000.00 1,000.00 



Babies' Health Contest 280.00 280.00 



Scholarships 650.00 1,000.00 350.00 



Exhibit Iowa State College 800.00 800.00 



$62,689.25 $59,022.25 $4,103.00 $436.00 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 FEBRUARY 29, 1912. 



Members present : Cameron and Corey. 



Contracts were entered into with the following bands for en- 

 gagement at the 1912 state fair : Patrick Conway Band, Syracuse, 

 N. Y., consisting of forty pieces, including a lady soloist, for 

 seven days, at $2,500.00; and Libera ti's Band, New York City, 

 consisting of forty-two pieces, including six grand opera singers, 

 for seven days, at $2,520.00. 



The superintendent of grounds was instructed to rent all avail- 

 able ground directly north of the fair grounds, to be used during 

 the fair for plowing demonstrations and an aviation field, and put 

 in an early crop that would not interfere with the use of the 

 ground during the fair. 



