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The south end of the building was well filled with horticultural 

 and floricultural exhibits, and with the new tables and the cement 

 floor put in place during the past year, presented an attractive and 

 interesting exhibit. 



The exhibit of pantry and kitchen products in the balcony of the 

 agricultural building was much larger than usual and necessitated the 

 addition of several show cases to take care of the increased exhibit. 



In the dairy section of the building were exhibited the winning 

 samples of creamery and dairy butter, cheese, and all sorts of dairy 

 utensils. The exhibit of the Beatrice Company consisting of statuary 

 reproduced in butter, and the Food and Dairy Commissioner's booth 

 which dispensed information relative to the adulteration and mis- 

 branding of food stuffs, proved to be interesting features. 



The machinery exhibit was the largest ever assembled at the Iowa 

 State Fair. It was made by 309 exhibitors who exhibited every con- 

 ceivable piece of machinery from a monkeywrench to steam threshing 

 outfits. This exhibit is appreciated by our progressive farmers for it 

 brings them in touch with all the latest and most modern farm ma- 

 chinery. Many an order is placed during the show for up-to-date im- 

 plements that will lighten the labors of the men on the farm. The ex- 

 hibitors in the machinery hall were greatly pleased with the perm- 

 anent floor placed over the exhibition spaces during the past season. 

 Exhibitors who were unable to secure floor space in the hall and were 

 obliged to show their implements in tents or in the open field were 

 unanimous in the request for the early erection of the other half of the 

 machinery hall. The congestion of outdoor machinery exhibits was 

 greatly relieved by the addition of ten acres of ground in the south- 

 west corner of the grounds. Streets were laid out through the addi- 

 tional ground, and the ground south and west of machinery hall, so 

 that the visitors were brought in close touch with these important ex- 

 hibits. 



The exposition building was packed with textile and fine art exhibits 

 and the work of our public schools. 



The Iowa State College building was filled with many interesting and 

 instructive exhibits. Instructors and students were in charge of var- 

 ious booths and departments to answer questions and give out informa- 

 tion relative to the exhibits and the work being done at the college. 

 The college exhibit in brief is a week's short course in agricultural 

 and household economics. The lectures by various members of the 

 faculty in the small auditorium were much appreciated by the visitors. 



The boys' judging contest was the largest since this feature has been 

 inaugurated, ninety-nine being entered in competition for the five state 

 college scholarships. 



The fish and game exhibit in a tent east of the stock pavilion at- 

 tracted a great deal of attention. It is to be hoped that in the near 

 future the fish and game department, by authority of the legislature, 

 will be able to erect and maintain a permanent building on the grounds 

 for housing this attractive and educational exhibit. 



One of the many new features added this year was the Boys' State 

 Fair Camp, which was made up of eighty-five boys from as many dif- 



