REPORT OF SECRETARY 



A. R. CORBY 



The following brief report of the activities of the Department 

 of Agriculture and the Iowa State Fair is presented to the dele- 

 gates in attendance at the State Agricultural Convention. A com- 

 plete report covering the board and committee meetings, a list of 

 the awards at the 1918 state fair, along with comments on the 

 fair by the agricultural press, will be published in the Iowa Year 

 Book of Agriculture. 



A separate report covering the Stallion Registration Division 

 will be published as a supplement to the year book, and will give 

 a complete report of the division and a directory of all stallion 

 omiers. 



STALLION REGISTRATION DIVISION 



During the period from January 1, to November 30, 1918, the 

 department enrolled 4,216 pure bred stallions, 1,195 grade stal- 

 lions, 597 pure bred jacks and 440 grade jacks. 



These figures show a decrease of 1,564 stallions. Of this num- 

 ber 536 were grade stallions and 195 were Standardbred, leaving 

 a decrease of 833 in the pure bred draft stallions. 



The records show that 78 percent of the stallions and 58 per- 

 cent of the jacks in the State of Iowa are of pure breeding. 



The following tabulation shows the number and kind of cer- 

 tificates issued; the amount of fees collected and the amount de- 

 ])Osited with the Treasurer: 



Kind of Certificate Issued 



No. 

 Issued 



Total 

 Fees 



Pure Bred StalHions: 

 Original certificates 

 Transfer certificates 

 Renewal certificates 



Grade Stallions: 



Original certificates 

 Transfer certificates 

 Renewal certificates 



Pure Bred Jacks: 



Original certificates 

 Transfer certificates 

 Renewal certificates 



Grade Jacks: 



Original certificates 

 Transfer certificates 

 Renewal certificates 



127 



75 



313 



1.00 

 .50 

 1.00 



$ 593.00 



332.00 



3,623.00 



196.00 

 65.50 

 999.00 



216.00 

 63.50 

 381.00 



127.00 

 37.50 

 313.00 



$6,946.50 



l^eposited with Treasurer, $6,946.50. 



