INDEX. 805 



Page 



8ome rural school problems, H. M. Ferris 608 



Stay on the farm 578 



The ideal farm home, Mrs. Robert Engelhardt 568 



The ideal hired man, H . P. Nicholson 567 



The womans' club— Is it desirable or possible, Mrs. John Claus 613 



Value of the institute to the farmer, George C. White 563 



Wells, George A. , "Commercial grading of corn" — 545 



White, George C. , "Value of the institute to the farmer" 563 



Witter, Miss, "Feeding intelligently" 558 



PART VII— THE IOWA STATE FAIR, ITS EARLY HISTORY, AND 

 PRESS REPORTS FOR THE FAIRS OF 1854 AND 1904, 



AND 



HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERMON, BY DR. FRANK W. 

 GUNSAULUS. 



Evolution of the S tate fair 615 



Gunsaulus, Dr. Frank W. , Harvest Thanksgiving sermon 683 



Harvest Thanksgiving Sermon, Dr . Frank W. Gunsaulus 683 



History and proceedings of the first fair of the Iowa State Agricultural Society 618 



Press reports of the first State fair, 1854 651 



Press reports of the fiftieth State fair, 1904 663 



Report of State Agricultural Fair of 1854 628 



PART VIII. AWARDS TO ;IOWA EXHIBITS AT THE LOUISIANA 

 PURCHASE EXPOSITION. 



Apiary 709 



Cattle 700 



Dairying 709 



Department of anthropology 710 



Department of education 709 



Grains and grasses 696 



Horses 698 



Manufactures 710 



Poultry 707 



Swine 704 



PART IX— FARMERS' INSTITUTES IN IOWA. 



Officers of county farmers' institutes in Iowa, 1904-1905 711 



Provision for the encouragement of farmers' institutes in Iowa 711 



Statistics relative to farmers' institutes in Iowa 718 



Topics discussed before institutes 715 



PART X— REPORTS OF COUNTY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETIES, AND LAWS GOVERNING SAME. 



Adair county, W. W. Burrell 723 



Adams county, J. M. Devore 724 



