644 IOWA DEPARTMEMT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Class No. 33. The committee consisted of Wm. Timberman, Lee 

 county, Chas. C. Van, Polk county, and J. B. Paull, who awarded ass 

 follows: 



C. D. McCaughey, Jefferson county, best monochromatic, one dollar. 



C. Ingersoll, Mahaska county, best printing, two dollars. 



Miss Jane Funk, Jefferson county, best floral painting, one dollar. 



J. P. McKenny, Dubuque county, best daguerreotypes, diploma and 

 two dollars, 



Lewis Pitman, Lee county, best variety garden flowers, two dollars. 



W. E. Moore, Polk county, best collection stuffed birds, diploma. 



W. Marion, Jefferson county, best pair elk, diploma. 



J. M. Shaffer, Jefferson county, best collection snakes, diploma. 



Wm. Parr, Jefferson county, best paper hanging, diploma. 



E. J. Toof, Lee county, dentistry, two dollars. 



A. S, Ballard, Henry county, improved roofing, two dollars. 



I. N. Pearce, Lee county, bookbinding, diploma and one dollar. 



John Gowy, Washington'county, best fur hat, one dollar. 



A. Craig, Van Buren county, best samples bakery, diploma. 



C. St. John, Van Buren county, best tin and copperware, diploma and 

 one dollar. 



Samuel Gault, Ohio,'best'paint brushes, diploma. 



Mr. Toof presented a new style of artificial teeth, with continuous gums 

 both inside and out, and an-improvement connected therewith for restoring 

 the natural contour of the face. 



Mr. Ballard says of his improvement for roofing houses: ''Take bricks 

 eight inches square by one and one-half inches thick; bed these on the 

 sheeting with sand, first using on the edge good cement or mortar, then 

 either paint with waterproof paint or coat with pitch. This roof will not 

 cost as much as shingles and will last at least two hundred years. " 



Many articles were exhibited in this and the discretionary class, which we 

 would be glad to notice if space[permitted. 



Adding to the interest and profit of Thursday's entertainment was the 

 address delivered by George^C. Dixon, of Keokuk, at 10 o'clock a.m., to a 

 vast and very attentive audience. We are happy to lay it before our readers 

 in this report and will^be found accompanying it. 



The business of the day^having been harmoniously conducted, at 7 p. m., 

 the board of control met. On motion it was 



/i?^5c/z^<?flf. That a committee be appointed to wait upon Mr. Dixon and 

 request a copy of his address for publication, Hon. Thos. W. Claggett to 

 constitute said committee, and that the same be published in pamphlet form 

 in connection with the proceedings and premiums of the fair, the list of 

 officers for the next year, and the time and place of holding the next fair; 

 that the number of copies be 1,500 with power to increase that number if 

 Mr. Claggett thinks proper. 



On motion, the committee]on arrangements was authorized to sell all 

 property belonging to the 'society and pay the money into the general 

 treasury, and that this be^an order on the treasurer to pay all debts against 

 the society. 



On motion, the'secretary was instructed to buy a book for recording the 

 minutes of the society -and the^business of the board. 



