172 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
J. C. Simpson was selected as clerk to the Executive Committee 
and for extra services in connection with the work of said com- 
mittee he was to receive twelve hundred dollars per annum, pay- 
able monthly, by warrant drawn upon the Treasurer, and said com- 
pensation for extra services to date from February 1, 1908 
Warrant w^as issued to W. C. Brown for per diem and mileage for 
Executive Committee meeting. 
On motion the committee adjourned. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 
March 10-18, 1908. 
Conunittee met with all members present. The purpose of the 
meeting as stated by the President was to discuss and outline as 
nearly as possible at this time the amusement program for the Iowa 
State Fair and Exposition of 1908, the policy and best method of 
advertising, a permanent plat or arrangement of the State Fair 
Grounds with special reference to the location of the new adminis- 
tration building, improvements and repair work needed to put the 
buildings and grounds in shape for the fair, and any other business 
which might come before them. 
The Secretary presented the matter of the possibility of holding 
the National Dairy Show at the State Fair and Exposition Grounds 
in October and November of the present year, stating that Gov. A. 
B. Cummins had expressed a wish that the State Board of Agri- 
culture give their consent to use the grounds for this purpose, it 
being a national show in character and the state would be highly 
honored and benefited by having it held within its borders. 
The following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted by 
the committee: 
Whereas, The attention of the Executive Committee has been called 
to the possibility of bringing the next meeting of the National Dairy Show 
to Iowa; and 
Whebeas, The Executive Committee believes it would be not only a 
great honor but a material benefit to the dairy interest of our state to 
have this show held within its borders; and 
Wheeeas, The most suitable place for the holding of said show is at 
the State Fair grounds, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the free use of the Iowa State Fair and Exposition 
grounds and such buildings as are necessary and may be agreed upon by 
the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, be tendered to the ofl&cers 
and managers of the National Dairy Show or the local committee having 
