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Mr. J. B. McGorrisk at the above named figure. The committee 
further decided that forty additional stalls were necessary to take 
care of the speed horses entered in the racing, and it was decided to 
build comfortable barns on the north side for this purpose. It was 
also decided to construct a temporary barn containing seventy single 
stalls, more or less, west of the brick horse barn. 
The Secretary was instructed to write Superintendent Packard to 
ascertain from him if it would be possible to use the dairy barn for 
horses this year. 
Warrants for per diem and mileage were issued as follows : 
R. S. Johnston $23.80 
C. E. Cameron 30.00 
MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 
Board Room, Administration Building, 
Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds, 
Thursday, August 20, 1908. 
Board met as per call of President with all members present ex- 
cept Brown, Phillips, Curtiss and Gilbertson. 
Secretary asked for instructions with regard to the Forage De- 
partment furnishing feed for the marshals and the mounted guards. 
After the question had been duly discussed by the Board it was 
deemed advisable to increase the marshal's allowance to $45.00 and 
that of the guards to $3.50 per day; they to pay for whatever feed 
was ordered from the department. 
The Secretary made a statement on behalf of the Executive Com- 
mittee to the Board informing them of the action of said committee 
in contracting with Mr. J. B. MeGorrisk for the building of the 
second section of the horse barn; the amount of contract being 
$9,651.00. This action on the part of the committee was considered 
imperative in order to provide proper accommodations for the large 
number of horses entered in the Horse Department, for which no 
stalls were available. The Secretary also made a statement of the 
necessity of building two temporary barns for show horses and two 
additional barns for speed horses. 
On motion of Mr. Reeves the action of the Executive Committee in 
contracting for the erection of the brick horse barn and other tem- 
porary barns was approved by the Board. 
