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issued is given by counties, showing the owner's name and the breed 

 of stallion. Part XIII contains a directory of associations and or- 

 ganizations representing agricultural interests in Iowa and other 

 states. 



If the work of the Department is to be carried on in a manner to 

 be of the greatest benefit to the State, it will be necessary for future 

 General Assemblies to enact legislation giving to the State Board 

 of Agriculture additional authority and support fund. Today the 

 great agricultural State of Iowa provides only the meager sum of 

 twenty-four hundred dollars annually for the support of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. This, with possibly a few exceptions, is 

 the smallest fund expended annually for the support of an agri- 

 cultural department by any state in the Union. This support fund 

 should be increased to not less than five thousand dollars annually. 

 With even this small increase the department could broaden its 

 scope to a great extent by gathering statistical information, which is 

 impossible under present conditions. Authority should be granted 

 the Department to issue bulletins at such times as may deemed 

 necessary by the State Board, possibly limiting the publications to 

 one each quarter. As it is now the only medium the Department 

 has for placing valuable papers, statistics, etc., before the public is 

 through the annual Iowa Year Book of Agriculture. The size of 

 this publication necessitates the omission of many matters of interest 

 to the general public. To better illustrate this, would say that a 

 bulletin should be published at the close of the institute year con- 

 taining a financial report, statistics as to attendance, papers and 

 addresses of each institute held for the preceding year. As it is 

 now, only a short synopsis of this work can be included in the annual 

 Year Book. A special bulletin on the swine industry could be is- 

 sued immediately following the meeting of the Iowa Swine Breed- 

 ers' Association, which would also include the proceedings of their 

 meeting. Another bulletin on dairying could follow the yearly 

 meeting of the Iowa State Dairy Association. Still another bulletin 

 should be issued containing information and a list, by counties, of 

 all stallions for which a State certificate has been issued. Such 

 a bulletin placed in the hands of each owner of a pure bred stallion 

 would be of great assistance in enforcing the provisions of the 

 stallion law. 



The State institute law should be so amended that all reports 

 should be made to the office of the Department of Agriculture. The 

 stallion law should be amended requiring the owner or keeper to 



