200 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



steel constructed amphitheater and $75,000.00 for a hog barn 

 and show pavillion. Secretary was instructed to have such bills 

 prepared and introduced at the earliest possible date. 



Mr. A. L. Denio, Superintendent of the Speed Department, met 

 with the committee and the speed program for 1907 was made out. 



The matter of fakir and novelty stands in the Agricultural build- 

 ing was discussed and the committee agreed to abolish such con- 

 sessions in that building. 



Bills to the amount of $776.72 were approved and the secretary 

 instructed to issue warrants in payment thereof. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



February 20, 21, 22 and 23, 1907. 



Committee met on call of president with all members present; 

 also the following members of the Board, R. S. Johnston of the 

 First District, C. W. Phillips of the Second District, R. T. St. 

 John of the Fourth District, John Ledgerwood of the Eighth Dis- 

 trict, and 0. A. Olson of the Tenth District, also A. L. Denio, Super, 

 intendent of the Speed Department. 



Mr. G. W. Bissell, the engineer employed by the board to plan a 

 new electric lighting system, submitted a report. Action was 

 postponed until a later meeting when a more extensive report 

 would be submitted. 



Secretary presented a com classification for the Fair of 1907, 

 also a revision of the classification for county exhibits, all of which 

 was approved and adopted by the committee and the members 

 present. 



Claims to the amount of $655.89, for which warrants had been 

 issued since the last meeting, were approved. 



Members of the auditing committee being present, all bills on file 

 were passed upon and secretary authorized to issue warrants in 

 payment thereof. 



Secretary presented a classification for Suffolk Punch horses as 

 submitted by the superintendent of the horse department, C. F. 

 Curtiss, which was approved and ordered printed in the premium 

 list. 



The executive committee, together with the other members of 

 the board present and some men prominent in the swine breeding 

 industry, appeared before the Senate Appropriation committee 

 and were given a hearing on Senate File No. 94, relative to the 

 improvements on the State Fair Grounds. The same gentlemen 



