EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI. 249 



you that it has been a pleasure for roe to serve as superintendent of the 

 department. 



I am glad to inform you at this time that the swine department is 

 about to move into its new home; a home that will be a credit to this 

 great industry. The securing of this grand new home has been a hard 

 pull, one which took the combined efforts of all interested and I wish at 

 this time to thank all who aided in the work. It would seem that there 

 must be a new era dawning for those who exhibit swine at the Iowa 

 state fair. 



And now a few words on the privileges of exhibitors. I suppose it is 

 the privilege of all exhibitors to kick; yet I believe the kick of the 

 kicker availeth little. I am also glad to say that kicks are scarce among 

 the swine men; yet there are a few among you. 



I imagine the reason I was asked to speak of the privileges of exhib- 

 itors was because there were so few of them in the old quarters, under 

 the extremely cramped conditions, that many thought there were no 

 privileges. 



There has been a rule in use for some time giving old exhibitors a 

 right to the pens previously occupied by them. This would seem fair 

 and just, as the exhibitor who comes regularly to the fair, year after 

 year, and helps to support it, is entitled to some consideration. How- 

 ever, it semed feasible this year to treat all as new exhibitors and assign 

 them locations in the order in which they paid for pens. This was done 

 under the direction of the executive committee, and all old exhibitors 

 have been so notified in a letter from Secretary Simpson. 



It is the privilege of the exhibitor to have such information fur- 

 nished him as he may wish as regards the department in which he 

 is showing. He also has the privilege of disposing of his stock to the 

 best advantage possible. We would deem it his duty to boost the fair, 

 for he must remember that it is the fair that brings him the buyer. 

 Again we come to the inferior sale stuff. The fair management from 

 a financial point of view cannot furnish even the old pens at $1.00 each. 

 The strong feature of the fair is the improvement of live stock; if 

 nothing but sale stuff was brought to the fair we would retrograde. To 

 some extent the management feels a privilege is being abused. 



When the proper standard is reached wherein there will be nothing 

 but the highest type of animal brought to the fair, pen rent, in my opin- 

 ion, should not be charged. 



A few words as regards exhibitors tickets. The ticket problem has 

 given more trouble in the swine department than any other thing. Per- 

 haps there may have been too much leniency under the old rule in the 

 past. The ticket problem is a serious one with all fair managements. 

 However, the present plans as adopted are proving reasonably satis- 

 factory. The exhibitor should not ask the superintendent to break the 

 rules or expect him to do something he cannot do. At the bottom of 

 page 7 in the premium list you will find these words: "No pass out 

 checks issued." That is the plan adopted and no superintendent can 

 vary from that rule. Each superintendent is charged with every ticket 

 he receives and his ticket account checked over. The exhibitors and 

 helpers' tickets are good at the gate after nine p. m. without being taken 



