250 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



up, and there is a pass ticket good until 10 a. m. These are the only- 

 pass out tickets issued and we aim to be as liberal with them as business 

 would seem to justify. 



Mr. Johnston's paper did not call out any discussions but 

 Secretary Simpson was called upon and in his remarks gave some 

 interesting figures on the new swine pens and show pavilion. An 

 architect's blue print showing the ground plans of the building 

 was presented. It shows that there are 1154 pens, size 6x7 feet, and 

 that there is an increase of two thousand square feet of floor space 

 over the pen room in the old buildings. This it is estimated, 

 will have a capacity for more than 3000 hogs. The new swine 

 building is in the form of three sides of a hollow square. The 

 total length east and Avest is 522 feet. Its width north and south 

 356 feet and its width throughout 107 feet. The aisles are twelve 

 feet in width, and these are so arranged that there is plenty of 

 room in all directions and every facility to avoid a congestion of 

 crowds in any particular part. The pens are arranged in three 

 double rows and two single rows running lengthwise of the build- 

 ing. The outside of these pens will be perforated steel, giving 

 strength and perfect ventilation with as little possible obstruction 

 to the view as can be had. The pen partitions or divisions will 

 be of wood of course. This building will be of brick and steel 

 with the exception of the roof. The outside walls to be a height 

 of four feet are of brick. Between the top of the brick wall and 

 the roof is a clear open space of ten feet, the roof being supported 

 by steel columns. This will afford splendid ventilation at all 

 times and avoid the possibility of foul air or disagreeable smells 

 in so far as that question can be disposed of. The ground space 

 in this building covers three acres. In addition, an excellent show 

 pavillion has been provided. This is built in the center of the 

 square and is practically inside the show pens although under a 

 separate roof. It is 113 feet wide and 200 feet in length and has 

 sufficient ground space to show even the largest rings. This build- 

 ing is constructed in the same substantial manner as the other. 



These new swine buildings on the Iowa state fair grounds are 

 the largest, most substantial and most conveniently arranged of 

 any like accommodations at any of the state fairs of the country. 

 The plans on which they were constructed were formulated after 

 personal inspection of the buildings in use at all the great fairs 

 and with the particular intent to avoid any and all of the weak 

 points there shown. While the state legislature made an appro- 

 priation last winter for $75,000 for this building, the lowest con- 



