124 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Ledgerwood moved that class fifty-nine be stricken out. 

 Seconded by Brown and motion prevailed. 



Recomjmendations of R. T. St. John on the agricultural de- 

 partment : 



That class number eighty-seven, premium be changed to twenty 

 dollars. 



That class number ninety, premium be changed to twenty-five, fifteen 

 and ten dollars. 



That class number ninety-one be reduced to pecks. 



That class number ninety-three, premium number 926 be changed to 

 read "One mammoth squash." 



That class number ninety-four, premiums number 951, 952, and 953 

 should be $6, $4 and $2. 



That class ninetyMiine, premiums to be $40, $20 and $10. 



Mr. Manatrey moved that the recommendations as presented 

 by Mr. St. John be adopted. Seconded by McDonald. 



Mr. Wadsworth moved to amend that they should be adopted 

 with the exception of class ninety-nine, which shall be left as it is. 

 Amendment was seconded by Mr. Ledgerwood and was declared 

 to have carried after which the original motion by Mr. Manatrey 

 prevailed. 



iMr. McDonald moved that premium number 1163 of the 

 premium list be made to read as follows: "$25, $20, $15, $10 

 and $5, respectively, to the five tubs scoring highest." Motion 

 seconded by St. John and prevailed. 



M. J. Wragg presented the recommendations for changes in 

 departments L and M as follows: 



In rule three, department L, after district add the following: — As 

 follows: — Counties of the northern district — Allamakee, Winneshiek, 

 Howard, Mitchell, Worth, Winnebago, Kossuth, Emmet, Dickinson, Linn, 

 Osceola, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Palo Alto), Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, 

 Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Breemer, 

 Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy, Franklin, Hardin, Wright, Hamilton, Hum- 

 boldt, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Buena Vista, Sac, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, 

 Woodbury and Webster. 



Counties of the Central district: — Jackson, Clinton, Jones, Cedar, 

 Linn, Johnson, Benton, Iowa, Tama, Poweshiek, Marshall, Jasper, Story, 

 Polk, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Carroll, Audubon, Crawford, Shelby, 



