THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART II. 129 



MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1902. 



Board met pursuant to adjournment, with President Frasier 

 in the chair. The roll being called the following members were 

 found to be present: Ex-Officio members, Gov. A. B. Cummins; 

 President of Agricultural College, W. M. Beardshear; President 

 J. O. Frasier, Secretary J. C. Simpson and directors as follows: 

 J. P. Manatrey, C. W. Phillips, W. G. Brown, R. T. St. John, 

 S. B. Packard, T. C. Legoe, M. J. Wragg, John Ledgerwood. 

 M. McDonald, J. W. Wadsworth and C. E. Cameron. 



Minutes of board meeting in December read and approved. 



Mr. Wragg moved that we take up the matter of electing an 

 assistant secretary. Motion prevailed. 



Mr. Brown moved that C. S. Relyea of Storm Lake, Iowa, be 

 elected assistant secretary, at a salary of seventy-five dollars per 

 month ($75). Motion prevailed. 



Committee appointed at last meeting to investigate the matter 

 of redeeming coupon tickets from old soldiers reported as follows : 

 Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Board of Agriculture: We, 

 your committee, to whom you referred the matter of redeeming railroad 

 coupon tickets from old soldiers, beg leave to report that we have had the 

 same under consideration, and deem it advisable and for the best interests 

 of the department, that we will redeem railroad coupon tickets, good for 

 one admission at our gates, from all old soldiers presenting same at the 

 Treasurer's office on the fair grounds, on Tuesday, August 26th, (tHis 

 being Old Soldiers' Day), but will not redeem old soldiers' tickets given 



out by this office free. 



C. W. PHILLIPS, 



M. J. WRAGG, 



J. C. SIMPSON, Committee. 



Mr. Wragg moved the adoption of the report as rtead, which 

 motion prevailed. 



Mr. Legoe made the following report from the committee ap- 

 pointed to investigate the matter of selling the coal underlying 

 the state fair grounds : 



