132 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



be filled for the unexpired term; and the board may fill any vacancy in 

 office until the next annual convention. 



Section 5. In connection with the annual convention, either preceding 

 or following the day on which the officers are elected, the board may hold a 

 State Farmers' Institute, for the discussion of practical and scientific topics 

 relating to the various branches of agriculture, the substance of which 

 <'hall be published in the annual report ofi the board. 



Section 6. The board shall have general supervision of the several 

 branches, bureaus and offices embraced in the department of agriculture: 

 and it shall be the duty of the board to look after and promote the inter- 

 ests of agricultural education and animal and other industries throughout 

 the state; to investigate all subjects relating to the improvement of method, 

 appliances and machinery, and the diversification of the crops and prod- 

 ucts; also to investigate the reports of the prevalence of contagious dis- 

 eases among domestic animals, or destructive insects and fungus diseases 

 in grains and grasses, and the pl'ants, the adulteration of foods, seeds and 

 other products, and to report the result of investigation, together with 

 recommendations of remedial measures for prevention of damage resulting 

 therefrom. It shall be the duty of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion to co-operate with the department of agriculture in carrying on these 

 investigations. 



Section 7. The president, vice-president and secretary shall constitute 

 an executive committee, which shall transact such business as may be 

 delegated to it by the board of agriculture. The president may call meet- 

 ings of the board when the interests of the department require it. 



Section 8. The board shall have full control of the state fair grounds 

 and improvements thereon belonging to the state, with requisite powers 

 to hold annual fairs and exhibits of the productive resources and indus- 

 tries of the state. They may prescribe all necessary rules and regulations 

 ihereon. The board may delegate the management of the state fair to the 

 executive committee and two or more additional members of the board; 

 and for the special work pertaining to the fair they may employ an assist- 

 ant secretary and such clerical assistance as may be deemed necessary. 

 All expenditures connected with the fair, including the per diem and ex- 

 penses of the managers thereof, shall be recorded separately and paid 

 from the state fair receipts. 



Section 9. The department of agriculture is hereby rauthorized to 

 take and hold property, real and personal, derived by gifts and bequests 

 and the president, secretary and treasurer shall have charge and control 

 of the same, subject to the action of the board, and shall give bonds as re- 

 quired in case of executors, to be approved by the board of agriculture and 

 filed with the secretary of state. 



Section 10. The board shall elect a secretary for the term of one year 

 whose duties shall be such as usually pertain to the office of a secretary, 

 under the direction of the board. He shall keep a complete record of the 

 proceedings of the annual agricultural convention and all the meetings of 

 the board; he shall draw all warrants on the treasurer and keep a correct 



