378 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



PRESIDENT FRASIER EXPRESSES APPRECIATION. 



President J. C. Frasier of Bloomfield, of the State Department of 

 Agriculture, presided. ]S"ot les than 4,000 people looked on from 

 the seats in the space outside of the arena, while 1,500 more 

 thronged in the arena. After music by the Mitchellville orches- 

 tra, President rFrasier called the assemblage to order and said : 



Ladies and Gentlemen: We have met this afternoon to dedicate and 

 set apart for the use of the people of Iowa, the largest and finest live 

 stock pavilion in our state. 



This magnificent building in which we are gathered was made pos- 

 sible by the liberality and wisdom of the last general assembly in making 

 an appropriation for its erection. 



On behalf of the state board of the department of agriculture I desire 

 to express our appreciation and thanks to the members of the legislature 

 and the governor for thus recognizing in a substantial manner the value 

 and importance of the great live stock industry of Iowa. 



Many are the purposes for which this beautiful and commodious 

 building can be utilized and we may be pardoned for taking a just pride 

 in a permanent improvement of this character that belongs to all the peo- 

 ple of the state. 



GOV. CUMMINS SPEAKS. 



Governor Cummins was presented by Mr. Frasier as the first 

 speaker. He was heartily applauded as he arose and at intervals 

 throughout his address. At the outset the governor declared the im- 

 perative demands of the most successful fair ever held in Iowa had 

 already dedicated the new building to the purposes for which it was 

 designed. It seemed appropriate, however, publicly to recognize the 

 great advance made in Iowa in the cause of animal industry and ani- 

 mal husbandry. "I congratulate the people of the state of Iowa," 

 said the governor, "because the consummation of this project 

 marks a new era in the upbuilding of the great interests for which 

 this great building is to be used. I desire to compliment the mem- 

 bers of the board of agriculture because it is due to their energy and 

 wise prescience that this building has been made possible. Th» j 

 members of this board, I refer to the real members and not to my- 

 self, who am but an ex-officio member, are entitled to the profound 

 gratitude and confidence of every lover of the cause of agriculture. 

 I compliment the members of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly 



