3yO IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



.5,367,630, Kansas, 4,491,076, Nebraska, 3,176,243, Illinois 3,104- 

 010. In dairy cows we find that Iowa is second only to New York 

 in their number. In the number of two-year-old steers Iowa leads. 

 In the value of neat cattle in 1900 Iowa stands well, being a close 

 (second to Texas, but the value per head in Iowa was $26.55 against 

 the value of $17.31 in Texas. 



In closing his address Governor Cummins referred to the high 

 moral and intellectual standing of the people of the state as more 

 than keeping pace with its achievements in material things. He 

 concluded by dedicating the new pavilion to the best interests of 

 •the agriculture in the richest and best state in the union. 



ADDRESS OF SENATOR W. F. HARRIMAN. 



By invitation, I am granted the honor of representing the State Board 

 of Agriculture, and of saying a few words in its behalf, informally accept- 

 ing this beautiful and useful structure. I am confident that I bespeak 

 the sentiment of every member of the board, in their individual, as well 

 as in their official capacity, when I say that in accepting this valuable 

 building from the state, they are afforded much gratification. And now. 

 by the authority granted me, for and in behalf of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, I proclaim that said board formally and duly accepts this 

 commodious pavilion which has just been so eloquently dedicated to the 

 great interests of Iowa. 



I should not fairly represent the board, if I omitted to say, that in 

 receiving the same into its charge and under its official control, it is with 

 an earnest desire that the anticipations of those who so zealously favored 

 its construction shall be fully realized; and that the great industries 

 which the people of Iowa, by the construction of this substantial building, 

 intended to promote shall not only be maintained in their present unex- 

 celled high standing, but that they shall be advanced to a higher standard 

 than is now within the knowledge of the people of any state or nation. 



On my own behalf I desire to say that the completion of this valu- 

 able pavilion upon the state fair grounds is the consummation of a long 

 cherished desire of every member of the present board and of their imme- 

 diate predecessors. It will materially aid in advancing not only the ani- 

 mal industry, but other industries of this commonwealth. 



It will not only be of great utility during the holding of the annual 

 fairs, but under the careful supervision of the Board of Agriculture it 

 should be utilized in connection with the barns and other conveniences 

 now upon the grounds in the establishment of a permanent place for the 

 holding of public sales of stock. 



Iowa farmers and stock growers are the possessors of more fine herd3 

 than any other state or nation. They are liberal purchasers, as well as 

 liberal sellers, of the best stock in the world. 



