PART XII 



JOWA STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION 1910 



Press Reports and Live Stock Awards 



Results in Boys' Judging and Girls' Cooking Contest 



WALLACE'S FARMER. 



DES MOIXES, IOWA. 



A week of cloudy weather, with two good rains, would have been 

 appreciated very much more in July or in early August than during 

 the week of the Iowa State Fair. While the attendance was large, and 

 the financial statement will be satisfactory, it would have been much 

 larger but for the rains and threatening weather the first of last week. 

 Tuesday and Wednesday were ideal days for comfortable sight-seeing, the 

 temperature being moderate and the sun hidden behind banks of clouds. 

 But the rain Sabbath night and Monday forenoon, followed by threat- 

 ening weather Tuesday and Wednesday certainly deterred many people 

 who had planned on coming to Des Moines. However, we should be 

 thankful that it was no worse. The Iowa fair has not suffered severely 

 from the weather for several years. Last year the rain came Thursday, 

 after the success of the fair was assured. Prior to that there were sev- 

 eral very favorable i fair weeks. The rain this year was not unappreci- 

 ated, even though it came during fair week. It was needed to freshen 

 the grass and mellow the ground for plowing and seeding. 



The total attendance this year was 231,233, a gain of 18,663 over last 

 year. The total receipts were $134,400.41, a gain of $14,399.19. In view 

 of the fact that the weather was threatening throughout the week, this 

 is a remarkable showing. Had the weather been favorable, the receipts 

 would have easily passed the $150,000 mark. It was the most success- 

 ful fair in the history of the state. 



