PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 149 



The next will be the election of vice president. 



H. S. Stanberry of Webster county : I desire to place in nomina- 

 tion our mutual friend, Mr. John P. Mullen. 



The motion was duly seconded by R. H. Wilkinson of Buena 

 Vista county. There being no other nominations, R. J. Shanahan of 

 Story county moved that the rules be suspended and that the secre- 

 tary be instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of the convention for 

 Mr. Mullen for vice president. The motion was seconded and the 

 secretary thereupon cast the vote of the entire convention for Mr. 

 Mullen and the president declared Mr. Mullen duly elected vice 

 president of the State Board of Agriculture for the ensuing year. 



J. P. Mullen : Gentlemen, for this renewed confidence of yours in 

 my w^ork I sincerely thank you, and I hope to repay you by equal, if 

 not greater efforts in the future for the success of the Iowa State 

 Fair. I thank you again. 



President Cameron : As you no doubt all know there is an election 

 of directors, in odd numbered district one year and in even num- 

 bered the next. This year it is the odd numbers, commencing with the 

 First District. 



R. S. Johnston of Louisa county : I would like to place in nomina- 

 tion Mr. H. O. Weaver of Wapello as director from the First Dis- 

 trict to succeed himself. 



President Cameron : Are there any further nominations ? 



There being no further nominations, Mr. Johnston moved that 

 the rules be suspended and that the secretary be instructed to cast 

 the entire vote of the convention for Mr. Weaver. The motion was 

 seconded and carried and the secretary announced that he had so 

 cast the vote of the convention for Mr. Weaver, and the president 

 declared Mr. Weaver elected to succeed himself as director from the 

 First District. 



President Cameron : We will now receive nominations for di- 

 rector to represent the Third District. 



E. S. Estel of Black Hawk county : I desire to place in nomina- 

 tion for the Third District a 'farmer and fair secretary and a pure- 

 bred breeder of dairy cattle and hogs. The man I have in mind has 

 the full confidence of the dairymen of the state. The dairy industry, 

 I believe, as was told you this morning, represents a very large part 

 of the agricultural interests. It represents in value $152,000,000. 

 The man whom I have in mind, I believe, will be the first direct rep- 



