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used by a great many state fairs and has been found satisfactory. It ic 

 also used by a great many county fairs in some of the eastern states. 



I do not believe this is the time or the place to go into detail as to the 

 method of keeping these books. Sample openings of each have been pro- 

 vided for distribution at this meeting. I would be glad to have the 

 secretaries secure a copy and make any suggestions or criticisms for im- 

 proving the system. I should also like to make the suggestion that if the 

 system appeals to you, that the secretaries club together and place an order 

 for a number of books at the same time, and in this way secure a big 

 reduction over the cost of a single book. I think you understand that the 

 cost of ruling and printing one book would make it a rather expensive 

 proposition, but by clubbing together I am of the opinion that a satisfactory 

 price can be secured. 



President Hoffman: The next on the program is "Relations of 

 the Farm Bureau with the County and District Fairs," by Mr. E. H. 

 Cunningham, Secretary Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. 



Mr. Cunningham: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: 

 You have assigned to me a subject which is in regard to the relationship 

 of the Farm Bureaus to the District Fairs. The interests you represent 

 and the interests that are represented through the farm bureau are iden- 

 tical, and there should be a relationship there without any question so that 

 it would redound to the benefit and bring good results both to your in- 

 terests and the interests we represent through the Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion. I listened to Mr. Wallace quite attentively, a very interesting talk, 

 and yet there are some things I anticipated he might touch upon that would 

 put a little hope into us here. 



He has put the proposition up to us to meet the situation that confronts 

 the farmer here and our interests in this state, but we are looking to the 

 leadership to suggest a way out. I have been to Washington four or five 

 times looking for something. They are all in the dark down there, they 

 don't know any more about that situation, it is my opinion they know no 

 more about the cure down there than you men do down here. There is 

 only one thing to it in my mind we have reached the bottom probably, 

 consequently feel better to think we have got no further to fall, have got 

 to the end and probably going up. W^e have read a great deal about it, 

 getting back to normalcy. I will tell you in my own humble way Ave won't 

 get back no matter what men say on the subject, notwithstanding the 

 articles you read by different economists, whenever you see these farmers 

 out here selling products off the farm for what it costs to raise them and a 

 little bit more as profit, then we will be getting back and not until that 

 time, gentlemen. That is the proposition that confronts this country. I 

 know you men are interested in it the same as I am. Mr. Wallace told us 

 that we can't expect much from Europe. Gentlemen, we have got a 

 wonderful surplus of corn here in this country and we have got to get rid 

 of it. They tell us not to burn it; they are economists. What is the next 

 proposition? Through the co-operation of the farmers of this state they 

 put 1,300,000 acres of this land into corn the last four years because the 

 government asked them to produce more, a twenty-seven and a half per 



