432 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



On February 24th action was started in the legislature for the 

 amending of the present County Agent law, and it was passed and 

 became a law on March 5th. 



Asked for legislation for larger appropriations for vocational 

 work in connection with Federal Smith-Hughes law, which was 

 granted. 



Asked for favorable legislation for the control of bovine tubercu- 

 losis, which also became a law. 



Voted to co-operate with the Iowa Corn Belt Meat Producers 

 in the employment of a trouble man at U. S. Stock Yards. 



April 8th voted to ask Congress through a petition from the farm- 

 ers of Iowa that the daylight saving law be repealed, if possible, be- 

 fore the beginning of the harvest season. One hundred eighty-nine 

 thousand Iowa farmers signed these petitions in the short space of 

 ten days, and they were delivered to Iowa representatives in the 

 United States Senate and Congress by President Howard. To- 

 gether with other Federation presidents, he did some special 

 work at Washington on the measure, which resulted in its pass- 

 age over the second veto. 



The handling of the Iowa wool clip of 1918 by the Government led 

 the Federation to the belief that the fleece wool growers of Iowa 

 should organize a special organization for the standardizing of their 

 product and the efificient marketing of same. The Federation gave 

 the wool growers its support with the result that over one million 

 pounds of wool have been handled co-operatively with very satisfac- 

 tory results. 



\'oted not to favor a joint committee of packers and producers, 

 but to favor a producers' committee that shall have authority to co- 

 operate with the packers or other organizations in ironing out pro- 

 duction problems. A committee was sent out to Kansas City, and 

 the result was that a producers' committee of fifteen was adopted, 

 and Mr. C. ^^^ Hunt, the chairman of the Marketing and Transpor- 

 tation Committee of the Federation is a member for Iowa, repre- 

 senting the swine interests. H. C. Wallace, of the Corn Belt Meat 

 Producers, represents the beef interests for Iowa. 



Voted to hire legal counsel to recommend to the Code Commission, 

 where possible, certain clarifications of the laws aflfecting agriculture. 

 This was done upon invitation from the Code Commission. 



Office opened in Room 24. Masonic Building. Ames, Iowa, May 

 1. 1919. 



]\Iay 15th President Howard called to Washington by Chairman E. 



