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John W. Coverdale, secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration, expressed the desire of the Farm Bureau to co-operate 

 with the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association in every way 

 possible. 



T. W. Ingwerson, of Swift & Company, Chicago, spoke of the 

 close relations which exist between the packers and the stock- 

 men, and of the desire of the packers to do everything possible 

 to make the live stock business profitable to the producers. He 

 expressed the hope that the work begun by the Producers' Com- 

 mittee of Fifteen might be continued. 



Secretary Henry C. Wallace emphasized in a general way the 

 importance of maintaining the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Asso- 

 ciation and extending it still further. He thought that possibly 

 the time might come when the Farm Bureau could take over 

 some of the work the association has been doing, but that until 

 it was fully equipped to handle it, the interests of the farmers 

 and stockmen of Iowa absolutely demanded vigorous work on 

 the part of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association. 



The chairman closed the session by emphasizing the impor- 

 tance of extending our membership, and the annual convention 

 adjourned. 



REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE IOWA 

 BEEF PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION FOR 1919. 



The work of the association during 1919 was somewhat hampered be- 

 cause of the changing of the field man. Mr. Allender was the representa- 

 tive for the first four months of the year. Mr. Tomlinson again took up 

 the work in April and carried it until the first of July, when he resigned 

 to take a position with the Extension Department, and I was appointed. 



This changing about has hampered the work more or less and, coupled 

 with it, we have had the Farm Bureau Federation and membership drives, 

 which have been going on practically all fall, and during the winter, up 

 and until now. The last named has interfered more seriously of the two, 

 but now that it has let up, the work is pushing forward. The most 

 serious thing which resulted from this condition, in so far as our work 

 directly is concerned, is the fact that it cut down the number of counties 

 where baby beef club work was put on. However, there was a total of 

 519 calves started in this club last fall, with 390 boys and girls feeding, 

 as against 443 calves and 316 for the year previous, an increase of 17.1 

 per cent. 



The rules for the 1919-20 club have been changed as follows: 



