SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 79 



The Committee on Resolutions presented the following report, 

 which was unanimously adopted. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 

 To THE ]\IeMBERS of THE StATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION : 



Gentlemen : — ^We commend the state board for its efficient man- 

 agement during the past year and join with President Cameron in 

 his wish that the attendance in 1917 may pass the 300,000 mark. 



We ask the incoming legislature for an appropriation sufficient 

 to thoroughly equip the state fair with buildings needed for live 

 stock and the proper display of exhibits in all departments. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the cost of 

 maintenance of all buildings on the state fair grounds should be 

 borne by the state, the same as other state institutions. 



Resolved, That this convention extend to Dean Curtiss a vote 

 of thanks for his instructive and interesting address on South 

 America, its conditions and industries. 



Resolved, That this convention regrets to learn of the illness of 

 the faithful member of the State Board of Agriculture from the 

 Fifth District, Mr. Cyrus A. Tow, and that the president and secre- 

 tary be instructed to send him our best wishes and hopes for his 

 speedy recovery. 



We believe in the best possible education for the youth of Iowa 

 and are opposed to the abolishment of the two-year course at the 

 Iowa State College or the curtailment of the work of the institution 

 in any manner. 



We recommend, so far as possible, actual demonstrations of all 

 farm machinery, road grading, dairv^ apparatus and other mechan- 

 ical devices at the state fair. 



CHAS. H. BARBER, 

 J. C. BECKNER, 

 W. M. CLARK, 



Committee on Resolutions. 



