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nated Mr. C. C. Croxen of Muscatine county; Mr. Hunter of Johnson 

 county nominated Mr. E. T. Davis of Johnson county; Mr, Joe Morton 

 of Woodbury county nominated Mr. C. W. Phillips of Jackson county, the 

 present incumbent, and Mr. John Cownie of Polk county nominated 

 Mr. Fred McCulloch of Benton county. No further nominations were 

 made and the president declared the nominations closed and instructed 

 the delegates to prepare their ballots. The President named as tellers 

 C. G. Kaskey of Calhoun county, H. S. Stanbery of Black Hawk county 

 and G. H. White of Mills county. The count of ballots resulted as 

 follows: Mr. Davis 52; Mr. Phillips 19; Mr. McCulloch 6, and Mr. 

 Croxen 4. Mr. Morton then moved that the election of Mr. Davis be 

 made unanimous; seconded by Mr. Shipman the motion carried and 

 the president declared Mr. Davis duly elected member of the state 

 board of agriculture from the second district for the term of two 

 years. 



For member of the board from the fourth district Mr. T. W. Purcell 

 of Franklin county placed in nomination Mr. E. J. Curtin of Winne- 

 shiek county, the present incumbent. Mr. C. H. Barber of Cerro 

 Gordo county seconded the motion. Mr. Purcell moved if there were 

 no further nominations that the secretary be instructed to cast the 

 vote of the convention for Mr. Curtin. The motion carried. The sec- 

 retary announced he had so cast the eighty-two votes of the convention 

 for Mr. Curtin and the president declared Mr. Curtin duly elected 

 member of the state board of agriculture from the fourth district for 

 the ensuing two years. 



Nominations for member of the board from the sixth district were 

 called for. Mr. Ralph Sherman of Poweshiek county nominated Mr. 

 Legoe, the present incumbent; Mr. Jno. Wall jasper of Lee county 

 nominated Mr. H. C. Leach of Davis county. No further nominations 

 were made and the president declared the nominations closed and 

 instructed the delegates to prepare their ballots. The ballots were 

 cast and counted by the tellers, the count being as follows: Mr. Legoe 

 54; Mr. Leach 13. Mr. Leach moved to make Mr. Legoe's election 

 unanimous. The motion carried and Mr. Legoe was declared duly 

 elected member of the state board of agriculture, for the ensuing two 

 years, from the sixth district. 



For member of the board from the eighth district Mr. Morrow of 

 Union county nominated Mr. Sheldon to succeed himself. Seconded 

 by Mr. Griffin of Calhoun county. Mr. Morrow moved if there were 

 no further nominations that the rules be suspended and the secretary 

 instructed to cast the entire vote of the convention for Mr. Sheldon. 

 Motion carried. The secretary announced that he had so cast the 

 eighty-two votes of the convention and Mr. F. E. Sheldon was declared 

 duly elected member of the board from the eighth district for the 

 ensuing two years. 



Nominations for member from the ninth district to fill vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of Mr. J. E. Summers were called for. Mr. 

 L. H. Pickard of Shelby county nominated Mr. Chas. Escher, Jr. 

 Seconded by Mr. Mullen of Pocahontas county. Mr. Pickard moved 



