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Producers to receive Mr. Harlan's outline of a marketing plan 

 for beef cattle ; a conference with Mr. Hogan of the Federal Land 

 Bank of Omaha, with regard to influencing action by Congress 

 to raise the loan limit to $25,000; a conference with the Illinois 

 and Iowa Farmers' Grain Dealers on questions of policy; a con- 

 ference on the proposed foreign credit corporation at which time 

 the Foreign Credits Bank was authorized with a capital of 

 $100,000,000 to extend credit to Europe; conferences with the 

 Iowa Board of Education regarding the financial support of those 

 features of the institutions that serve the farmer in the field. 

 Conferences have been held with the State and Government agents 

 that administer the laws tending to eradicate tuberculosis in live 

 stock ; conferences with the State Veterinary association whereby 

 more satisfactory arrangements were secured for the distribution 

 of anti-hog cholera serum and virus. 



In September in co-operation with the Agricultural Extension 

 Department ten conferences were held in different parts of the 

 State. These conferences were for the purpose of setting up the 

 organization for a state-wide one-day membership campaign. At 

 these meetings questions of interest to every community were 

 discussed and many trivial misunderstandings were cleared up. 



In November four Banker and Farmer conferences were held 

 in different parts of the State, which from point of interest and 

 actual good accomplished were very satisfactory. 



President Howard, Governor Harding, Charles Webster of 

 the Iowa Railroad Commission and your Secretary attended a 

 hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in August 

 in which a request was made that all rail rates and the water and 

 rail rates between Chicago and the eastern sea ports be equalized. 

 This hearing brought about the equalization of the rate which 

 furnishes great relief to congested traffic between Chicago and 

 the East. To Governor Harding, Mr. Webster and President 

 Howard is due the gratitude of the membership for this piece 

 of good work which is of inestimable value to the country as a 

 whole. This particular piece of work has in all probability been 

 instrumental in bringing more prominently to the attention of 

 the whole country the strength of our organization than any 

 other one thing that has been done. A conference was held 

 with the Iowa Railroad Commission in which the legislative com- 

 mittee participated with a view of preparing amendments to 

 present statutes and recommending new laws tending to increase 



