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to employ competent girls that he could trust, and so he finally 

 entered into an agreement, with the consent of the executive com- 

 mittee, to turn this work over to Mr. Goodenow, who was treas- 

 urer — that is, the collection of funds, the finances. That is the 

 reason that Mr. Wallace has not made a report to you this year, 

 as he has in the past. This work was turned over to Mr. Goodenow 

 about the first of June or, possibly, during the month of May some- 

 time, and he has made the entire report for the association as both 

 secretary and treasurer. 



Now, you have heard and listened to these reports — the reports 

 of Mr. Goodenow as secretary-treasurer, and the report of the 

 auditing committee. What do you wish to do with the reports? 



Mr. Corey: I move that the reports be adopted and placed on 

 file. 



Motion seconded and unanimously adopted. 



The President: We will now proceed with our program. I am 

 sorry to announce to this congregation of men today that a man 

 that we had hoped to have with us, and a man who you all know 

 and have mingled with, and has been before you frequently, and 

 in whom we all have the greatest confidence, and in his distress, 

 sympathy, has been deprived by sickness of being here — that is, 

 Prof. J. M. Evvard. Professor Kildee's name appears here, but 

 it is an error; it should be J. M. Evvard, for it was he who was 

 to talk to you at this time on the cattle situation. Professor Ev- 

 vard is now in the hospital at Iowa City, and in a pretty serious 

 condition, they say. That is, it is not critical, but he will have 

 to undergo another operation there, and I am very sorry that he 

 can not be with us today, but am glad that we have his very able 

 assistant, Professor Culbertson, to whom Professor Evvard has 

 delivered his paper, and at this time we are going to listen to Pro- 

 fessor Evvard's paper read by his assistant, Professor Culbertson. 



Professor Culbertson, Ames, Iowa: Mr. President and Mem- 

 bers of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association: I have been 

 asked to read this paper by Prof. J. M. Evvard, of the Iowa Ex- 

 periment Station. I only got this paper about 9:30 this morning, 

 and since it is written in longhand with a lead pencil, and evi- 

 dently written quite hurriedly, I know you will overlook any 

 stumblino^ or hesitation I may show in the reading. 



