PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 195 



of the Iowa State Board of Agriculture to represent the Fourth Dis- 

 trict. 



Chas. H. Barber, Cerro Gordo County : I wish to second the 

 nomination of Mr. Curtin. 



There being no further nominations Mr. Bacon moved that the 

 rules be suspended and the Secretary be instructed to cast the unani- 

 mous vote of the convention for Mr. E. J. Curtin to succeed himself 

 as Director from the Fourth District. The motion was duly seconded 

 and carried. The Secretary cast the vote of the convention and 

 President Cameron declared Mr. Curtin duly elected to succeed him- 

 self as Director of the State Board of Agriculture from the Fourth 

 District. :| j 



President Cameron : The next office to be filled is that of a 

 Director from the Sixth District. 



E. J. Fallor from the Sixth District : I wish to place in nomina- 

 tion Mr. E. H. Maytag of Newton, Iowa. This gives me pleasure 

 because I know Mr. Maytag well and because he is well equipped to 

 fill this position with honor to himself and the Board of Directors. 

 Mr. Maytag at the present time is Secretary-Treasurer of the Maytag 

 Company at Newton, Iowa, one of the largest manufacturing con- 

 cerns in the state of Iowa. He also owns and manages a farm where 

 he is breeding Holstein cattle which are accredited, and also Poland 

 China hogs. I believe if you will give him your support that he will 

 fill the position with credit. 



Chas. H. Barber, Cerro Gordo County: I would like to second 

 the nomination of Mr. Maytag. 



J. C. McClune, Mahaska County : I am gratified to have the 

 privilege of nominating one of my fellow citizens for the office of 

 Director of the Agricultural Board of Iowa. We all are willing 

 to admit that Iowa is a great state, we acknowledge that. If you 

 are not convinced of that go visit some of the other states and stay 

 four or five weeks and come back and you will discover you have 

 one of the greatest states in the union, and if you are not satisfied 

 that you have the greatest state fair in the union visit some of the 

 state fairs of some of the other states as I have been doing in the 

 years gone by, and you will become convinced we have a great 

 state fair in Iowa, and one of the greatest in the United States. Now 

 there is a reason for these things, there is a reason for the great state 

 fair, and it has been in the management of that fair. I am personally 

 acquainted with the retiring member from the Sixth District. I 

 have known him for more than twenty-five years. We were proud 



