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We would recommend that an organization man or committee be pro- 

 vided by each county board whose duty it shall be to give close attention 

 to organization work and the collection of its membership dues. 



Women's Work 

 Early in the spring there was organized a state-wide women's com- 

 mittee consisting of the following named ladies representing their re- 

 spective districts: 

 Congressional 



District Name Address 



First Mrs. F. Lee Davis Montrose, Iowa 



Second Mrs. Don B. Seaman Davenport, Iowa 



Third Mrs. W. M. George Janesville, Iowa 



Fourth Mrs. W. E. Bouck Mason City, Iowa 



Fifth Mrs. W. A. Tanner Palo, Iowa 



Sixth Mrs: Clarence Decatur Grinnell, Iowa 



Seventh Mrs. Jacob Solberg Nevada, Iowa 



Eighth Mrs. Harley Condra Seymour, Iowa 



Ninth Mrs. Gene Cutler Logan, Iowa 



Tenth Mrs. W. Van Bloom Dayton, Iowa 



Eleventh Mrs. John Wilkin Correctionville, Iowa 



No piece of Farm Bureau work has ever met with more general ap- 

 proval than the activities carried on by the ladies. The women's work 

 should have more serious consideration and closer co-operation from 

 the Farm Bureau boards, for their work is unquestionably the most 

 stabilizing influence in the organization. No problem of the home can 

 be solved without the aid of the women, and all problems of the farm 

 concern them. The farmer with his farm problem and his wife with 

 the home and family problem should form the basis of a true working 

 relationship and be the incentive for the most harmonious co-operation 

 within the ranks of a farm organization. 



Legislation 



The Legislative Committee has been checking over the Code Com- 

 mission bills and working on legislative matters that will need attention 

 by the present General Assembly. The committee being fully advised 

 as to the necessity for decreased taxes recognizes that this can only be 

 accomplished by a decreased expenditure and will endeavor to have all 

 appropriations reduced to actual necessities. 



Live Stock Department 



The work on behalf of the live stock interests for the past year has 

 been to emphasize the co-operative marketing as outlined in the National 

 Live Stock Producers Association which adopted the plan of the Com- 

 mittee of Fifteen. This work was directed by Mr. Sar. His report shows 

 that one hundred eighty different shipping associations asked for his 

 service, and that every assistance possible was rendered such associations 

 on any question pertaining to their live stock marketing problems. 



At the last annual meeting of the I. F. B. F. a resolution was adopted 

 directing the officers to use their influence and power in perfecting the 



