PROCEEDINGS CORN BELT MEAT PRODUCERS' ASSN. 537 



grandchildren would be trying to make a living on the farm that 

 we older people have attempted to build up. Now are we going to 

 hand those down to those children and to those grandchildren in a 

 depleted condition, in a condition that means starvation to them 

 the rest of their lives, and then they hand them down to their prog- 

 eny in a more depleted condition ; or shall' we, as outstanding fig- 

 ures in the greatest producing state of the nation, hand down to 

 future posterity these farms in better condition and in a higher 

 state of cultivation, in a condition that will produce greater crops 

 and a larger yield than they did in their virgin state ? We can do 

 this, men. There is not any question about it. We can do this 

 as live stock producers of this great state. We can set the ex- 

 ample. We can lead the way for the young men to follow. I don 't 

 believe that they will go very far wrong if we set the example and 

 teach it to them and show to them the difference between the live 

 stock farmer in the long run and the grain farmer who makes up 

 his mind that he is not going to work the year around. 



You know there are a lot of people that are not in the live stock 

 business simply because they know it is a year-around business. 

 They want the winter off ; they want a vacation during the winter. 

 They don't want an every-day job the year around. If a census 

 of the grain farmers of the country was taken, I am satisfied you 

 would find that a large per cent of them feel that they are entitled 

 to a vacation a certain part of the year. For that reason, they 

 don't want to engage in the live stock business because it is an 

 every day job for 365 days in the year. I believe that we can 

 afford to set an example, as I have already stated. I want to em- 

 phasize the importance of we who represent the oldest live stock 

 organization in existence, so far as I know, that has had a con- 

 tinuous record of results of which we ought to be proud. We can 

 afford to set the example for these younger men to follow. 



Now we are going to call for a report from our treasurer, Mr. 

 Goodenow. 



Chas. Goodenow, of Wall Lake, treasurer, then read the follow- 

 ing report: 



SECRETARY'S REPORT 



Receipts for the year $4,583.00 



Disbursements — 



Bank collection fees ? 31.10 



Refunds to county associations 30.00 



Gortner State Bank (bad check) 5.00 



