:-ijr;i.rj)i>U)A lo 'i'/.:ii/:T>iy.M;ui /.v/oi ;iki 



xci bill; liB'i arijjy jswol 9iiJ lo ^oUoq -.'(li a-aad Horl li .vi;)y 111// •/■.>iil 

 Jesi.'jfli '<.6A' JB-iiJ ni btia ,-iist btjofiBlud [law a ^tvijil tuiK {ij o; iioiJlaoQ 



ai JSiiJ [SziBt 9.i£Js 9jdr io '{M -^ ■jfafTf^f^/^sed aiiT siiivBfC lo noiiijjwqai 



•i:jYO 1o abuuoig diij rji) aJne>int)/uiinui ja MiBifn-tq -tbsifi 07/ i8yv^ airtT 

 ciriJ lo tuiBaooiiJ b'^ibauil ^nO .sijiiloh bnisauoifi vrtit litiij fwihnriri -juo 

 ailJ ttToa cajs I bus .^!c(paa*!^/7T»ipip^l^tl^YP'(5Jlt5i I'lOiacrs 8iiw jai/ooiii 

 Oil bad 'itisl 9riJ to VijfaaeaboV/ tnu; viii'.iiHi' !" n> 'n>>^ vm ^nov/ odv/ a-itidiuaui 

 sgiBl ydT lol ^9X101X1 aidj saiJBiTxtoaUiitLJji ;(oo7 y^wir nnq ruli lol aJ9i§9i 

 ei9'/ e<V/ .v^aouT adj dJ:w Jdod a^w J8if! baBta bitB-ij^ Hi;oihoinrno.) bOB 



' I ):biiiju '.r.io SBv,' snoij:)_<.i nt*; -m!' to :ioi.' ^Igno' lot bBri 9W bid 

 i^riRVH baB3ii9if>MWk^.fu3,A^^^-^io diiW a-tBlIob bn«?.uorij 



Convention wa's'eSfecj jf| oij^(l^£:^'9 •^§I,'^;''i}ir^^'^^ 

 the State Board of AgriQ^lti^rft, ^,ii jj;,hik Am, ^h[o-^'i mii uj-d jon bib 



Prayer was offered by Re\k Ij'Mfti'^V'l^hf H$ ^l^^s mln-^ey.^'^' '"'"^ 



The president appointed the follewi'Dg'tjommitteesti >/i'.> > /t'^v Unn 



Committee on Credentials: John Ledge^j\jVp()4,oJf,Pee^i;^r,co^ip,^^. 

 J. W. Coverdale of Clinton county, and S. L.- 'Watt.pf ^afi-cauutXoi 



Committee on Resolutions: T. E. Grissel of Guthrie ' ctMiilty,"T: 

 W. Pureoll of Franklin county, and B. F. Felt, Jr., of Cl'^y county. 



~'iii)!,ii.' 11:' 



Vice-President Brown was called to the chair and Pret^jii^t 



Cameron made the following address: in-^di 



•I 

 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



The Iowa State Fair and Exposition is fast coming to the front as 

 \\hat its supporters have always contended it is — one of the greatest educa- 

 tional institutions of the state. Here the practical demonstrations of the. 

 scientific education of agriculture in all its forms are exhibited. It is 

 here the father, mother, son and daughter who are unable to attend the 

 agricultural and domestic science schools can attend this annual gather- 

 ing of all the resources of the state and go home imbued with the desire to 

 become more efficient in their work; they not only see but have oppor- 

 tunity to talk with exhibitors in all departments, thereby receiving in- 

 formation they could not have obtained had they not attended the fan-. 

 The reason I make the assertion that the farmers of the state are anxious 

 for information is the yearly increase in the number of them who used 

 to attend the fair a day or two, but who now bring their families and 

 camp, or procure rooms and remain the entire week. The number of 

 campers has more than doubled the last few years. The number of peo- 

 ple who passed through the gates this year was more than for any year 

 'in the history of the fair, with Thursday and Friday rainy days. Peo- 

 ple are bound to come to the fair if you have these things there that 

 they aje interested in, and the more interest there is for them the longer 



