180 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Nominations for member of the board from the First District 

 were next called for. D. J. Palmer of Washington county placed 

 in nomination Mr. R. S. Johnston of Louisa county to succeed him- 

 self, and moved if there were no other nominations that nomina- 

 tions cease and the secretary be instructed to cast the entire vote of 

 I he convention for Mr. Johnston. Motion prevailed. The secretary 

 so cast the vote and Mr. Johnston was declared duly elected mem- 

 ber of the board from the First District for the ensuing two years. 



Mr. R. J. Bixby of Delaware county nominated for member of the 

 board from the Third District, Mr. E. M. Reeves of Bremer county 

 to succeed himself, and moved if there were no other nominations 

 that the rules be suspended and the secretary authorized to cast 

 the entire vote of the convention for Mr. Reeves. Motion prevailed 

 The secretary so cast the vote and Mr. Reeves was declared duly 

 elected member of the board from the Third District for the ensuing 

 two years. 



For member of the board from the Fifth District, Mr. Fred Mc- 

 Culloch of Benton county nominated Mr. E. M. Wentworth of Mar- 

 shall county ; seconded by Mr. Ferris of Franklin county. Mr. Mc- 

 CuUoch moved that the rules be suspended and the secretary be in- 

 structed to cast the entire vote for Mr. Wentworth. Motion pre- 

 vailed. The secretary so cast the vote and ]\Ir. Wentworth was de- 

 clared duly elected member of the board from the Fifth District 

 for the ensuing two years. 



Mr. W. W. Morrow of Union county nominated Mr. C. F. Curtiss 

 of Story county to succeed himself as member of the board from the 

 Seventh District; seconded by Mr. Purcell. Mr. Morrow moved 

 that the rules be suspended and the secretary instructed to cast 

 the entire vote of the convention for Mr. Curtiss. Motion prevailed. 

 The secretary so cast the vote and Mr. Curtiss was declared elected 

 member of the State Board of Agriculture from the Seventh Dis- 

 trict for the ensuing two years. 



For member of the board from the Ninth District, Mr. Pickard of 

 Harlan placed in nomination Mr. Chas. J. Escher, Jr., of Shelby 

 county ; and "Sir. McDonald of Guthrie county nominated Mr. J. H. 

 Wilson of Adair county. The roll was called by the secretary and 

 the votes cast, and the tellers reported 54 votes for Mr. Escher and 

 24 for ]\Ir. AVilson. ]Mr. ]\IcDonald moved that the election of j\Ir. 

 Escher be made unanimous. ^Motion prevailed and Mr. Escher 

 was declared duly elected member of the board from the Ninth 

 District for the ensuing two years. 



