806 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Milk is tlie greatest of all food articles given to us by the great Father, 

 because it is the first food Me come in contact with and probably the last. 



Cedar Rapids is operating under the commission plan, as adopted by 

 Des Moines, and if any of you, while in the city, would care to visit the 

 city hall and investigate the system, we would be pleased to give you all 

 the time you desire to become familiarized w'- a it. 



I hope and believe you will have a successial convention and that it 

 will prove beneficial to all. I thank you. 



RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



BY E. R. SHOEMAKER, WATERLOO, IOWA. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



In behalf of the Iowa State Dairy Association I thank the mayor and 

 the citizens of Cedar Rapids for the generous welcome we have received. 

 We are always glad to meet in Cedar Rapids. We have been here before, 

 and our coming this time, therefore, is no new thing. We appreciate the 

 interest you have always taken and the splendid facilities you have pro- 

 vided for our meetings. We assure you we shall enjoy our convention 

 here and thank you, Mr. Meyer, again for your hearty welcome. 



President: We will listen to the rejjort of the secretary, W. B. 

 Johnson. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT OF THE IOWA STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 



W. U. JOIIXSOX, SECRETARY, UES MOINES. 



I.ades, Gentlemen and Members of the Iowa State Dairy Association: 



It is w ith some degree of satisfaction that I stand before you and 

 present for your approval the report of our last meeting, for two reasons. 

 One is the financial condition, and the other is the success and advance- 

 ment that the association has made in the past year and for the meeting 

 which was pronounced by all present at Waterloo the best meeting we 

 have ever held in our 32 years' existence. 



Following is the report: 



Financial report of the Iowa State Dairy Association for the year end- 

 ing July 1, 1909. 



July 1, 1908 — Receipts Disburse- 



ments. 



Ealance in treasury $1,456.21 



Interest received 27.79 



July 1, 1909— 



Advertising receipts 465.00 



Contributions received 735.00 



Butter sales 1,200.10 



Membership receipts 289.00 



