PART VII 



Report of the Thirty-eighth Annual Convention 

 of the Iowa State Dairy Association 



HELD AT 



Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 13 and 14, 1914, in connection 

 with The Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress 



The thirty-eighth annual convention of the Iowa State Dairy 

 Association suffered along with the Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress, at 

 the hands of the weather man. Almost every day prior to the open- 

 ing of the Congress it rained, making the country roads impassable, 

 and the first three days of the show it rained continuously. This 

 caused thousands of farmers and others who would have attended 

 to stay at home. On account of this weather, no sessions of the 

 convention were held on Tuesday, and the attendance on "Wednes- 

 day was not large enough to permit of the carrying out of much of 

 a program. 



President Quarton, of Algona, was not present, and J. J. Ross, 

 of Iowa Falls, secretary of the association, occupied the chair. 



The following report was made by Secretary Ross : 

 REPORT OF SECRETARY J. J. ROSS FOR THE YEAR 1914. 



Mr. President, Members of the Iowa State Dairy Association, 

 I'm sure that you will all agree with me that the weather man is 

 not with us at this meeting and of course this accounts for there 

 being so few members in attendance, but I will try and outline 

 some of the work of your executive committee during the past year. 

 There has been held four special meetings of the committee, one 

 held at Ames on January 8, 1914, one on May 10, 1914, one on 

 August 26, 1914, at Des Moines, and one on September 3, 1914, at 

 Waterloo ; the meeting held at Ames on January 8, was for the pur- 

 pose of arranging for help with the dairy train in co-operation with 

 the State Dairy Board and also for the purpose of qualifying the 

 newly elected officers, and checking the books of the secretary and 

 treasurer. The meeting held at Ames on May 10, was for the pur- 

 pose of selecting a place to hold the 1914 convention. After reading 

 the invitations from the different cities it was unanimously voted 

 to accept the invitation of The Dairy Cattle Congress and go to 



