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We acknowledge the courtesy of the press and the public of 

 Waterloo, and trust their hospitality and public spirit will meet 

 full returns. 



Mr. Wentworth expressed a wish that a greater effort be made 

 next year to get out the old officers and the old members of the as- 

 sociation for a good old reunion. 



Mr. Eoss suggested that a copy of the resolutions relative to Mr. 

 Mitchell be sent to the railroads. 



BEAUTY CONTEST. 



In the Beauty Contest, photographs of the grounds and build- 

 ings were submitted and judged at this convention. G. Steussi, of 

 the .Farmers-' Co-operative Creamery Company, Thorpe, Iowa, won 

 the first honor and was awarded a cash prize of $20 besides the lov- 

 ing cup valued at $50 which was given by Professor Mortensen. 



C. F. Bollig, of Fenton, won the second prize and received $15. 

 Guy Thomas, of Clear Lake, won third place. 



KETAIL MILK DEALERS. 



The Executive Committee of the Iowa Retail Milk Dealers' As- 

 sociation met in Waterloo during the Dairy Cattle Congress and 

 decided to hold its next convention at Cedar Rapids. The meeting 

 of the association at Waterloo was well attended and considerable 

 interest manifested. Eleven samples of milk were entered in the 

 contest. The Shoemaker- Van Pelt-Mayne Company, of Waterloo, 

 won the gold medal with a score of 95.5. Their bacterial count was 

 60. W. E. Stanton, of Estherville, won the silver medal with a to- 

 tal score of 92.25. His bacterial count was 260. Addresses were 

 made by Ernest Kelly, of the United States Dairy Division, Prof. 

 A. J. Hauser, of Ames, who scored the milk, Dr. 0. P. Thompson, 

 state milk inspector and Hon. W. B. Barney, state dairy and food 

 commissioner. Approximately twenty-five milk dealers were pres- 

 ent. 



THE SILO AND PROSPERITY. 



BY H. E. COLBY. 



The silo is the trade-mark of the prosperous fanner. It stands as a 

 sign pointing the wayfarer to the most successful of farmers in the 

 eommunity. 



Silos are as old as civilization. We read in the ancient records that 

 the Egyptians preserved feed for their stock by storing it in pits or 

 caverns in the ground and using it as occasion demanded later in the 

 season. This feed developed really in the form of silage. These were the 



