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and general assistance, either by institutes or otherwise, as they 

 may deem proper to advance the general interests of the dairy in- 

 dustry of the state. 



Sec. 3. Executive committee. For all purposes of this act the 

 said association shall act by and through an executive committee 

 of live (5) members, consisting of the president, and vice president, 

 of the Iowa State Dairy Association, the dean of the Iowa State 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and the professor of 

 dairying of the same institution, and the food and dairy com- 

 missioner of the state of Iowa. 



Sec. 4. Inspectors and instructors — compensation — expenses. 

 They may employ two or more competent persons who shall devote 

 their entire time to such inspection and instniction under the direc- 

 tion of the said executive committee, and who shall hold office at 

 the pleasure of the committee, and who shall each receive a salary 

 not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per annum, and 

 actual expenses while engaged in such work. 



Sec. 5. Annual report to the Governor. The said association may 

 require such reports from their employes as they shall deem proper, 

 and shall make to the Governor an annual report of their proceed- 

 ings under this act, which report shall be published as a part of the 

 proceedings of the annual convention of the Iowa State Dairy Asso- 

 ciation. 



Sec. 6. Beef Cattle Breeders' Association. Whenever there shall 

 have been filed in the office of the secretary of state for Iowa veri- 

 fied proofs of the organization of the Beef Cattle Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation, together with proofs that such association has five hundred 

 (500) bona fide members who are stock breeders or stock feeders 

 in this state, together with the names of the president, vice presi- 

 dent, secretary and treasurer, such association shall be recognized 

 as the Iowa Beef Cattle Breeders' Association and be entitled to the 

 benefits of this act. 



Sec. 7. Instruction — inspection — executive board. It shall be the 

 duty of the Beef Cattle Breeders' Association to aid in the promo- 

 tion of the beef cattle industry of the state and to provide for prac- 

 tical and scientific instruction in the breeding and raising of beef 

 cattle, and to provide for the inspection of herds, premises and the 

 appliances, methods and foodstuffs used in the business of feeding 

 for the purpose of making suggestions and demonstrations beneficial 



