PART IV 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 1906 



State Agriculture Convention 



AND 



Conclusion of State Farmers' Institute Meeting 



Wednesday morning, December 12, 1906. 



The State Agricultural Convention convened in the rooms of 

 the Department of Agriculture at 9:30 o'clock a.m., with Presi- 

 dent W. W. Morrow in the chair. 



The meeting was called to order and the President appointed 

 the following committees : 



Credentials— h. H. Pickard of Shelby county,' M. L. Flinn of 

 Woodbury county, and Frank Sheldon of Ringgold county. 



Eesolutions — C. W. Hoffman of Decatur county, E. A. Larson 

 of Montgomery county, and S. B. Packard of Marshall county. 



Vice-President Cameron was called to the chair and the Presi- 

 dent made the folowing address: 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



HON. W. W. ^lORROW, AFTON, lA. 



The statement has been made at each annual meeting for the past 

 feAv years that the fair just closed was the most successful of any In Its 

 history: and while this was true in the past, it is especially true of the 

 fair of 1906. 



The report of the weather and crop service will show that Iowa has 

 produced this year a total of 385,000,000 bushels of corn, valued at $128,- 

 000,000; also 142,000,000 bushels of oats, valued at $38,000,000. The entire 



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