SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I. 49 



known to the proper officers what they desired and speakers could be 

 secured for them in time. 



Now, as to how and where an organization of this kind, if extended 

 over the State, should be placed, I am not prepared to say, but think 

 it should be an organization of itself and some one placed at the 

 head of it who would be capable of handling it. 



If it should be extended over the state it would require a large 

 amount of work to get it properly started, but when once in working 

 order our institutes would begin to do a better grade of work than is 

 now accomplished. 



It is my hope and desire to see other organizations similar to ours 

 extended to other parts of the state. 



I do not want to see control of the institutes taken from local 

 hands, for they should select their own local program, but it seems 

 quite necessary that some central organization be established so that 

 outside speakers can be procured with much less expense and loss of 

 their time. 



I should like to have this matter taken up and discussed here 

 so that we may get the sentiment of those present as to what they 

 think of the undertaking. 



So far we have been quite sucessful with the work of our organi- 

 zation, but is too young as yet to get all the benefits. Nearly all of the 

 counties in our association hold their institutes so as to come one 

 after the other and those that have been held up to the present time 

 have had a great saving of time and expense. For example, — Iowa 

 county held two institutes, one at North English and the other at 

 Williamsburg, and total expense for Prof. Wayne Dinsmore of the 

 Agricutural College, w'ho attended both meetings was eleven dollars. 



It seems to me that this is an important question for the future 

 success of our institutes, and I hope that you will all give it due con- 

 sideration. 



The President : We will now listen to a paper by Hon. 

 F. D. Steen, of West Liberty. 



AIr. Steen : Glancing down on the program and just look- 

 ing at the watch, I will say, that in the early times, when log 

 houses were being built, and these large places between the larger 

 logs were sought to be filled up, the workman used smaller logs 

 and chips to fill in these spaces. I presume, when the president 

 looked at the program, he concluded to call on your humble ser- 

 vant. We are thankful that we can be used to fill in these spaces. 



