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with the stock all under one roof than to have it scattered all 

 over the fair ground. I think the Board will have no hestita- 

 tion in asking for an appropriation to build this building if all 

 the breeders will help us and there will be no trouble in getting 

 it. Last year I was very much surprised at the condition of 

 things out there. I supposed there was better means of keep- 

 ing the grounds in sanitary conditon. I shall make an 

 effort to secure better conditions at the first opportunity. You 

 all know we are very much crowded for room. When the 

 pens are all occupied and the men in their tents and with sheds 

 and crates scattered about there is hardly room for a team to get 

 through and gather up the Itter every morning, as it should be 

 done, but I am going to do the best I can for you. I would like 

 to say a word in regard to influence. Perhaps there is not a 

 senator or representative in Iowa but has some acquaintance 

 with a breeder and nearly every breeder has some acquaintance 

 with a representative or senator and if you will use your influence 

 with them it will help a great deal. Get the representative from 

 your county convinced that you should have it and he will come 

 here prepared to vote for it, and if we all do that they will every 

 one come prepared to vote for it and there will not be a vote 

 against it." 



With reference to a plat of ground which this Association 

 had at its special December meeting requested the Board to set 

 aside for a model hog yard, the Secretary reported that the 

 Board of Agriculture had granted such a tract but as the 

 location was not convenient to the prospective new hog bams 

 no action had been taken toward its acceptance with the under- 

 standing that when the new buildings were provided a location 

 might be selected that would be convenient. 



The matter of recommendation of judges for the Iowa State 

 Fair was brought up but there seemed toi be so much of an 

 inclination to talk, and a superabundance of opinions made it 

 impossible to make any recommendations and the matter was 

 left open. 



The committee on resolutions congratulated the officers on the 

 success of the pfogramme, the authors of the different papers 



