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FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



President S. B. Shilling in the Chair. 



Meeting called to order at 2 o'clock by the Chairman. The 

 first number on the afternoon program was a piano recital by 

 Miss Agnes Kouba, excellently rendered. 



The Chairman : The next will be the report of the commit- 

 tee on resolutions. 



i\lr. Nietert, chairman of the committee on resolutions, read 

 the following report of that committee. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



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Resolved, That the convention desires to express its hearty appreci- 

 ation of the efforts of the Commercial Club, the Mower-Harwood 

 Company, and the J. G. Cherry Company, and the citizens of Cedar Rap- 

 ids, for their liberal assistance in making the 29th annual meeting of 

 the Iowa State Dairy Association such a grand success. 



Resolved, That we desire to extend our many thank to the press 

 of this city, who have so kindly and courteously contributed to the 

 success of this meeting. 



Resolved, That this association tender its thanks to the Gurler- 

 Barth company for their kindness in furnishing cold storage for the 

 butter exhibited at this convention. 



Resolved, That we express our thanks to our old friend and member 

 Hon. H. D. Sherman, of this city, now past eighty years old, who was 

 our first State Dairy Commissioner, one of the principal organizers 

 of this society, and pioneer Iowa Creameryman, for his kind and 

 cheerful presence at this meeting. 



Resolved, That we thank the Hon. James Wilson, Secretarj; of Agri- 

 culture, for the able manner in which he is conducting the affairs of 

 the Department of Agriculture at Washington. D. C. and for the energy 

 and great assistance that he has rendered the dairy interests of our 

 nation. Be it further 



Resolved, That we hereby tender our thanks to Hon. Ed. H. Web- 

 ster, Chief of the Dairy Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, aijd his able assistants, C. E. Gray and L. R. Rogers, 



