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mous vote of the convention for Mr. Brown. Motion pre- 

 \^ailed. The secretary so cast the vote and the president de- 

 clared W. C. Brown di:ily elected as member of the board front 

 the Third district. 



M. McDonald of Guthrie county placed in nomination for 

 member of the State Board of Agriculture from the Fifth dis- 

 trict S. B. Packard, to succeed himself, and moved that if there 

 were no other nominations that the rules be suspended and the 

 secretary instructed to cast the unanimous vote. of the conven- 

 tion for Mr. Packard, which motion was seconded by Mr. Mc- 

 Crary of Grundy count}^, and prevailed. The secretary so cast 

 the vote and the president declared S. B. Packard duly elected 

 as member of the board from^ the Fifth district. 



S. B. Packard placed in nomination for member of the State 

 Board of Agriculture from the Seventh district 'M. J. Wragg 

 of Dallas county, to succeed himself, and moved that if there 

 were no' other nominations that the rules be suspended and the 

 secretary instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the conven- 

 tion for Mr. Wragg. Motion prevailed. The secretary so 

 cast the vote and the president declared M. J. Wragg duly 

 elected as member of the board from the Seventh district. 



H. W. Byers of Shelby county placed in nomination for 

 member of the State Board of Agriculture from the Ninth dis- 

 trict M. McDonald of Guthrie county, to succeed himself. W. 

 S, Ellis placed in nomination for member of the Ijoavd from 

 the same district J. M. Hull of Montgomery county. The sec- 

 retary called the roll and the vote was cast and the tellers re- 

 ported the result of the ballot as follows : Total number of 

 votes cast, seventy-four, of which M. McDonald received fifty- 

 eight (58), and Mr. Hull sixteen (16). M. McDonald, having 

 received the majority of the votes cast, was declared, by the 

 president to have been duly elected as member of ti^e board 

 from the Ninth district. W. S. Ellis moved that the vote be 

 stricken out and Mr. McDonald declared unanimously elected, 

 which motion was put to the convention and prevailed. 



Geo. S. Forest of Jackson county placed in nomination for 

 member of the State Board of Agriculture from the Eleventh 

 district H. L. Pike of Monona count}-, to succeed himself, which 



