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barrassing to our president to accept this nomination at this time. T 

 know he realizes the responsibility of the office, the duties to be per- 

 formed and the time it requires. I know he is modest and fears that 

 this might be embarrassing to him; but I want to assure him at this 

 time that no president in the history of this association has given better 

 service or more generously of his time, has brought about better results 

 and greater results to the Iowa State Dairy Association than our pres- 

 ent insumbent, Mr. Shilling. We do not want to listen to any objections 

 he may make but simply re-elect him, and I assure you that it is my 

 belief the association will continue to grow even more than the wonder- 

 ful growth it has shown in the past two years. I therefore desire to 

 second the nomination of Mr. Shilling and trust he will allow the chair- 

 m/an to put the question. 



The mction hQing ckily made and seconded, Air. Shilling was 

 nnanimoiisl}' elected by acclaniati(jn as president of the Iowa 

 State Dairy Association for the ensuing year. 



REMARKS BY MR. SHILLING. 



Gentlemen: 1 confess I never stood before you in my life that I 

 did not know what to say, until now. While I appreciate the honor 

 and while it is a pleasure for me to work for you, I can not feel that 

 you have done the right thing in placing me in the chair as president 

 of your association for lanother year. It has been a time-honored custom 

 of the Iowa State Dairy Association to accord this office to one man not 

 oftener than two years in succession, and this is the first time in the 

 history of the organization in twenty-seven years that custom has been 

 violated. I believe it is necessary to follow that custom in order to 

 have the success that the association deserves, but I will say here I 

 appreciate the honor and I will accept the office. (Applause.) I ac- 

 cept the office and, gentlemen. I thank you for it and I want to say here 

 that I promise you now. as I did a year ago, that you shall have the 

 very best that is in me for the year to come. I thank you. 



The President : The next is the nomination and election of 

 your vice president. Who will you have for your vice president? 



AIr. W^right : I nominate ]\Ir. Barney of Hampton as vice 

 president of the Iowa Dairv Association for the coming year. 



Nomination duly seconded, and Mr. Barney tnianimotisly 

 elected vice president. 



REMARKS BY MR. BARNEY. 



When I accepted this office a year ago. at Cedar Rapids, I was rather 

 loath to do so from the fact that I did not feel that I could give the 



