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that will verify that reputation. I understand that this is your third 

 consecutive meeting in our city, and I well remember your first dairy 

 show three years ago. Certainly you have made a wonderful growth in 

 these past three years and are to be congratulated for it. We, of Waterloo, 

 like to see things grow and are proud with you for the shov/ing of dairy 

 cattle on exhibition in these grounds. Without question it is the greatest 

 assembly of great cattle ever exhibited in the world. 



We want you to enjoy yourselves while in our city, and will do every- 

 thing in our power to make your stay with us pleasant and profitable. 

 We want you to come again. Once more, in behalf of the city, I welcome 

 you. 



The Chairman : We all appreciate Mr. Kenyon's cordial welcome. 

 Mr. C. A. Nelson, of Waverly, will respond. 



Mr. Nelson: Members of the Iowa State Dairy Association: When city 

 folks want things done these days they call on a farmer, so I was asked 

 to respond to the address of welcome. I can say to Mr. Kenyon that we 

 are glad to be back in Waterloo again, for we have not forgotten the 

 hospitality which was extended to us at our previous conventions. I am a 

 dairy cow enthusiast and love the dairy business, and when I was told that 

 there were 160 tubs of butter sent here and that every tub scored 90 and 

 above, with an average of 94, I am more proud than ever. Whoever saw 

 such a showing of fine dairy cattle? Nobody ever has because a finer 

 showing has never been made, and it is a great credit to the men of Water- 

 loo who have made this possible. I remember about five years ago when 

 the dairy cow was introduced into this convention at Cedar Rapids. That 

 was the beginning of what we have here today. It is only going to be 

 a few years until our land will be worth $500 per acre because of our 

 good buttermakers, our good creameries and our good cows and the good 

 people of Iowa. 



We appreciate Waterloo's welcome. I am glad this city has given us 

 this location and we are going to meet here from year to year and bring 

 our cows. We want to show the people of Waterloo, the state of Iowa, 

 and the world what we are doing. We like Waterloo because she knows 

 how to make a farmer feel that he is one of the elements of the world. We 

 are going to try and get out more farmers every year, because if we are 

 going to do our best we must attend these meetings. Again, in behalf of 

 this association, we thank the 'city of Waterloo for their hearty welcome 

 and support. 



The Chairman: We will now listen to the report of the secre- 

 tary, Mr. J. J. Ross: 



Mr. President, Members of the Iowa State Dairy Association, 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with pleasure that I wish to call 

 your attention to my report for 1912, but before taking up the 

 details of the report there is an apology due the members of the 

 association, and that is that I had intended to give you my report 

 for the year closing July first, 1912, in printed form but on ac- 



