490 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



We, W. B. Barney and J. J. Ross, members of said corporation and 

 present at said special meeting, do hereby certify the above to be a true 

 and correct statement of the proceedings of the members at the above 

 named meeting and there were no votes cast in opposition to the exten- 

 sion of corporate existence of said corporation. 



Attest: 



In pursuance of the authority given us by the special meeting of the 

 members set forth above, we, W. B. Barney and J. J. Ross, have executed 

 this instrument and do hereby sign and acknowledge the same for and in 

 behalf of the said corporation this 13th day of D'ecember, 1911. 



W. B. BARNEY, 

 J. J. ROSS. 



State of Iowa, 

 Polk county. ^^• 



Be it remembered that on the 13th day of December, A. D. 1911, before 

 me a Notary Public in and for said county and state personally appeared 

 W. B. Barney and J. J. Ross, each being to me personally known, who> 

 being duly sworn did say that said instrument was signed and sealed in 

 behalf of said corporation by authority of its members, and that they 

 acknowledge said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of said cor- 

 poration by them voluntarily executed. 



RUTH WOODRUFF, 

 Notary Public. 



This business was the most important subject before this meet- 

 ing and the next meeting was held at Des Moines on April 3, 1912^ 

 for the purpose of determining the time and place for the 1912 

 convention. Several applications and invitations were read be- 

 fore the committee, one from Cedar Rapids, one from Des Moines 

 and one from Waterloo. After discussing the different offers; 

 your committee decided unanimously to accept the invitation 

 from Waterloo and the Dairy Cattle Congress and, gentlemen^ 

 I am sure that after looking over the exhibits and buildings that 

 Waterloo has provided for our comfort that you will agree with 

 me that the committee made a wise selection. The Iowa State 

 Dairy Association has never in its history had such a welcome 

 and such a comm.odious place to hold a convention, and I think 

 that the association is to ])e congratulated upon having these fine 

 conveniences, and if this meeting is not a success certainly it will 

 not be the fault of the committee nor the city of Waterloo. 



I would like to call your attention at this time to some of the 

 things that have been accomplished by the State Dairy Expert 

 and his Assistant. I believe that there has never been a year 

 that has shown such great advancement in the upbuilding of 

 dairying in the state as has been accomplished during the last 



