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assure you that I appreciate it. I know something of the burdens 

 it carries with it. I feel very much encouraged over the dairy 

 interests of Iowa, and if we can make it grow as it has been grow- 

 ing we can make it one of the greatest dairy states in the union. 

 1 have nothing to say as to what I will do. I will administer the 

 duties of the office as well as I can. 



The following officers were unanimously elected : Vice-president, 

 (t. Kolthoff, Britt; secretary, J. J. Ross, low^a Falls; treasurer, 

 E. T. Sadler, Waterloo. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



The Iowa State Dairy Association meets in its 36th annual con- 

 vention under most favorable conditions and most congenial environ- 

 ment. The interest of our people has been stimulated to enthusiasm by 

 the splendid show of dairy cattle and the high quality of dairy products 

 here exhibited. The display of up-to-date devices for the equipment of 

 farm and factory has not been excelled and all augur well for the future 

 of Iowa's dairy industry. 



We believe the field work should be continued and recommend the sum 

 of $12,500 be requested of the incoming general assembly for the biennial 

 period. 



We wish to commend, in this connection, the invaluable assistance of 

 the railroads of Iowa by and through the dairy trains furnished entirely 

 free of expense to this association or the state. 



We tender our appreciation and express our approval of the work of 

 the state dairy commissioner, the dean of the dairy school and their as- 

 sistants. We heartily endorse the proposed legislation for the protection 

 of genuine dairy products presented by the National Dairy Union and in- 

 troduced by Representative Haugen, of this state in the national congress. 



This association has been peculiarly fortunate in the character and 

 ability of its officers and we congratulate the retiring president, Mr. R. B. 

 Young, and Vice-president L. L. Flickinger, upon the results accomplished 

 and progress made in their official term. 



To the citizens of Waterloo we can only say — You have ever made us 

 welcome and the numerous conventions held within your hospitable gates 

 make our annual meetings a valuable renewal of social and business ties. 



The dairy interests of the west and particularly of Iowa have met a 

 heavy loss in the recent death of Jules G. Lumbard, one of the organizers 

 and staunchest supporters of the Iowa State Dairy Association. For a 

 third of a century his presence was a feature of our conventions and 

 thousands will recall the rugged personality, the intellectual ability, the 

 wealth of wit, the vigorous manhood tempered by the tenderness of wom- 

 an, and hold in memory that marvelous voice, that fired the patriotism 

 of our armies, soothed the sorrow of a stricken people and ever encour- 

 aged a better citizenship. The qualities of mind and heart and voice that 



