PART IV 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Ninth Annual Meeting of the Corn Belt Meat 

 Producers Association 



HELD AT 



Savery Convention Room, Savery Hotel, Des Moines, la., 

 February 18, 19, 1913 



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 



The regular time set for the annual meeting of the Corn Belt 

 ^iTeat Prcducers' Associati: n is the second week in December of 

 e^.ch year. Owing to the fact that the legislature met in Des Moines 

 this week, the directors thought it adv^isable to cause a postpone- 

 ment of the annual meeting until February. Accordingly, a formal 

 meeting was held on the regular date and adjourned until February 

 18th and 19th. 



It was the mcst largely attended meeting in the history of the 

 ass:ciation, and the interest was sustained from the beginning to 

 the end, each session being well attended. 



The meeling was called to order by President Sykes at 10 a. m., 

 and after prayer hj Reverend J. F. Jamieson, of the Elmwood 

 United Preshyterian Church, President Sykes delivered his annual 

 addres ', fs follows: 



PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: We again welcome you to the annual 

 meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association, and invite you to 

 participate with us in the feast of good things that your v/orthy secre- 

 tary will dish up to us through the splendid program he has prepared. 



