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STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE— AflRICULTURAL 



CONVENTION AND PROCEEDINGS OP THE 



STATE BOARD AND COMMITTEE 



MEETINGS POR 1904. 



Selection of Seed Corn — By Prof. P. G. Holden, Ames, Iowa. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE 

 FARMERS' INSTITUTE, HELD IN THE ROOMS OF THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 

 1904. 



The meeting was called to order by the president at 10 o'clock 

 A. M. 



The President: Gentlemen, please come to order. The first 

 on the program will be the address of welcome, by the Hon. Joe 

 S. Trigg. 



REMARKS BY MR. TRIGG. 



Mr . President ^and Gentlemen of the State Farmers' histitute — The 

 very pleasing duty has been assigned to me this morning of extending to 

 you a few words of welcome in behalf of the State Board of Agriculture 

 and the city of Des Moines. 



We gather here this morning, representing the largest and most impor- 

 tant interest which the State of Iowa possesses. It is difficult to estimate the 

 wealth and the prosperity that lies behind the work, eflforts and interests 

 that you represent. Iowa for natural reasons, is and always must be an 

 agricultural State. So large a percentage of the soil within her borders being 

 susceptible of the highest development, she is denied what some other states 

 possess —large forests, timber, lumber interests, and only a minimum of 



