FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IV. 201 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Section 6. Any person may become a member of this Association upon 

 the payment of a membership fee of $1. The annual dues shall be $1, pay- 

 able to the treasurer on or after January 1st of each year. Said dues must 

 be paid before any member can become an exhibitor or exercise the right to 

 vote. 



COMMITTEES . 



The president shall appoint the following committees of three members 

 ■each: 



Reports.— To whom shall be referred the annual reports of the president 

 and secretary. 



Resolutions. — To whom shall be referred all resolutions, without debate. 



Finance . —Whose duty shall be to audit the accounts of the secretary and 

 treasurer; to report at the evening session, Thursday. 



Z(?^i5/^/«r<?.— Consisting of five members, of which the president and 

 secretary shall be ex officio members, to co-operate with our dairy commis- 

 sioner and similar committees for our sister states, for the advancement of 

 the dairy industry. 



The Iowa State Dairy Association met in annual session in 

 the opera house at Mason City, February 1, 1905, at 7 :30 o'clock 

 p. M., President S. B. Shilling in the chair. 



The President : I wish to make a statement preliminary to 

 the opening of this meeting, and that is that we have strangers 

 enough in the city to fill this hall if we could get them all here. 

 We do not want the citizens of Mason City to think this is a 

 representation of the people attending this meeting, because, as 

 I said before, if the dairymen in the city were all present this 

 hall would not hold them. 



It is needless for me to make any explanation about the aims 

 and objects of our meeting, and, as the programme is quite full, 

 we will commence it immediately by a prayer by Rev. F. W. 

 Parsons, of Mason City. 



PRAYER. 



Rev. F. W. Parsons, Mason City. 



Let us pray. Almighty God, our bountiful Father, Thou art the giver 

 of every good and perfect gift ; Thou art the creator and savior of this great 

 universe ; Thou dost hold in charge this world in which we live ; Thou dost 

 take heed of all our affairs ; there is nothing too great for Thee, neither is 

 there anything too small for Thy notice ; everything Thou art interested in, 

 and Thou hast so made us that we are constantly seeking for that which is 

 better. We thank Thee for this characteristic that belongs to humanity. 

 We thank Thee that Thou has created us, that Thou hast given to us this 



