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does not need an introduction at my hands to anyone attending 

 the meetings of the Iowa State Dairy Association. The fact is 

 that an Iowa State Dairy Association meeting would not be com- 

 plete without the presence of Mr. Jules Lumbard. In twenty- 

 two years he has only missed one association meeting and he 

 declares that as long as he can come and get here he will never 

 miss another. 



I have the pleasure of introducing to you, although as I said 

 before, he needs no introduction, Mr. Jules Lumbard, of Omaha. 



REMARKS BY MR. LUMBARD. 



Ladies and Gentlemefi — It is difl&cult to express in words the great satis- 

 faction I have in finding myself once more in your midst, surrounded by 

 friends of the old type. To a man of my years, who already treads the 

 borderland of the great hereafter, pleasures come by reminiscence and recol- 

 lection — he looks backward ; and those recurring conventions help me to 

 enjoy the past once more. 



I thank you for your kind reception and I wish you a very successful and 

 happy meeting here in Mason City, and another when you adjourn to that 

 land of which 1 have just spoken in the hereafter and where the thermometer 

 is expected to range somewhat higher than it does in Mason City tonight. 



Solo by Mr. Lumbard, " Child of the King," and responded 

 to encore by '' Rosebush." 



The President: We will next have the report of the secre 

 tary, Mr. P. H Kieffer. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT OF THE IOWA STATE DAIRY ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen— I have the honor to submit to you 

 the following report in connection with the last year's meeting : 



Received from contributions $ 900 . 00 



Received from advertising 250 . 00 



Received from booths in convention hall 41 . 50 



Received from sale of butter 589.72 



Total receipts $1,781.22 



Paid to treasurer, as per voucher on hand $1 , 721 . 22 



Balance on hand, belonging to contribution fund 60.00 



Total expenditures $1 , 781 . 22 



