TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Letter of Transmittal 
Introductory 
State Board of Agriculture 
Standing Committees 
Index to Illustrations 
Table of Contents 
Iowa's Source of Wealth 
PART I. 
Iowa Weather and Crop Report for 1908. 
PART II. 
Iowa's Principal Farm Crops for the past twenty-eight years; Farm Crops 
of the United States, 1908; Farm Crops of the World for 1907; Num- 
ber, average value and total value of farm animals in the United 
States, January 1, 1909. 
PART III. 
Joint Session Annual State Farmers' Institute and Corn Belt Meat Pro- 
ducers' Association, December 8, 1908. 
PART VI. 
Annual State Agricultural Convention, December, 1908. 
PART V. 
Synopsis of State Board and Committee Meetings for the year 1908, 
PART VI. 
Annual Meeting Iowa Swine Breeders' Association, 1908. 
PART VII. 
Annual Meeting Iowa State Dairy Association, 1908; copy of law passed 
by the Thirty-third General Assembly appropriating funds to the 
Dairy Association for the promotion of the dairy industry of the 
state. 
PART \t:ii. 
Statistics on the Dairy Industry of Iowa from the State Dairy Commis- 
sioner's report. 
PART IX. 
Data from the State Veterinarian's report. 
PART X. 
Common diseases among domestic animals, symptoms and treatment. 
