PART IV 
PROCEEDINGS 
STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. 
December 9, 1908. 
Convention called to order by the President of the State Board of 
Agriculture, C. E. Cameron, who appointed the following com- 
mittees : 
Committee on Credentials : H. L. Pike of Monona county, J. H. 
Harrison of Lj^on county, and John IMullan of Pocahontas county. 
Committee on Resolutions : "W. M. Clark of iMarshall county, 
W. P. George of Story county, and C. F. Sauerman of Jasper 
county. 
Vice-President Brown was called to the chair and the President 
made the following address: 
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 
Another year has rolled around and blessed Iowa from an agricul- 
tural standpoint, not only in good crops but good prices. With this 
great harvest from the farms, when the yield in some places has fallen 
below the average the price has more than made up. The Iowa State 
Fair and Exposition was also blessed with large exhibits in all depart- 
ments and the attendance greater than any year in the history of the 
association. We certainly can congratulate ourselves upon the fair of 
1908, as the Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, who attended 
the fair this year stated that it was the greatest agricultural fair ever 
held in the United States, and he says that means the w^orld. That cer- 
tainly is encouragement, coming from a man occupying the position 
he does, and I think he has done more for agricultural interests of 
the United States than any man w^ho has occupied the position he now 
holds. 
There was a large increase in the number of campers upon our grounds 
this year. This feature of the fair seems to be gaining favor in a great 
many sections of the state and is a feature which should be encouraged, 
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