160 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
]\Ir. President : Next in order will be the election of the follow- 
ing officers : President, Vice-President, Members of the Board from 
the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Districts. The fol- 
lowing are appointed tellers for the election of officers : Nels Thorn- 
son of Worth county, T. W. Purcell of Franklin county, and J. W. 
Coverdale of Clinton county. 
Vice-President Brown took the chair and called for nominations 
for President. Mr. Denio of Buena Vista county placed in nomin- 
ation Mr. C. E. Cameron of Buena Vista county to succeed him- 
self, and moved if there were no other nominations that the rule 
be suspended and the secretary authorized to cast the entire vote of 
the convention for Mr. Cameron. Seconded by Mr. St. John. Mo- 
tion prevailed. Secretary so cast the eighty-four votes for Mr. 
Cameron. IMr. Cameron resumed the chair and thanked the con- 
vention for the unanimous election. 
President next called for nominations for Vice-President. Mr. 
T. W. Purcell of Franklin county nominated I\Ir. W. C. Bro\m of 
Wright county to succeed himself, and moved if there were no 
other nominations that the nominations be closed, the rule sus- 
pended, and the Secretary authorized to cast the entire vote of the 
convention for Mr. Brown. IMotion prevailed and the Secretary so 
cast the vote for Mr. Brown for Vice-President for the ensuing year. 
Nominations for Member of the Board from the Second District 
were called for, ]\Ir. Ferris nominated C. W. Phillips of Jackson 
county, and moved that the rules be suspended and the Secretary 
authorized to cast the eighty-four votes of the convention for ]\Ir. 
Phillips. IMotion prevailed. The Secretary so cast the vote and 
Mr. Phillips was declared elected Member of the Board from the 
Second District for the ensuing two years. 
Nominations for IMember of the Board from the Fourth District 
were called for. ]\Ir. Judd of Howard county nominated R. T. St. 
John of Mitchell county to succeed himself. Mr. Flenniken of Clay- 
ton county placed in nomination E. J. Curtin of Winneshiek 
county. A ballot was taken which resulted as follows: St. John, 
18 ; Curtin, 66. Mr. Curtin having received a majority of the votes 
cast was declared duly elected Member of the Board from the 
Fourth District for the ensuing two years. 
For IMember of the Board from the Sixth District, IMr. Nowak 
of Poweshiek county placed in nomination T. C. Legoe of Keokuk 
county, and moved if there Avere no other nominations that the rules 
be suspended and the Secretary instructed to cast the entire vote of 
