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of this association, and if there was no other reason for endorsing 
him for President that would be sufficient. I therefore take pleasure 
in nominating Mr. W. B. Barney, of Hampton. 
Nomination seconded. On motion duly seconded the rules were 
suspended and the President elected by acclamation, Mr. Barney 
being duly declared elected President of the Iowa State Dairy 
Association for the coming year. 
Chairman: The next officer to be elected is that of Vice-Presi- 
dent. Nominations are in order. 
Mr. Kieffer, of New York: Mr. President, I move that we 
make Mr. L. S. Edwards, of Parkersburg, our Vice-President for 
the coming year. 
On motion duly seconded the rules were suspended and the Vice- 
President was elected by acclamation. 
Chairman : The next is the election of Secretary. Nominations 
are in order. 
Mr. Nitert, op Walker: Mr. Chairman, I desire to place the 
nomination of a gentleman that we are all acquainted with ; a man 
that has risen to his present honorable position through labor and 
merit, beginning at the bottom of the dairy and creamery interests. 
I realize that he needs no eulogy from me ; he has held the office for 
the past year, has discharged his duty with honor to himself and 
credit to the state ; he has been diligent at work in the best interests 
of this association and the great dairy interests in the state of Iowa, 
both day and night, and some have told me that he has even dese- 
crated the Sabbath in this same work. How true this is I can not 
say, but if he has done it in the interests of the dairy business I 
do not think that when he meets St. Peter he will be turned down. 
I do not think it is necessary for me to say more, and I therefore 
desire to place the nomination of our present Secretary, Mr. W. B. 
Johnson, of Des Moines. 
On motion, duly seconded, the rules were suspended and the 
Secretary was elected by acclamation. 
Chairman : The next is the election of treasurer. Nominations 
are in order. 
Mr. Stephenson, op Lamont: Mr. Chairman: Realizing as 
we all do the necessity of having a man for Treasurer that is honest 
and upright in every particular, realizing that we have had this 
kind of a man for the last two or three years but who has told us 
