PART III. 



Proceedings of the State Farmers' Institute 

 and Agricultural Convention 



Held in the Rooms of the 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Des Moines, Iowa, 



Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 10-11, 1907. 



FORENOON SESSION, 9:30 A. M. 



The President: You will please come to order, and we will 

 commence the program. The first will be the address of welcome, 

 by Hon. G. L. Dobson, of Des Moines. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



G. L. DOBSON, DES MOINE^. IOWA. 



Mr. President and Members of the State Farmers' Institute: I 

 can assure you that it is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the 

 citizens of Des Moines, I welcome you to our city. 



It is not to be wondered at that the people of Des Moines are 

 interested in your work, when we realize that the properity of our 

 city and the prosperity of the state depends upon the success that 

 you make of your work. 



Many years ago, when I first attended a state fair, we had but 

 a very small fair. When I came to Iowa first, 38 years ago, this 

 was quite a new state. I went to Northwestern Iowa in 1869, when 

 there was not a railroad in that section of the state. How wonder- 



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