198 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Motion prevailed. The secretarj^ so east the vote, and ^Ir. Pike was 

 declared duly elected member of the Board from the Eleventh Dis- 

 trict for the term of two years. 



The Committee on Resolutions submitted the following report. 

 Mr. Denio moved that the report be adopted, which was seconded 

 by Mr. Purcell. Motion prevailed. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE OS RESOLUTIONS. 



Your Committee on Resolutions respectfully report the following: 



The large attendance at this meeting indicates the continued interest 

 that the farmers of Iowa have in agriculture, horticulture, etc. 



The exhibit of corn and the extensive exhibit of fruit speaks in the 

 highest terms of the productive qualities of the soil of Iowa and this con- 

 vention extends to the officers and directors of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture thanks for the program arranged for this meeting. 



The ofScers and directors of the State Board of Agriculture are espe- 

 cially commended for their efforts in securing the large inci-ease in exhibits 

 and the great success of the Iowa State Fair and Exposition of 1907. 

 This was accomplished only by extraordinary efforts of the oflBcers in 

 working for the success of each department. Had the weather been fa- 

 vorable we believe the fair of 1907 would have been the greatest one 

 ever held in the United States. 



We hereby extend our thanks to the State Board of Agriculture for 

 its efforts in securing the enactment of the law for the prevention of 

 adulteration and misbranding of condimental stock foods and commercial 

 feeding stuffs and the regulating of sales of agricultural seeds, and in se- 

 curing the passage of other laws in the interest of agriculture. 



We extend our hearty thanks to the speakers who have appeared on 

 the program, and are especially grateful to Mr. E. W. Randall of Minne- 

 sota for his presence at the Iowa agricultui'al convention. 



Whereas, The present accommodations provided for the various de- 

 partments on the State Fair Grounds are inadequate for the transaction 

 of the business in the proper manner, as well as being extremely in- 

 convenient for all exhibitors and patrons of the fair; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we earnestly recommend the erection of a suitable 

 Administration Building of sufficient capacity for the convenient use of 

 all the officers and superintendents, at the earliest possible moment. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. W. Hoffman, 

 H. S. Martin, 

 A. L. Denio, 

 Committee on Resolutions. 



There being no further business, on motion the convention ad- 

 journed sine die. 



