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sary to make the inside wall perfectly smooth and the cement used 

 for the inside of the wall should be quite strong, at least one part of 

 cement to three parts of sand or gravel. It would last a great deal 

 longer than a stave silo and of course would be cheaper in the 

 long run. Of course the cost would depend on how much the 

 rock cost and if the ma.son work was not too expensive it would 

 probably be cheaper to build and would make as good a silo and 

 better because it would last longer. 



The Chairman : I believe we will have to declare this question 

 closed. I am sure the address and discussion has been very help- 

 ful to all of you. This talk on silos is something that many of us 

 needed and I will say that I heartily concur in what iMr. Carpenter 

 said in regard to the use of coal tar and gasoline on the inside of 

 his silo. I built a silo seven years ago and I believe there are few 

 if any of the boards rotted at all, and I use coal tar and gasoline 

 for the inside. 



Now we want to bring up one or two matters that will only take 

 a moment and then we will adjourn. Mr. Edwards has a little matter 

 he wishes to present to you with reference to some local secre- 

 taries or vice presidents of this association, and we will now give 

 him an opportunity to present his ideas. 



REMARKS. 



MR. L. S. EDWARDS, VICE PRESIDENT IOWA DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Convention: — In serving you as vice 

 president for the last j'ear I have at least tried to make a study of the 

 conditions of the buttermakers and dairymen in the state and have come 

 to this conclusion, that we are not organized. In a sense we are not 

 organized. We come down here to our annual meetings once a year, 

 become enthusiastic and while we are here plan to go to work, but about 

 the time we get ready to go to work we go home and when we are 

 home about two weeks most of us are asleep. That is the trouble with 

 us; we are not close enough together; we are not organized. Now I 

 have a plan to offer. I do not care to have you take action on it now, 

 but I want you to talk it over among yourselves. My plan is that we divide 

 our state up into sections; I would suggest six. and that our president 

 appoint either local secretaries or second vice presidents, as he may see 

 fit, to take charge of these sections, have a secretary in each section and 

 hold that secretary responsible for the work in his territory, give him 

 charge of the local meetings and by so doing he will be in close touch 

 with the buttermakers, can reach any of them over the telephone. In 

 that way we can keep the local meetings going along nicely; keep in 

 touch one with another and be waked up. Not only that, but by doing 



