948 INDEX 



PART II. 



STATISTICAL TABLES OF IOWA'S PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS. 



Number and value of farm animals In the United States on Jan. 1, 1908. . 64 



Table of farm crops in various states for 1906 43 



Tables of Iowa crops for various years 37 



Tables of farm animals in the United States 64 



Tables of principal farm crops in the United States for 1907 50 



Tables of principal farm crops in the world 55 



PART III. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE AND AGRICUL- 

 TURAL CONVENTION AND JOINT SESSION WITH THE CORN 

 BELT MEAT PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Address, G. W. Gond 157 



Address, Dr. A. D. Melvin 136 



Address of welcome, G. L. Dobson 67 



' A discussion of Iowa statutes with reference to feeding stuffs, H. R. 



Wright '^2 



Beef production in the corn belt, H. R. Smith 114 



Buying, feeding and selling the steer for profit, John G. Emboden 100 



Cownie, John, "Failure with the oats crop in Iowa" 128 



Dobson. G. L., Address of welcome 67 



Emboden, John G., "Buying, feeding and selling the steer for profit". ... 100 



Failure with the oats crop in Iowa, John Cownie 128 



Gond, G. W., Address 157 



McKerrow, W. A., "Sheep husbandry on high priced farm lands" 95 



Melvin, Dr. A. D., Address 136 



Moore, E. C, "Sugar beet industry in Iowa" 87 



Response to address of welcome, G. H. VanHouten 69 



Sheep husbandry on high priced farm lands, W. A. McKerrow 95 



Smith. H. R., "Beef production in the corn belt" 114 



The earning capacity of an eighty-acre farm devoted to dairying, Hugh 



G. VanPelt 76 



Thorn, Clifford, "Transportation problems affecting Iowa agriculture". .145 

 Transportation problems affecting Iowa agriculture, Clifford Thorn.... 145 



VanHouten, G. H., Response to address of welcome 69 



VanPelt, Hugh G., "The earning capacity of an eighty-acre farm devoted 



to dairying" 76 



Wright, H. R., "A discussion of Iowa statutes with reference to feeding 



stuffs" 72 



PART IV. 

 PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. 



Auditing committee, report 177 



Brown, W. C, elected Vice-President of Board of Agriculture 196 



Cameron, C. E., elected President of Board of Agriculture 196 



Cameron, C. E., President's address 163 



Committee on credentials 163 



Committee on resolutions 163 



Condensed financial statement of Department of Agriculture for vari- 

 ous years 180 



Cownie, John, "The Iowa State Fair and Exposition" 187 



Credentials committee, report 193 



Curtiss, C. F., elected member of Board of Agriculture.... 197 



Delegates to agricultural convention . . . ; .193 



Election of officers 196 



Ellysori, G. D., Treasurer's report : 177 



Fairs, county and district, report of 1-72 



Johnston, R. C, elected member of Board of Agriculture 196 



