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also in the Union Stock Yards and until they were hanging in the coolers. 

 They were purchased by Nelson Morris & Co. and they reported that lot 4 

 exhibited the best carcasses though there was very little difference in 

 this respect. 



Experiments to be of the greatest value must be several times re- 

 peated and as this work will be duplicated this year, we will wait for 

 the results of the next test before coming to any definite conclusions as 

 to what is the most economical grain ration for the production of beef. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The committee reported as follows : 



The committee on location wished to leave the matter of location to 

 the president and secretary and it was so left. 



Officers: W. F. Harriman, Hampton, president; E. H. White, Esther- 

 ville, secretary; vice-presidents, First district, B. R. Vale. Bonaparte; 

 Second, G. S. Forest, Miles; Third, W. H. Warburton, Independence; 

 Fourth, A. W. Avery. Mason City; Fifth, G. H. Burge, Mt. Vernon; Sixth, 

 A. Stuart, Newton; Seventh, C. F. Curtiss, Ames; Eighth, S. A. Converse, 

 Cresco; Ninth, Harvey Johnson, Logan; Tenth, D. L. Howard, Jefferson; 

 Eleventh, Peter Mouw, Orange City. 



The committee on resolutions presented the following: 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this institute that our laws should 

 be so amended as to secure to the farmer and stock raiser better protec- 

 tion from the depredations of dogs, and we ask our representatives to 

 use their best endeavors to secure the passage of a law which will impose 

 a sufficient tax on dogs to reduce their numbers and to raise a fund 

 sufficient to pay all damages caused to domestic animals by the depreda- 

 tions of dogs. 



Resolved, That we approve the action of the commissioners of the 

 Iowa-St. Louis Louisiana purchase exposition in their efforts to make a 

 creditable showing for the state of Iowa, and hereby pledge them our 

 support and will use all means at our command to assist in the carrying 

 out of the same. 



Resolved, That we favor a much larger appropriation by the legisla- 

 ture than has been made, in order that we make a showing in keeping 

 with our position as compared with other states. 



Resolved, That this association tender its thanks to the professors of 

 the Iowa Agricultural College for their able and instructive addresses on 

 this occasion. That we tender our thanks for and express our highest 

 appreciation of the general work of the college and the efforts there put 

 forth in the cause of live stock improvements. 



Resolved, by the Iowa Improved Stock Breeders' Association, That 

 we extend to the citizens of Newton our hearty thanks for their kind 



