476 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



PART IX. 



TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 IOWA STATE DAIRY CONVENTION. 



CEDAR RAPIDS, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURS- 

 DAY, FEBRUARY 3, 4 and 5, 1903. 



OFFICERS FOR 1904. 



S. B. Shilling, President, Mason City 



W. B. Barney, Vice-President, Hampton. 



P. H. Kieffer, Secretary, - Strawberry Point 



F. A. Leighton, Treasurer, New Hampton. 



The Twenty-sixth Annual Convention of the Iowa State Dairy 

 Association was called to order at 8 :00 p. m., Tuesday evening, 

 February 3, 1903, in the Auditorium building, Cedar Rapids, 

 Iowa, by S. B. Shilling, president. 



Rev. Dr. Green, rector of Grace church, delivered the invocation 

 as follows: 



Almighty Lord, our heavenly God, unto whom are hearts are open, 

 and to whom we turn for inspriration. Grant that we may always serve 

 Thee and magnify Thy name in our lives, that in times of trouble we 

 may turn to Thee for aid, and that in the hour of success we may not 

 forget that we owe all to Thee. May the beneficence of Thy spirit so 

 envelop us that we may live and act for the good of the world and the 

 uplifting of humanity and the glory of God. Grant the favor of Thy bless- 

 ing upon the people here assembled. Prosper them in their enterprises; 

 give them wisdom in their deliberations while here and in their individual 

 business life give them a strong regard for righteousness, for purity, for 

 manly honor, and a deserved contempt for trickery, chicanery, dishonesty 

 and injustice. Through their influence and their acts bring the time to 

 pass when among men there shall be peace and good will, when righteous- 

 ness shall characterize our lives and enter into our business dealings, when 

 we may be free from the sin of selfishness and uncharitable disregard for 



