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Mr. Leighton : I would like to offer as an amendment that 

 there is another man, also a member of this association, who is de- 

 tained at home by sickness. I refer to Jules Lombard, whose 

 songs we have missed at this convention, and I would like to 

 amend the motion to include Mr. Lombard also. 



Mr. Went worth : I accept the amendment to my motion. 



Motion as amended, seconded and carried. 



Mr. Sherwood was called to the chair and declared that the 

 association would proceed with the election of officers and that 

 nominations for president were in order. 



Mr. Wright: I nominate Mr. S. B. Shilling to succeed him- 

 self. 



Mr. Nietert : I would be pleased to second the nomination. 



It was moved and seconded that the rules be suspended and the 

 secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the association for Mr. 

 Shilling for president. Motion carried. 



Mr. Daly : It gives me great pleasure to cast the entire bal- 

 lot of this association for Mr. S. B. Shilling for president for 

 another year. 



Mr. Shilling: Gentlemen, I appreciate the honor from the 

 bottom of my heart, and I know it is no small honor. I stand 

 ready to promise you that in the year to come the very best that 

 is in me shall be devoted to the dairy interests of the state of 

 Iowa, as I have tried to do in the past, I want to ask the co- 

 operation of everbody in the future, as I feel I have had it in the 

 past. One thing I am pleased to say. I do not believe we have 

 ever had in the history of dairying in Iowa a time when this or- 

 ganization, the state dairy commissioners and the dairy schools 

 have worked in such harmony as they are doing at the present 

 time. And I want to thank the travelling men of the state for the 

 strong help they have given me. I believe what has been done 

 the past year has been largely owing to the assistance of the state 

 dairy school, the dairy commissioner and the travelling men, 

 rather than anything I have done myself. I hope the ensuing year 

 may see Iowa make rapid advancement in the dairy industry 

 With the measures we have taken and the committees we have this 



