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for the year 1910. Table No. 4. Gives number of horses, mules 

 and cattle, all ages ; number cattle sold for slaughter and average 

 number of cows milked and number of swine on farms July 1, 1910. 

 Number of sheep kept on farm ; number shipped in for feeding and 

 number sold for slaughter and pounds of wool sold. The total 

 number of all varieties of poultry on farm July 1, 1910. and total 

 number of dozen eggs received, by counties, for the year 1910. 

 Table No. 5. Gives acreage in sweet corn, pop corn, and acreage 

 and total yield of timothy and clover seed by counties for the year 

 1910. 



Part IV is a report of the proceedings of the joint session of the 

 annual state Farmers' Institute and Corn Belt Meat Producers 

 Association, held on December 10, 1910. 



Part V is a report of the proceedings of the State Agricultural 

 Convention held December 14, 1910. 



Part VI is a synopsis of the proceedings of the State Board of 

 Agriculture and Executive and Special Committee meetings from 

 December 11. 1909, to December 12. 1910. 



Part VII is a report of the proceedings of the annual meeting of 

 the Swine Breeders' Association for 1910. 



Part VIII sets forth the proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual 

 Convention of the Iowa State Dairy Association, held at Waterloo, 

 October 10th to loth, inclusive, 1910. 



Part IN is a reprint of the State Dairy Commissioner's report 

 for the year 1910, the twenty-fourth annual report of that depart- 

 ment. 



Part N contains a reprint of the State Veterinary Surgeon's 

 report for the year 1910. 



Part NI contains papers on live stock, agricultural and miscel- 

 laneous topics from United States and Experiment Station bulle- 

 tins, agricultural ] tress, and papers read before county farmers' 

 institutes. Also a financial statement of county farmers' institutes 

 in Iowa receiving state aid. 



Part Nil contains the press reports of the Iowa State Fair and 

 Exposition from the leading agricultural papers of this and neigh- 

 boring states. Also the official report of awards in the live stock 

 departments of the 1910 fair and the scoring and standing of boys 

 in the judging contest. 



Part NIII gives a report of agricultural conditions by counties 

 from the secretaries of the various county and district agricultural 

 societies. 



