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has been sprung on me as a surprise, but I certainly appreciate 

 your feeling in making the recommendation to the board of di- 

 rectors. 



Nominations are now in order for vice-president. 



J. M. Brockway was nominated to succeed himself and was 

 unanimously elected by a rising vote. 



For treasurer, the names of Charles Goodenow, of Wall Lake, 

 and J. H. Peacock, of Larchwood, were presented. Mr. Goodenow 

 was elected to succeed himself. 



J. A. Gunn, chairman of the committee on resolutions, then 

 presened the report of the committee and moved its adoption, as 

 follows : 



RESOLUTIONS. 



We wish to congratulate the association on this day of the seventh an- 

 nual meeting, for the work done during the brief period of the associa- 

 tion's existence. 



We also appreciate the services of the faithful officers, Mr. Sykes, our 

 president, and Mr. Wallace, the secretary, and wish again to express our 

 gratitude to them for their untiring labor. 



Nearly all the propositions and reforms advocated by this association 

 have become national problems, and we urge the association to continue 

 the good work. 



Resolved, That we commend the action of our executive committee in 

 employing Mr. Clifford Thorne to represent this association and the peo- 

 ple of the state before the Interstate Commerce Commission, in the effort 

 to prevent an advance in the freight rates on live stock and other commodi- 

 ties. 



Resolved, That the experience of the past year has demonstrated most 

 completely to every fair-minded citizen the necessity of a commerce coun- 

 sel employed by the state to represent its interests in transportation mat- 

 ters. We urge upon the incoming legislature the necessity of enacting a 

 law which will create such an officer, and the appropriation of sufficient 

 funds to enable him to properly discharge the duties of the office. 



Resolved, That the spread of agricultural knowledge is needed by this 

 state more than any other one thing. We commend the work done by 

 the Extension Department of the Iowa State Agricultural College in hold- 

 ing short courses at the college and in various parts of the state. We be- 

 lieve the state has received greater material benefit from the money spent 

 for the Extension Department than from any other like sum ever spent in 

 any like way. We urge upon the incoming legislature the necessity of 

 increasing the amount of money available for the Extension Department, 

 thus making it possible for it to increase the number of short courses held 

 in the various counties of the state. The legislature should also pro- 

 vide for a short course to be held at the Agricultural College during the 

 summer vacation, for the special benefit of the teachers of the rural 



