PART V 



PROCEEDINGS 

 STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1910. 



The convention was called to order at 9 :30 a. m., by Hon. C. E. 

 Cameron, President of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Prayer was offered by Mr. G. H. Van Houten of Taylor county. 



Vice-President Brown presided while Mr. Cameron gave the fol- 

 lowing address: 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



C. E. CAMERON, AI/TA, IOWA. 



The report of the 1910 Iowa State Fair which the secretary will make 

 to you is of a great deal of satisfaction to us. You have all heard the 

 old legend of the salamander that could not be burned up. So we feel 

 in regard to the Iowa State Fair and Exposition, rain cannot do us up. 

 There was rain every day of the last week, and the secretary's report 

 will show the exhibits and attendance were the greatest in the history of 

 the fair. Mr. Simpson in his report will take up all the details of the 

 different departments, so it will be useless for me to repeat them. 



The fair is fast becoming what its supporters have always maintained 

 it to be — a great educational institution. This was forcibly demonstrated 

 this year by the quality of the exhibits and the great interest the people 

 had in them. Why would people come to the fair under the conditions 

 that existed there this year if it was not for information? This is a pro- 

 gressive age. Now days the people have in them what we used to say 

 about the Missourian — he had to be shown; now we all have to be 

 shown. We can send our boys to the agricultural schools; we can attend 

 the winter short courses; but it is at this great annual exhibition that we 

 can feast our eyes on the practical things that have been produced by 

 scientific study. And that accounts for the increase in our gate receipts 

 each year. This exposition is not confined to the farmers alone; it has 

 on exhibit something that will interest every person who cares to be in- 

 terested. The resources of our state are expanding; new industries are 

 springing up all over the state; hence the reason for adding the word "ex- 



