PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING FOR 1910 



The third annual conference was held at the Iowa State College, at 

 Ames, Iowa, on Saturday, July 30th, and Monday and Tuesday, August 

 1st and 2d, 1910. 



The meeting was called to order at 9 A. M. Saturday morning by Presi- 

 dent Pearl. 



A hearty address of welcome was given to the Association by Dr. A. B. 

 Storms, president of the Iowa State College. Dr. Pearl made an appro- 

 priate response. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



The executive committee reported the election of seven new members 

 since the last meeting. 



The association then elected the following officers for the year 1910-11: 

 President, James E. Rice; 1st vice-president, F. C. Elford; 2d vice-presi- 

 dent, Horace Atwood; secretary-treasurer, H. C. Pierce; directors for 

 1910-12, T. E. Quisenberry, Raymond Pearl and J. G. Halpin. Director 

 for 1909-11 to fill the unexpired term of J. E. Rice, resigned, C. A. Rogers. 



The Association instructed the President to appoint a committee of 

 which he should be chairman to submit an amendment to the constitution 

 regarding the admission of honorary members, to consider the admission of 

 associate members and prepare an amendment to the constitution covering 

 their recommendations, and to consider a change in the name of the 

 Association. The following committee was selected: Raymond Pearl, 

 James E. Rice and H. C. Pierce. 



The Association further instructed the President to appoint a second 

 committee of which he should be chairman to report upon the advisability 

 of publishing the proceedings of the annual meeting and a poultry bibli- 

 ography. The President selected the following committee: Raymond 

 Pearl, James E. Rice and W. R. Graham. 



The Secretary was instructed to have the constitution and by-laws 

 reprinted containing also a list of the active members and a copy sent to 

 each active member. 



After a spirited discussion of the relation of this association to the 

 American Poultry Association, the President was instructed to appoint a 

 committee of three to draw up resolutions regarding the relations of these 

 two associations. The committee appointed consisted of T. E. Quisen- 

 berry, James E. Rice and N. E. Chapman. At a later session this commit- 

 tee read the following resolutions, which were adopted. 



