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STANDARD AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIES. 



Exhibits of the best half a dozen books : 



For the general farmer. 



For the live. stock farmer. 



For the dairyman. 



For the commercial orchardist. 



For the small fruit grower. 



For the vegetable grower. 



A list of the best bulletins and reports for free distribution, relating 

 to cattle feeding, hog feeding, corn growing, cowpcas, clover, soy beans, 

 alfalfa, dairying, fruit growing, vegetable growing, etc. 



Up to this date seven meetings have been held with the cxhi1)it car 

 feature and the success of the plan has been far beyond our most san- 

 guine expectations. I am confident that it will be an excellent idea for 

 the State Board of Agriculture and the Agricultural College to own their 

 own car for this purpose, and in the future to conduct most of their meet- 

 ings on this plan. Concerning this, movement and the farmers' institute 

 work in general the St. Louis Republic of December 14, 1902, makes the 

 following statement : 



"The Missouri farmers' institute meetings of the past have been pro- 

 dutctive of such good results that a departure has been decided upon. 

 An exhibit car is to be a feature at every meeting. 



"For those sections of the State where dairying is the most import- 

 ant feature the car will be a traveling dairy school, and all the practical 

 points connected with the production of milk, dairy manufacturing, pack- 

 ing, judging and marketing will be fully demonstrated. 



"In other sections, where the fruit interests dominate, the car will 

 be converted into a traveling horticultural school, carrying the special 

 equipment bearing upon this subject. 



"Where the live stock interests are paramount, typical specimens 

 of live stock will be carried and demonstrations of how to judge animals 

 for the dififercnt purposes will be made. 



NEW ERA IN FARM INDUSTRY. 



"The present agitation marks the beginning of a new era in the de- 

 velopment of the farming industry. The educators and developers are 

 epoch makers. It is no longer necessary to discuss with the intelligent 

 farmer the necessity for some kind of an educational effort to improve 



