16 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



to be used in demonstration and for illustrating the lectures. The idea 

 is to equip a car with material for use in any special line of work in which 

 the farmer is interested, and in the car that is now being used in our 

 meetings we have the following equipment : 



FOR AGRICULTURE AND LIVE STOCK IXSTRUCTION. 



Specimens of the various important grasses and forage plants such 

 as alfalfa, different varieties of cow peas, different varieties of soy beans, 

 various clovers, and the important grasses adapted to different sections 

 of the State. 



Standard types of corn adapted to different classes of soils. 



Collection of concentrated feeding stuffs such as linseed meal, cot- 

 tonseed meal, gluten meal, etc., with their value for fattening cattle and 

 for feeding dairy cows. 



An exhibition of the commercial products manufactured from corn. 



Collection of principal kinds of commercial fertilizers, with their 

 value and proper use. 



Paintings, diagrams, charts, photographs and magic lantern slides 

 illustrating the most profitable types of beef and dairy cattle. 



FOR INSTRUCTION IN HORTICULTURE. 



Exhibit of properly grown fruit trees to illustrate the best methods 

 of pruning and shaping trees. 



Exhibit of typical commercial varieties of fruit. 



Exhibit of spraying apparatus, including pumps, nozzles and spray 

 materials, with the demonstration of their proper use. 



Exhibits of common diseases of the apple, peach, pear, plum, grape 

 and small fruits, with illustrations of the best methods of preventing 

 them. 



Exhibits of common insect pests of the orchard, garden and farm, 

 with illustrations of the best methods of combating them. 



A demonstration of how to plant and prune orchard trees. 



A demonstrtion of how to graft apple trees. 



Charts, diagrams and drawings illustrating the best method of prun- 

 ing trees in the orchard, and of training and pruning grape vines. 



A demonstration of how to select strawberry plants for the largest 

 crop. 



ILLUSTRATING EVENING LECTURES. 



Magic lantern views of the work of different departments of the 

 Experiment Station, and illustrating student life in the Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



