Farmers' Week in Agricultural College. 



January 7, 8, 9, 10, 1908. 



Fifth Annual Meeting Missouri Corn Growers' Association, Elev- 

 enth Annual Meeting Missouri Improved Live Stock Breeders' 

 Association, Eighteenth Annual Meeting State Dairy Associa- 

 tion, Second Annual Meeting Missouri State Sheep Breeders' 

 Association, First Annual Meeting Missouri Swine Growers' 

 and Breeders' Association, and First Meeting Missouri House- 

 keepers' Conference. 



{Conducted under the auspices of State Board of Agriculture.) 



AN ABSTRACT OF THE ADDRESSES DELIVERED. 



HISTORICAL. 



Farmers' Week in the Agricultural College is the outgrowth of 

 the meeting of the State Industrial Associations formerly held in 

 various places under the auspices of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. Believing that a greater amount of good could be accomp- 

 lished by bringing the farmers in closer contact with the work of 

 the Agricultural College and Experiment Station, the Board of 

 Agriculture decided, in 1904, to unite all farmers' organizations 

 possible into one great Farmers' Convention held annually in Co- 

 lumbia during the first week in January. The wisdom of this 

 course has been demonstrated by the greatly increased attendance 

 at these meetings each succeeding year, as well as by the increased 

 interest of the farmers generally in the work of the Experiment 

 Station. 



It is not possible to give an exact report of all the meetings 

 held, but the most instructive papers and discussions thought to be 

 of practical benefit to our farmers are published. 



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