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dent appoint a special committee, whose duty it shall be to take up 

 the matter and push the erection of said building to completion, so 

 that the meeting of the State Board of Agriculture for the year 

 1908 can be held in said building. 



"It is further recommended that as soon as the new bids have 

 been received, the Board of Curators meet in extra session to let 

 the contract, and thus avoid delaying the final settlement of the 

 matter until the April meeting of the Board." 



2nd. "The State Board of Agriculture, in view of the actual 

 results obtained by the outlying soil and crop experiments of the 

 Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in the year 1907, and 

 because of the interest developed through said experiments, and 

 the education afforded by the lessons in good seeds, fertilizers, 

 drainage, etc., hereby approve of said work and recommend that 

 the soil survey work be extended at least 50 per cent during the 

 year of 1908, and that the Legislature be asked to provide funds 

 for the still further enlargement of this work in the future. 



"It is likewise earnestly recommended that the number of ex- 

 perimental fields and outlying experiments be increased fully 50 

 per cent, and that this work be supported in the most liberal man- 

 ner possible. 



"It is ordered that a committee, consisting of the President 

 and Secretary of the Board, be appointed to confer with the Board 

 of Curators in regard to this matter." 



3rd. "Whereas, The State Veterinarian, in his annual report 

 to the State Board of Agriculture, December 17, 1907, has stated 

 that the tuberculosis discovered in the herds tested by him during 

 the last few years, can be traced to certain prominent herds in 

 the State of Missouri; and, 



"Whereas, Under section 10542, it is the duty of said veteri- 

 nary surgeon to protect the live stock interests of this State ; and, 



"Whereas, Section 10546 provides that an investigation of 

 supposed infected or capable of infecting live stock, may be or- 

 dered by the Board, if, upon satisfactory information, it is thought 

 the presence of the veterinarian is necessary to a protection of the 

 live stock interests of the State from contagious or infectious 

 diseases; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the State Veterinarian and the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Board of Agriculture be empowered to take action 

 in the inspection of said prominent herds in the State of Missouri, 

 referred to by the State Veterinarian." 



