ANNUAL MEETING. 



' MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. 



State Board of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, ) 

 Columbia, Mo., Dec. 17, 1907. S 



The State Board of Agriculture convened in annual session in 

 the Agricultural building, Columbia, on Tuesday, December 17th, 

 11 a. m. President S. W. Hudson called the meeting to order, and 

 roll call showed a quorum present, as follows: John Deerwester, 

 J. W. Boles, M. B. Greensfelder, N. J. Colman, W. R. Wilkinson, 

 W. C. Hutchison, A. M. Thompson, S. W. Hudson, E. E. Swink, R. 

 A. Young, A. T. Nelson, W. B. McRoberts, J. L. Christian, N. H. 

 Gentry, W. C. Howell, Sanford Mc. Smith, H. A. Gass and H. J. 

 Waters. 



The following members were absent : W. C. Howell and Jos. 

 W. Folk. 



Upon motion of Gov. Colman, the minutes of the last annual 

 meeting were adopted as printed in the 39th annual report. 



The Secretary read his annual report, and upon motion, the 

 report was approved and ordered printed in the 40th annual report. 



The State Veterinarian made a verbal report, and asked per- 

 mission to file for printing a written report, at a future time, 

 which was granted. 



Dr. R. H. Jesse, President State University, called during the 

 meeting and was asked to address the Board. He briefly assured 

 the members of his sympathy with the cause of agricultural edu- 

 cation. 



The Board took a recess until 2 p. m. 



At 2 p. m. the Board was called to order by Vice-President 

 Colman. 



The State Highway Engineer submitted his report, which was 

 approved and ordered printed. 



Mr. M. E. Darby, Apiary Inspector, submitted a verbal re- 

 port of his work, showing very satisfactory progress in eradicating 

 foul brood from the apiaries of the State. Mr. Darby was re- 

 quested to furnish the Secretary with a written report for publi- 

 cation. 



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