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them practical cattlemen. These conditions as applied to Colorado, 

 can be applied to all sections of the country- 

 There is no state in the Union more favorably located for the 

 economical production of all classes of farm animals than Missouri. 

 The ranges and the markets are at her door. Her soil and climate 

 provide for the maximum production of all kinds of grain and for- 

 age. Her pure-bred live stock have long since won for her fame 

 and distinction, and I predict for her through the excellent work of 

 this Association a continued preiminence. We are here for an in- 

 ter change of thoughts and ideas. Let this inter change be free, 

 and without stint. By coming here you have expressed an unselfish 

 interest that can do naught but work for live stock improvement in 

 our State. This is a day of organization, and co-operation. One 

 hundred men working together for a common cause can accomplish 

 much more than can one hundred men working separately for the 

 same purpose.. Through the instrumentality of this organization 

 must come the appropriations necessary for the promotion of agri- 

 culture in this State, and through it must be placed on our 

 statute books, intelligent laws for the protection of our industry. 

 The out-look is bright, and remember you are on a solid foundation, 

 and while there may be ups and downs, if we carry on the work 

 with an earnest purpose and in the light of the knowledge that is 

 at hand, we shall be on the high road to success. 



BEEF PRODUCTION ON HIGH PRICED LAND. 



THE PLACE OF BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION AMONG THE PERMANENT 



INDUSTRIES OF THE CORN BELT. 



(By H. J. Waters, Dean Missouri College of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment 



Station.) 



It may be accepted as final that the permanently prosperous 

 systems of farming in Missouri and elsewhere must be based on 

 animal husbandry, and must involve the feeding on the farm of the 

 principal products of the land and the returning to the soil of the 

 largest possible proportion of the elements of fertility which the 

 plant takes from the soil in growing. 



Thus it is not a question as to whether live stock shall be grown 

 extensively or not, but rather what particular kind of stock, or 



