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Association, Missouri Women Farmers' Club, Missouri Home 

 Makers' Conference, State Dairy Association, Missouri Corn 

 Growers' Association, Missouri Country Life Conference, Mis- 

 souri Sheep Breeders' and Feeders' Association, Missouri Ham 

 and Bacon Show. In addition to these, there was held the 

 organization meeting of the Missouri Duroc-Jersey Swine 

 Breeders' Association. The evening program included music 

 and popular addresses. In the attendance for the week Cooper 

 county, with 95 representatives, was first; Johnson county, with 

 75, second. Of the 114 counties in the State 92 were repre- 

 sented. Visitors were also present from 19 states. The Mis- 

 souri attendance by counties was: Adair, 20; Andrew, 5; Atchi- 

 son, 13; Audrain, 38; Bates, 4; Barton, 1; Benton, 1; Boone, 718; 

 Buchanan, 22; Butler, 2; Caldwell, 10; Callaway, 43; Cape 

 Girardeau, 3; Carroll, 30; Cass, 8; Chariton, 24; Christian, 1 

 Clark, 2; Clay, 8; Clinton, 6; Cole, 7; Cooper, 95; Dade, 3 

 Daviess, 10; DeKalb, 9; Dent, 1: Franklin, 9; Gasconade, 1 

 Gentry, 12; Greene, 4; Grundy, 12; Harrison, 11; Henry, 18 

 Hickory, 1; Holt, 6; Howard, 51; Howell, 1; Jackson, 37; Jasper 

 21; Jefferson, 2; Johnson, 72; Knox, 8; Laclede, 4; Lafayette, 13 

 Lawrence, 15; Lewis, 10; Lincoln, 12; Linn, 19; Livingston, 13 

 Macon, 16; Madison, 3; Maries, 3; Marion, 25; Mercer, 1 

 Miller, 4; Mississippi, 4; Moniteau, 12; Monroe, 32; Mont- 

 gomery, 36; Morgan, 5; New Madrid, 1; Newton, 4; NodaM^ay, 

 12: Oregon, 1; Osage, 1; Perry, 1; Pettis, 67; Pike, 23; Platte, 6 

 Pulaski, 1; Putnam, 1; Ralls, 5; Randolph, 26; Ray, 5; Ripley, 2 

 St. Charles, 14; St. Clair, 6; St. Francois, 6; Ste. Genevieve, 1 

 St. Louis, 26; city of St. Louis, 20; Saline, 36; Scotland, 1 

 Scott, 1; Shelby, 7; Stoddard, 3; Sullivan, 6; Taney, 1; Vernon, 

 2; Warren, 10; Washington, 5; Worth, 2; Wright, 4. 



Following the custom inaugurated five years ago, the Board 

 of Agriculture provided a registry for all visitors at Farmers' 

 Week, and presented each one who registered with an official 

 badge. This badge is illustrated in connection with this article. 

 It is through the liberality of the Columbia Commercial Club 

 that this feature was made possible. 



The Farmers' Ham and Bacon Show, organized in 1913 by 

 the State Board of Agriculture, was again an interesting feature 

 of the week. An account of this show is made a part of this 

 report. The State Corn Show, covered in another part of this 

 report, was an exceptionally strong one,^considering^the season 



