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cattle were purchased by members of the association. Their 

 annual meeting was held in Kansas City a few weeks ago and 

 was well attended. It was unanimously agreed to hold a show 

 in Kansas City some time in October, 1914. All the dairy breeds 

 will be represented. This will be a show of dairy cattle, dairy 

 products, dairy barn equipments, cow-testing contests, dairy 

 cattle judging contests, and a general exposition of all the up-to- 

 date and progressive ideas that has to do with dairying. So far 

 as plans have progressed, it is intended to have this show the 

 week preceding or the week following the State Fair, and it is 

 the desire of the committee having the matter in hand to have 

 our State Fair get all the benefits possible from the show and 

 will co-operate to that end. 



At the last meeting of the Missouri Dairy Association it was 

 shown that this organization was making splendid progress with 

 their work throughout the State. 



Following up the plans to organize local dairy associations, 

 I called a meeting of the dairymen in Jasper county on January 3, 

 1914. This meeting followed three preliminary meetings held 

 in different parts of the county. The general meeting was well 

 attended and the Jasper County Dairy Association was organized 

 with 50 charter members; many of the representative farmers and 

 dairymen of the county joined the association and the meeting 

 was a decided success. Other counties are already becoming 

 interested in this work, as requests have been received for infor- 

 mation regarding organization. Anticipating this, a bulletin 

 has just been issued from this department on "The Advantages of 

 Community Organizations," and will be distributed over the 

 State. 



There were many silos erected throughout the state in 1913, 

 and they had much to do with relieving the threatened feed 

 shortage last fall. With favorable weather, good grass and 

 wheat pasture it has not been necessary to feed a great deal of 

 silage or reserve forage up to this time. I want especially to 

 invite your attention to the decided interest being taken by our 

 farmers and dairymen in the betterment of their farm equipment. 

 Many labor-saving devices, such as litter and feed carriers, water 

 tanks, stanchions and cement floors, are being installed, while 

 the importance of more light and better ventilation is being 

 realized. The growing demand for tuberculin-tested cattle is 

 causing much thought to be centered on this subject, and no 

 doubt it will be but a short time until all of our cattle will undergo 



