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Missouri Ayriculluial Report. 



August, September and October. In October a wheat and live 

 stock report is issued and in December a general report covering 

 all the principal field crops. These reports are much in demand 

 and are generally regarded as among the most authoritative 

 issued by any state. 



240 farmers' institutes, 53,612 attendance. 



The Farmers' Institute is a very important part of the 

 Board's work, and the interest has grown materially. We now 

 have two lecturers employed by the year and both are doing 

 most excellent work. Their hearts and their lives are given up 

 to their calling, and both have resisted tempting offers of greater 

 salaries elsewhere because of this fact. Mr. Wright has been 

 with us long enough that the Board members are familiar with 

 the character of his work. Miss Bell has been in our service less 

 than a year, but her work is applauded by State officers, county 

 school superintendents, county farm advisers, and above all, by 



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