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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



To the Honorable Members of the Board of Agriculture: 



This is the fourth annual 

 meeting of the Board during 

 my administration of the office 

 of Secretary, and it is doubt- 

 less appropriate that I give a 

 brief statement showing some 

 of the work accomplished. 



The affairs of the office 

 had been ably and conscien- 

 tiously administered by my 

 predecessor, and I found a well 

 organized, effective force doing 

 most excellent work. 



My purpose from the be- 

 ginning was to make no 

 changes except for betterment 

 of the service, and I have ad- 

 hered strictly to that policy. 

 In every department and dur- 

 ing all of my administration I 



have had the most cordial and loyal support of each and every 



"employe, and this often when the service was but poorly paid. 

 My first effort was to ascertain where improvement could 



be made without increase of expenditure, and I may give a few 



instances. 



RECORDS AND FILES COMPLETED. 



To my surprise I found the office did not have a complete 

 set of the annual reports of this Board. Eight volumes were 

 missing from our office set and I went to work immediately to 

 secure the missing volumes. This I found much more difficult 

 than I supposed. I appealed to county clerks, libraries and 

 individuals, and after persistent and determined effort during 

 three years I have completed the set, securing the last volume 

 some six months ago. The monthly bulletins issued by the 

 Board were growing more and more valuable, and I gathered 

 up some of the rare ones and had them bound and added to our 



T. C. Wilson, Retiring Secretary. 



