Missouri Country Life Conference. 



OFFICERS. 



President — Paul Culver, Gower. 

 Vice-President — H. E. Books, Fulton. 

 Secretary — ^W. L. Nelson, Columbia. 

 Treasurer — M. F. Miller, Columbia. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



(R. H. Emberson, University of Missouri, Columbia.) 



During Farmers' Week, 1913, the Missouri Country Life 

 Conference was organized. The expenses of 

 this conference and also those of the 1914 

 meeting were met by the State Board of 

 Agriculture. At the first conference no roll 

 of paid-up members was started, but the 

 interest was such as to justify making this 

 organization a permanent one. During the 

 first conference the sessions were held in the 

 Young Men's Christian Association building. 

 „ „ „ , The second conference was held in the main 



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auditorium of the University. The attend- 

 ance was the largest of all the Farmers' Week meetings. Meet- 

 ings were held in the afternoons of January 13th, 14th, 15th 

 and 16th. A strong feature of this conference was the partici- 

 pation in the meeting by men and women who are actually 

 accomplishing things worth while in country life improvement. 

 Never before had so many Missourians, all working along these 

 lines, been brought together. The conference was also fortunate 

 in having distinguished men and women from outside the State 

 to give strength to the program. 



The second annual Missouri Country Life Conference was 

 held in Columbia during Farmers' Week, January 13-16, 1914. 

 The sessions were held in the main auditorium of the University 

 in the afternoons of the dates mentioned. 



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