Missouri Duroc-Jersey Breeders' 



Association. 



OFFICERS. 



President — Green McFarland, Sedalia. 

 Vice-President — Chas. L. Taylor, Olean. 

 Secretary — R. L. Hill, Columbia. 

 Treasurer — Geo. E. Thomson, Columbia. 

 Directors — C. G. Starr, Centralia; Edward Sheley, New 

 Bloomfield; A. J. White, Jr., Palmyra. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



(R. L. Hill, Adenhill farm, Columbia.) 



Each Farmers' Week sees one or more new associations 

 added to the list of those participating. This year brings in the 

 Missouri Duroc-Jersey Breeders' Association. The meeting was 

 an interesting one and should be productive of much good to the 

 breeders. The program included an address of welcome by Dean 

 F. B. Mumford of the College of Agriculture; the president's 

 address, by Green McFarland of Pettis county; an address by 

 W. S. Corsa of Whitehall, 111., on "Important Factors in the 

 Production of Pure-Bred Swine." Other papers and addresses 

 were those included in this report. We very much regret that 

 it was impossible to secure copies of all of them for publication. 



The association elected the following officers: President, 

 Green McFarland, Sedalia; vice-president, Chas. L. Taylor, 

 Olean; treasurer, Geo. E. Thomson, Columbia; secretary, R. L. 

 Hill, Columbia. Directors: C. G. Starr, Centralia; Edward 

 Sheley, New Bloomfield, and A. J. White, Jr., Palmyra. 



fe The rapid growth of the pure-bred swine industry of Mis- 

 souri calls for concerted action on the part of the breeders of all 

 breeds to keep this growth on a firm foundation and to push the 

 business from every practical standpoint. 



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