Missouri Farm Management Association. 



OFFICERS. 



President — J. Ed. Hall, Lamonte, Mo. 

 Vice-President — Ollie Davis, Wellsville, Mo. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — R. S. Besse, Columbia, Mo. 

 Advisory Board — D. H. Doane, Columbia; F. B. Mumford, 

 Columbia; W. P. Dysart, Columbia. 



WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



(R. S. Besse, secretary-treasurer.) 



The Missouri Farm Management Association was organized 



in 1910 for the purpose of co-operating 

 with and organizing those farmers in 

 Missouri who desire help in their farm 

 management problems. Many letters 

 were coming into the farm management 

 office from all parts of the State asking 

 questions concerning their farm — rota- 

 tion, marketing and labor problems. 

 So on the basis of these numerous ques- 

 tions and from the requests for farm 

 visits and assistance the association 

 was formed with 75 charter members. 

 It has increased its membership to date 

 of January, 1914, to a total of 350 pro- 

 gressive Missouri farmers. For a time, until the membership 

 became too large to be handled in this way, visits were made to 

 individual farms and crop systems and rotation plans were dis- 

 cussed. The department of farm management, co-operating 

 with the United States Department of Agriculture at Washing- 

 ton, worked through the association members in carrying on 

 their work of investigation and demonstration. 



The Farm Management Association, however, is now too 

 large for one or even two men to handle the work by personal 



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