Missouri Sheep Breeders' and Feeders' 



Association; 



OFFICERS. 



President — E. B. Wilson, Stanberry. 

 Vice-President — ^Lyle Atkins, Denton. 

 Vice-President — J. L. Grigsby, Granville. 

 Vice-President — W. D. Ashburn, Farmington. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — Howard Hackedorn, Columbia. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



(Howard Hackedorn.) 



The Missouri Sheep Breeders' and Feed- 

 ers' Association held their annual meeting at 

 Columbia January 13th and 14th during Farm- 

 ers' Week, 1914. A very interesting program 

 had been arranged. 



E. B. Wilson, president of the association, 

 addressed the members on the "Retrospective 

 and Prospective Sheep Industry," pointing out 

 the past good year and the bright future for 

 the sheep men in Missouri and other states. He 

 laid special emphasis on the fact that the 

 average Missouri farmer should pay a little 

 more attention to the fleeces, as superior fleeces 

 could easily be selected without the loss of 

 mutton qualities, and he cautioned the sheep breeders of great 

 flocks in particular to pay more attention to the wool, which 

 would not detract in any way from their mutton qualities. 



L. A. Webster of the American Sheep Breeder and Wool 

 Grower was unable to attend, but sent a very interesting paper 

 reviewing the general status of the sheep industry of the United 

 States, pointing out the fact that the western growers were 

 being somewhat handicapped by the lack of range pastures and 

 the free wool, which would tend to make it necessary for the 



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E. B. Wilson, 

 President. 



