Missouri Draft Horse Breeders' 

 Association. 



OFFICERS. 



President — J. F. Roelofson, Maryville. 

 Vice-President — Wilmer Mcllroy, Louisiana. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — E. A. Trowbridge, Columbia. 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



(J. F. Roelofson, Maryville, Mo.) 



Gentlemen, you no doubt all understand 

 the purpose of this meeting, it being an annual 

 event in the history of the Missouri Draft 

 Horse Breeders' Association. I take it, too, 

 that most of you understand what the Missouri 

 Draft Horse Breeders' Association is. 

 ^fr \, "^ This association was organized four years 



f^^^^ir" sgo for the general benefit of the draft horse in- 



dustry, and we have from time to time met to- 

 gether and transacted such business as seemed 

 advisable. As an association we have grown each year in mem- 

 bership, and we can very truthfully say that each year more in- 

 terest has been manifested in the heavy draft horse and that 

 Missouri farmers and breeders are now producing more and 

 better draft horses than ever before. 



We, of course, would not claim that this has all been brought 

 about by and through the efforts of the officers of this associa- 

 tion. The modern Missouri farmer has seen that along with 

 other products he should raise some good draft horses. 



Inventive genius has tried for many years to displace the 

 horse, but in spite of this tendency the draft horse industry is 

 in a most prosperous condition. More draft horses are being 



J. F. Roelofson. 



Note. — Attention is called to frontispiece showing draft horse demonstration at Co- 

 lumbia during Farmers' Week, 1914. , 



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