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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



An election of officers took place after the program. E. B. 

 Wilson of Stanberry, Mo., was re-elected president; Lyle Atkins 

 of Denton was re-elected vice-president of the southwest district; 

 J. L. Grigsby of Granville was elected vice-president of the 

 central district; and W. D. Ashburn of Farmington, vice-pres- 

 ident of the southeast district; secretary-treasurer, Howard 

 Hackedorn of Columbia. 



At the business meeting plans were started for the Mis- 

 souri Sheep Show at the Pan-American Exposition in 1915, and 

 a committee appointed to look after the special premiums for 

 Missouri breeders. Much interest has been manifested by 

 Missouri breeders in this show of the west. 



A resolution was also adopted to the effect that the Mis- 

 souri Sheep Breeders' and Feeders' Association should hold a 

 banquet during the State Fair, and it is hoped that all sheep 

 men of Missouri and all of the exhibitors at that fair who are 

 interested will be present at this banquet on Thursday night 

 of the State Fair week. 



MORE AND BETTER SHEEP FOR MISSOURI. 



(R. A. Turner, Stanberry, Mo.) 



Having accepted the place on your pro- 

 gram proffered by your honorable president, 

 Mr. Wilson, I have taken as my subject "More 

 and Better Sheep for Missouri." Hoping that 

 possibly I might drop a thought that would aid 

 the industry of sheep raising in Missouri, I 

 come before you today. • 



The Great Shepherd or Master commanded 

 his followers over nineteen centuries ago, in 

 teaching them frugality, to gather up the frag- 

 ments that nothing be lost. Missouri has a 

 natural environment for sheep, unsurpassed by 

 any other state. The farmers of today are 

 working under soil conditions differing from 

 those of our forefathers, and more and better sheep for Mis- 

 souri may prove one of the greatest means of soil restoration. 

 In fact, the farmers of Missouri no longer desire to raise 

 grain without a just remittance to the soil and are anxious to 

 learn the best solution of the problem of maintaining soil fer- 



R. A. Turner. 



