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As to the qualifications of those engaged in teaching and those 

 engaged in experimental work, it will suffice to state that every one of 

 the faculty have had repeated offers at higher salaries from other univer- 

 sities which they have rejected because of the love of and loyalty to 

 Missouri, and your committee would especially direct your attention to 

 the fact that such a state of affairs cannot last, and if Missouri desires 

 to retain the services of these tried and true men it must provide 

 enough funds to enable them to live decently, educate their children 

 properly, and lay aside a little sum for the rainy day. We M'ould 

 further state that we have had actual instruction from the lips of these 

 men, and can testify as to the superior quality of their work, and de- 

 sire to go on record as saying that for every dollar they receive they are 

 giving five dollars worth of vital energy. 



As to the character of the work done, we will say. first : The 

 bulletins Avliich have been issued speak for themselves, and second : So 

 do the students which graduate and who immediately upon, and even 

 before graduation, receive offers of positions for which they have quali- 

 fied themselves in their respective lines of study. 



From the fraits you can judge the tree. 



In this connection it will be proper to state that the departments 

 of agronomy, animal and dairy husbandry, horticulture and natural 

 science, have ready for publication material for valuable bulletins rep- 

 resenting the labor of the last several years. To publish these at once 

 there is a special appropriation of $5,000.00 absolutel}' necessary, so that 

 the work may not be interrupted and yet the general public receive the 

 benefit of the work as it progresses. 



Your committee desires to commend the Board of Curators for fin- 

 ishing and furnishing the new Agricultural building. We find this 

 building well adapted for the purposes of instruction and investigation, 

 and for the administrative offices of the College of Agriculture, and the 

 State 'Board of Agriculture. 



We wish particularly to commend the new organization of the 

 Short Winter Course in Agriculture, providing for a two years course 

 of practical, modern instruction in agricultural subjects. This plan is 

 in accordance with former recommendations of this Board. This course 

 will appeal particularly to the young farmers of the State, who are not 

 able because of their active farm duties, to enroll in the four years' 

 college course, and those who are not able to devote the entire year to 

 study in agriculture. 



This Board has always, on every occasion, encouraged the teaching 

 of agriculture in the rural schools of Missouri. AVe therefore heartily 

 approve of the appointment by the College of Agriculture of a Depart- 



