licpoil of Secrctarij. 10 



o£ the ))usiness of agriculture. AVe especially need a broad-minded 

 and well trained live stock man who can talk the live stock business and 

 who can judge all kinds of stock. This Board ought to secure appropri- 

 ation to employ such a man all the year. When not employed at county 

 fairs awarding premiums on live stock exhibits he could do institute 

 work, and at other times he might gather and prepare for the printer 

 valuable information on breeding, caring for and feeding the different 

 kinds of stock After all that may be said of colleges and experiments 

 (and I value them as highly as any one can), there is no knowledge, no 

 instruction, that comes to the average farmer with the emphasis and 

 force of conviction as the brief, clear cut narration of one's own experi- 

 ence and observation. 



There is another feature of the institute work to which I wish to 

 direct your attention. There is a growing demand for Women Institute 

 workers, and I believe that we should ask for an appropriation for that 

 work so as to separate that expense from the Farmers' Institute Fund. 

 ]\Iiss Ilena Bailey has done a great work in 1910 and has often devoted 

 her time that was much needed in other ways, and yet we were not able 

 to fill all the calls, and many farmers' wives and daughters have been 

 disappointed. 



PUBIJCATIONS. 



During the year 1010 twelve copies of the monthly bulletin were 

 issued, as follows : 



Boys' Corn Growing Contests. 



Home Makers' Conference. 



Corn Growing in Alissouri. 



Ornamental Planting for the Farm Home. 



Concrete on the Farm. 



Report of Highway Engineers' Convention. 



Revised Laws of ^Missouri Relating to Agriculture. 



Steps in Agriculture. 



Butchering Hogs on the Farm. 



First Prize Five-Acre Farm Plan. 



"Two Poplars" — A Five-Acre Farm Plan. 



Crop Review for 1010. 



So great has been the demand for these bulletins that the supply 

 of nearly every issue has been insufficient to meet the call for them. 

 In addition to these bulletins the board has issued a booklet, "A Billion 

 Berries," which is one of a series of beautifully illustrated monographs. 



