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was placed the one who had eoiiceived the work and yiveii it form, uaine- 

 ly, W. J. Spillmau, reared on Missouri soil and graduated from the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri. It was soon seen that Prof. Spillman had touched 

 the keynote and the work grew rapidly. This development brought 

 about the present organization of the office. 



"The United States is divided into three sections, and one man, 

 working under Prof. Spillman, is placed in charge of each and is held 

 directly responsible for the w^ork of his section. C. Beaman Smith has 

 charge of the northeast section, of which Missouri is a part. Each of 

 the three national sections is subdivided, a state constituting a sub- 

 division. The work in a state is in control of one man from the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, who, if possible so to arrange, works in co- 



The dinner table spread for the noon meal by the farmers' wives, who helped in 

 a most essential way with the success of the meeting. 



operation with the college of agriculture or experiment station of the 

 State. Prof. D. H. Doane has charge of the farm management work in 

 Missouri and is assisted by Don. G. Magruder and 0. R. Johnson. 

 There are now four demonstration farms in Missouri. The owners of 

 these farms are R. S. Harriman, Bunceton ; J. C. Smith, Conway, in the 

 southern section of the State ; C. D. Simonson, Memphis, in the northern 

 part, and C. M. Long, Columbia, in the central section. Missouri, with 

 the first Farm Management Association, seems to be leading all other 

 states in this movement. No small part of this success is due to the very 

 generous co-operation between F. B. Mumford, Dean of the Missouri 



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