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Agricultural College, and Prof. W. J. Spillman of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



"Early last spring the plan of farming to be used on Demonstra- 

 tion Farm No. 4 was carefully laid out by Mr. Doane, and the details 

 of all farm operations were considered. The farm was mapped, a soil 

 treatment outlined, and a crop rotation established. Then the utiliza- 

 tion of crops by stock was taken up, and assistance was even given in 

 the buying and selling of all crops and. stock, every operation being 

 carefully accounted for in a complete system of bookkeeping. It should 

 be stated that Mr. Harrimau received no financial aid from ' Uncle Sam ' 

 or the State of Missouri, so that his place is in no sense intended as a 

 model farm. The improvements are not extensive. Even the old rail 



Three hundred farmers and their wives spent the forenoon in Nature's Auditorium, 

 listening to Farm Management tallis and the plans that liad been made for the 

 Demonstration Farm. 



fence, once so common in Missouri, is still in use, but about the farm, 

 which includes both bottom and upland, there is an air of neatness, thrift 

 and industry. One is impressed with thp fact that here is a home. 



"As success seemed to attend Mr. Harriman's work, it was decided 

 to hold an all-day meeting — a picnic whose promoters had a purpose — 

 right on the farm. The day came, so did the people — some 300 of them, 

 men and women representing every section of the county in which the 

 meeting was held, a dozen or more other counties and. five or six other 

 states. It was a great gathering. As one looked into the faces of the 

 thoughtful, intelligent men and women there he was impressed with the 



