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There were seventy-five charter ineniljcrs, and the resolutions adopted 

 at that time express so well the object of the organization that they are 

 given in full. 



MISSOURI FARM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. 



Motto— Do. 



Object — Organization, co-operation, diversification, intensification. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



First— Be it resolved that we, the undersigned farmers and other 

 men and women of the State of Missouri who are interested in the better- 

 ment of Missouri Agriculture, do organize and band ourselves together 

 for the purpose of extending the work in Farm Management in Mis- 

 souri. It seems to us, under the present plan of operations, that there 

 are not as many farmers coming in direct contact with this work as there 

 should be, and it is our purpose to help extend directly the efforts of the 

 working force of this Association. 



Seconel — "We further believe that the successful principles and 

 practices of agriculture that have been found to be practical and profit- 

 able, both by the use of experiments and the results obtained from farm- 

 ers, should be demonstrated under a well-balanced and business-like farm 

 plan, under farm conditions; for we believe that farming is a business 

 that cannot reach its highest development unless business methods are 

 used in its execution. 



Third — We further believe that the Office of Farm Management of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture should, in the execution of its work, 

 co-operate with the Agricultural Department of the University of Mis- 

 souri, the Experiment Station and the INIissouri State Board of Agri- 

 culture. Farm Management embodies the fundamental principles of 

 agriculture for which the aforementioned institutions stand; each is to 

 a greater or less degree dependent on the other for its greatest develop- 

 ment and success, and all should, therefore, work together in a helpful 

 and harmonious relation. 



Fourth — ^We believe that the prime work of Farm Management is 

 to demonstrate and not experiment. That our measure of success is de- 

 termined by the rapidity and permanency with which our farms are 

 built up in fertility, and the net returns we receive after each year's 

 operations. 



During the summer and fall of 1910 members of the Farm Manage- 

 ment staff, both from the Government, and those employed by the College, 

 visited between 40 and 50 members of the Association, and helped them 



