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Missouri A!)riciill iir'il lu [tori. 



liere this week, .-iikI wc sluill Ix' .uhid to do ;iii\tliiiiii.' we c'lii to Curnisli 

 ,yoii ;iiiy t'jicilitit'S within our power. L wclcoiiic you uol only to the 

 College of Agriculture l)ut to the University as a whole, hecause I think 

 the other departments are also worth while. AVe are caiTying on ex- 

 periments in the Engineering Department which will he of lienefit to the 

 farmers of the State, having puhlished last year a bulletin on the use 

 of acetylene gas for country homes and one on farm sanitation, etc. — 

 things which help to make life on the farm more comfortable and con- 

 venient. And so we welcome you to the^ entire university. Every 

 occasion like this gives us an opportunity to renew the life of the insti- 

 tution, and every time you gather here the University of Missouri girds 

 itself afresh for the tasks that lie before her. 



Dean F. B. Mnmfurd. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



(F. B. Mumford, Dean of the College of Agriculture.) 



The College of Agriculture is, in a peculiar 

 sense, glad to see you. We are glad to see you be- 

 cause of all the farmers' organizations that meet in 

 Missouri this is unquestionably the most important. 

 It is the most representative body of farmers that 

 meets in the State of Missouri, and perhaps in any 

 other state in the United States. It represents not 

 only the farmers in an unorganized way, but there 

 are meeting here this week all of the important State 

 Agricultural Associations. We are glad to welcome 

 you to the College of Agriculture, because this is the 

 most representative body of farmers in the State. You represent un- 

 questionably the greatest industry in this country, and in Missouri par- 

 ticularly the agricultural industry exceeds in importance all others. 



We are glad to welcome you here also because the agricultural in- 

 dustry is a fundamental industry. In the promotion of agriculture we 

 are promoting an industry which is not in competition with any other 

 industry, but which lies at the very foundation of the development of 

 every other industry of the American nation. 



The students of the College of Agriculture this year are particularly 

 glad to have you come because we have had in the past year a noticeable 

 development. For the first time in the history of the University the en- 

 rollment in the College of Agriculture has become the largest of any 

 professional school or college in the institution. It is now ])y far the 



