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tives of tlu' iMissoiiii State iBoard of Agriculture and a iiuinl)er of the 

 members of the faculty of the Agricultural College of the University of 

 Missouri. Diftereut professors, in so far as possible, were selected for 

 the various trips, so that the regular work at the college would not be 

 interfered with. Dr. A. Ross Hill, President of the University, showed 

 his interest in agriculture by going on one of the trains, while F. B. 

 Mumford, Dean of the College of Agriculture, was on two or more of the 

 trips and "made a regular hand" at speaking. 



At the instance of S. M. Jordan, "the Missouri corn man" and farm- 

 ers' institute director, arrangements were made for distributing seed 

 corn and cowpeas from the trains. This seed, which had been secured 



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through some of the best growers in the State, was sold at ten cents per 

 quart, sales being limited to one quart bag to a person. The object was 

 to encourage the use of better seed, to enable many to get a start for an- 

 other season, not to make money from the sales. All money received 

 from seed sold was remitted to those who furnished it. The demand for 

 seed far exceeded expectations, and one railroad official, who doubtless 

 voiced the sentiment of others, gave it as his opinion that the seed dis- 

 tribution was the greatest feature of all, the one promising most for the 

 future. The object in the distribution of cowpeas, one of the best fertil- 

 izing plants known, was to encourage more extensive growing and the 



