Minutes of Proceedings. 15 



struct ten macadam roads across the State, or to macadamize all 

 the roads in four of the largest counties of the State each year. 

 This would be sufficient to erect an $100,000 agricultural high 

 school in every county in Missouri, and the extra yearly increase 

 would provide similar sums for their support. 



We consider the work of the Veterinary Department of the 

 College of Agriculture and Experiment Station as of prime im- 

 portance to the live stock industry of the State, and this Board 

 has previously called attention to the important services this De- 

 partment has rendered to the country, and has urged that proper 

 facilities be provided, in order that greater efficiency may be at- 

 tained. But notwithstanding the valuable work done by this De- 

 partment in the past and the valuable work on hog cholera now in 

 progress, we find that this Department still suffers from the handi- 

 cap of very meager facilities. We regard it as unjust to this De- 

 partment and to the live stock industry that such conditions should 

 continue. 



The value of the live stock of Missouri exceeds two hundred 

 millions of dollars, the value of swine alone being not less than 

 45 millions. Investigation of the diseases of animals and the 

 means of prevention should therefore receive every encourage- 

 ment. It is unwise economy to hamper this work with poor quar- 

 ters and meager funds. 



We deem it essential that the students of Agriculture who 

 go out into practical and scientific work should be well drilled in 

 the elements of Veterinary Science, which are so closely related 

 to the work of stock breeding, stock feeding, and stock judging; 

 such as veterinary anatomy, veterinary physiology and veterinary 

 hygiene, and such instruction in the simpler things of medicine 

 and surgery as will enable the students to handle in a rational 

 manner such cases as do not demand professional veterinary aid. 



We find that the work of this Department is now carried on 

 partly in the live stock building and partly in the dairy building, 

 much to the inconvenience of these departments. The dissecting 

 is done in small rooms in the live stock building, within a few feet 

 of the live stock judging room. These rooms are now overcrowded 

 with large numbers of students; and with the increase in the at- 

 tendance at the Agricultural College, which will come from year 

 to year, the difficulties will grow. 



We also find this Department has no shelter for its demon- 

 stration and investigation work on diseases of stock, and as a 



