236 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Commission are shown in the official report of the Commissioners, The 

 appropriation by the State was a million dollars. The expenditures in 

 the departments were: Agriculture, $78,039.24; Horticulture, $51,103.- 

 S6; Education $53,888.17; Mines and Metallurgy, $57,670.47; Live Stock, 

 (including poultry), $95,158.24; Forestry, $9,298.85; Fish and Game, 

 $12,754.81; Dairy, $10,190.29; Missouri Building expenses, including 

 cost of maintenance, $232,918.16; general expense, $176,949.30. So well 

 w^ere the funds managed that $200,000 of the total appropriation of one 

 million dollars was returned to the State treasury. 



THE AWARDS MADE TO MISSOURI. 



world's FAIR, ST. LOUIS, I904. 

 (From Report of Missouri Coraraission.) 



"Missouri won in competition with the world, 2,437 awards. These 

 were given by international juries after consideration of competing ex- 

 hibits from every state, territory and foreign nation represented. The 

 provisional list of awards, of which the accompanying list is a copy, 

 shows that Missouri received 53 grand prizes, 195 gold medals, 408 

 silver medals and 379 bronze medals, a total of 1,030. In addition, 790 

 awards to exhibitors of live stock and 617 to exhibitors of poultry made 

 the grand total of awards for. exhibits made by the Missouri World's 

 Fair Commission, 2,437. This, of course, does not include the awards 

 to individual exhibitors, firms and corporations, of which many were won 

 by Missourians. This provisional list is only for the State exhibits and 

 those made under State direction by the Missouri Commission. By de- 

 partments the awards were: Agriculture, 298: grand, 10; gold, 50; 

 silver, 115; bronze, 123. Horticulture, 372: grand, 2; gold, 17; silver, 

 158; bronze, 195. Education and Social Economy, 158: grand, 26; gold, 

 51; silver, 59J bronze, 22. Mines and Metallurgy, 158: grand, 9; gold, 

 69; silver, 59; bronze, 21. Woman's Work, 38: grand, i ; gold, 5; silver, 

 14; bronze, 18. Fish and Game, 6: grand, 2; gold, 3; silver, i. Dairy- 

 ing, 2; grand, i ; silver, i. Publications, 4; grand, 2; gold, I ; silver, i."* 



IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Grand Frizes, 10; Gold Medals, 50; Silver Medals, 115; Bronze Medals, 123. Total. 238. 



GRAND PRIZES. 



P. L. Long, Now London— Varieties of grasses. 

 Missouri Commission— Display of grains. 



Missouri Commission— Collective exhibit of grains, agricultural machinery, wool, cattle 

 feeding experiments. 



