84 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME FOR THE COLLEGE OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



(Dean F. B. Mum ford.) 



The Mayor of Columbia has extended to you 

 a welcome on behalf of the city, welcoming you 

 to the homes of our people; the president of the 

 Commercial Club of Columbia has extended to you 

 a welcome on behalf of that organization, recog- 

 nizing your importance as an aid to commerce, 

 but it is my peculiar pleasure to welcome you to the 

 College of Agriculture, and on behalf of my col- 

 Dean Mumford. leagues in that institution, to extend to you a cor- 

 dial invitation to examine the work that we have been doing, and 

 to aid us by the inspiration of your presence in carrying forward 

 the numerous projects in, which we are engaged. I judge that 

 those of you who are present here do not belong to that class of 

 farmers who shy at "book-farming." I remember at one time a 

 neighbor of mine owned a horse that was in the habit of shying at 

 some visible objects and some unseen, and the veterinarian told 

 the owner of this horse that it was not a nervous disposition as he 

 had supposed, but there was some defect in the vision — there were 

 spots in the eyes which caused this horse to shy. ,Now, I hope that 

 you do not belong to that class of farmers who shy at book-farm- 

 ing, and I am led to believe that a great many here tonight do not 

 belong to that class. 



One of the most gratifying things to those who have charge 

 of the arrangements pertaining to Farmers' Week is that we see 

 the same faces year after year coming back to the short course in 

 agriculture. It is not my intention to go into the details as to the 

 work we are doing. I hope that the material evidence that you will 

 see here during your stay and the work we are doing will commend 

 itself. 



The College of Agriculture, among educational institutions, is 

 peculiar in this: There are more farmers in Missouri than any 

 other single class of people, and perhaps more than any other half 

 a dozen classes combined, and yet there is but one institution or- 

 ganized to solve the problems that confront the farmer. There is 

 but one institution, the College of Agriculture, that is organized 



