Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 83 



participating in. the 1913 meeting were: Missouri Saddle Horse 

 Breeders' Association, Missouri Cattle Feeders' Association, Mis- 

 souri Association of County and District Fairs, Missouri Farm 

 Management Association, Missouri Draft Horse Breeders' Associ- 

 ation, Missouri Women Farmers' Club, Missouri Home Makers' 

 Conference Association, State Dairy AssociatioA and Missouri Corn 

 Growers' Association. In addition to these, there were organized 

 the Missouri Country Life Conference and the Missouri Cattle, 

 Swine and Sheep Feeders' Association,. The Missouri branch of 

 the National Poultry Association also held a meeting in Columbia 

 during Farmers' Week, and the Boone County Poultry Association, 

 following an established custom, held its annual show at the same 

 time. A horticultural meeting, with a midwinter apple show, was 

 another attraction of the week. 



An entirely new feature of Farmers' Week was the Missouri 

 farmers' ham and bacon show. The State Board of Agriculture 

 had appropriated $100 in premiums, and the result was a most 

 creditable exhibit of the kind of meat for which Missouri farms are 

 famous. The official Farmers' Week badge, one of each being pre- 

 sented to each visitor who registered, was designed with the idea 

 to give further publicity to this meat show. Suspended from a 

 metal medallion, on which was shown the State seal, ears of corn 

 and appropriate lettering, was a miniature ham. 



The State corn show was probably the best in the history of 

 Missouri. There were many entries and the quality of the corn 

 was excellent. Premiums were also awarded on wheat and oats. 



The exercises were concluded Friday night, when some five 

 hundred farmers enjoyed the annual banquet prepared under the 

 direction of the Agricultural College. Most of the bill of fare was 

 made up of meat, vegetables, ice cream and other good things from 

 the State farm. 



An effort has been made to secure a full report of the proceed- 

 ings of the week. With many meetings in progress at the same time, 

 this is practically impossible. However, the report as printed on 

 the following pages is more complete than that of any previous 

 year. For this we are greatly indebted to the secretaries pt the 

 various associations and to the faculty of the Agricultural College. 



