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Whereas, H. J. Waters, former president of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture, 

 former dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture and director of the Missouri Experiment 

 Station, and now president of the Kansas Agricultural College, is being mentioned as a 

 successor to Honorable James Wilson, National Secretary of Agriculture, and 



Whereas, The Secretary of Agriculture should, we believe, be a man thoroughly familiar 

 with general farming, especially as conducted in the great Mississippi Valley states which 

 constitute the real agricultural field of the nation, and should further be a recognized au- 

 thority on questions relating to live stock breeding and feeding — Americans being meat 

 eaters, and the meat supply problem one of nation-wide interest; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we, the members of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture, in annual 

 meeting assembled, recognizing the marked ability of President Waters, his peculiar fitness 

 and eminent qualifications, the result of actual farm experience and years of study, his 

 honesty and integrity, his sympathy with the cause of agriculture in all its phases, his unusual 

 capacity for leadership, his breadth of vision and his unselfishness in the cause he so splendidly 

 serves, do urge his appointment as Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President 

 Woodrow Wilson. 



Dean Mumford immediately moved the adoption of the resolu- 

 tion. This motion was seconded by every member of the Board 

 and was passed unanimously. 



Messrs. Gentry and Swink then moved that the Legislature be 

 asked to appropriate liberally for the purpose of representing the 

 State of Missouri at the Panama Exposition to be held in San 

 Francisco in 1915. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS'. 



The board then took up the election of officers and on motion 

 of Judge Wilkinson the rules were suspended and Mr. P. P. Lewis 

 was unanimously elected President for the ensuing year. 



On motion of Mr. Swink and Mr. Nelson, the rules were sus- 

 pended and Mr. W. R. Wilkinson was unanimously elected as Vice- 

 President for the ensuing year. 



On motion the rules were suspended and Mr. T. C. Wilson 

 was elected Secretary for the ensuing year. 



On motion of Judge Wilkinson the rules were suspended and 

 Mr. W. L. Nelson was elected Assistant Secretary for the ensuing 

 year. 



On motion of Judge Swink the rules were suspended and Mr. 

 W. A. Bright was elected Treasurer for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Bright then presented his report showing the financial 

 transactions of the year, which report was received and referred to 

 the Auditing Committee. 



The Secretary then presented his financial report, which was 

 received and referred to the Auditing Committea. 



The Board then took up and discussed the various laws of 

 particular interest to the farmers of the State, and on motion of 

 Dean Mumford, a committee was appointed to prepare a resolution 



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