Annual Meeting. 



MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. 



state Board of Agriculture, OlHce of the Secretary, 

 Columbia, Mo., December 19, 1912. 



The Board met in the office of the Secretary at 10 o'clock a. m., 

 and was called to order by President P. P. Lewis. The roll call 

 showed members present as follows : Messrs. Evans, Mumford, 

 Newlon, Brayton, Duncan, Bellows, Hedrick, Munson, Gentry, Dall- 

 meyer, Householder, Lewis, S'teinmesch, Wilkerson, Swink, Barnes 

 and Nelson. Absent, Messrs. Smith and Hadley. 



The minutes of all previous meetings for the year 1912 were 

 read and on motion duly made and carried were approved. 



President Lewis then explained at some length the reason for 

 calling the meeting at this time because of the near approach of the 

 convening of the Legislature and the importance of shaping up 

 some very much needed legislation. 



The President then announced the following committees : 



Auditing Committee — Messrs, Newlon, Hedrick, and Wilkin- 

 son. 



Agricultural College Committee — Messrs. Bellows, Munson and 

 Swink. 



Legislative Committee — Messrs. Wilkinson, Dallmeyer, Smith 

 and Lewis. 



The Board then took up the question of needed appropriations 

 for the coming period and recommended the following: 



Distribution of annual reports 



Monthly crop report and monthly bulletins .... 



OflBce expense 



Expense of members 



Farmers Institutes 



State Veterinary 



Highway Engineer 



Apiary inspection 



Secretary's salary 



Assistant secretary's salary 



Clerk hire 



Total 



(15) 



$24 , 000 . 00 



6 , 000 . 00 



1 , 000 . 00 



5 , 000 . 00 



22,500,00 



50,000.00 



25 , 000 . 00 



2 , 000 . 00 



6 , 000 . 00 



5 , 000 . 00 



3 , 000 . 00 



$149,500.00 



