Revort of Missouri Farmers' Week. 



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STANDARD MEASUREMENTS FOR BOYS. 



The facts are from Holt's "The Care and Feeding of Infants." 

 "The weight of girls is on the average about one pound less than 

 boys. They are about the same height." — Holt. 



At Birth — Weight, 71/2 pounds; height, 201/2 inches ; chest, 131/2 

 inches; head, 14 inches; teeth, none. 



At One Year — Weight, 21 pounds; height, 29 inches; chest, 18 

 inches; head, 18 inches; teeth, six. 



At Two Years — Weight, 26I/2 pounds ; height, 32 inches ; chest, 



19 inches; head, 19 inches; teeth, sixteen. 



At Three Years — Weight, 31 pounds ; height, 35 inches ; chest, 



20 inches ; head, 19^4 inches ; teeth, twenty. 



Stanley Backus, Columbia. First in 

 the two-year-old class. 



Will L. Nelson, Jr. 



Robert Oliver Pearman, Columbia. First in 

 the three-year-old class. 



