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Missouri Acjricnlfin'dl Report. 



The purpose of the Association is to increase the yield and 

 improve the quality of Missouri's corn crop. In order to measure 

 the results of each year's work an annual show is held in Colum- 

 bia during F'armers' Week, The last annual show was by far the 

 most successful we have held. The quality of the exhibits was ex- 

 cellent and the number of entries exceeded any previous year by 

 100. The special classes for wheat and oats certainly brought out 

 some splendid exhibits, and this new feature will be continued and 

 a broader classification made, as cowpeas, soybeans, timothy and 

 barley samples were sent in for display even though no prizes 

 were offered. 



Best 20 ears yellow corn Tenth Annual .Mis.sonri State Corn Show, shown by 



F. M. Reibel & Sons, Arbela, Mo. 



The Men's Acre Yield Contest, featured this year for the first 

 time, will undoubtedly grow into one of the important classes of 

 the show. Yield per acre is after all our object, and it is highly 

 important that a study of the methods of securing larger yields 

 be made. In awarding the prizes in this class, yield per acre, 

 practicability of methods, the score of a ten-ear sample from the 

 acre, and the net profit are all considered. It is not necessarily 



