Missouri Farm Management Association. 



OFFICERS. 



President — J. Ed Hall, Lamonte. 

 Vice-President — I. N. Gartin, Darlington. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — R. S. Besse, Columbia. 

 Advisory Board — D. H. Doane, Columbia; F. B. Mumford, 

 Columbia; E. P. Dysart, Columbia. 



WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



(R. S. Besse, Secretary-Treasurer.) 



The Missouri Farm Management Association was organized in 



1910 for the purpose of co-operating with and 

 organizing those farmers in Missouri who 

 desire help in their farm management prob- 

 lems. Many letters were coming into the 

 farm management office from all parts of 

 the State asking questions concerning their 

 farm — rotation, marketing and labor prob- 

 lems. So on the basis of these numerous 

 questions and from the requests for farm 

 visits and assistance, the association was 

 formed with 75 charter members. It has 

 increased its membership to date of May, 

 1913, to a total of 350 progressive Missouri 

 farmers. For a time until the membership became too large to be 

 handled in this way, visits were made to individual farms and crop 

 systems and rotation plans discussed. The department of farm 

 management co-operating with the United States Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington worked through the association mem- 

 bers in carrying on their work of investigation and demonstration. 

 The farm management association, however, is now too large 

 for one or even two men to handle the work by personal visits, so 

 that portion of the work is being handled through correspondence. 

 A labor bureau through which the members may secure more 

 adequate farm help is a department of the association doing a 



R. S. Besse. 



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