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The following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, 

 set forth some of the points discussed in the business session: 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE MISSOURI CATTLE, SWINE AND SHEEP FEEDERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



Whereas, A revision of the tariff duties will work to the disturbance of the agri- 

 cultural interest, we request that the tariff be scientifically investigated, and that if 

 revision be needed, each schedule be revised singly. 



Resolved, That we, the Missouri Cattle, Swine and Sheep Feeders' Association in 

 annual session hereby protest against the proposed removal of import duties on live 

 stock and meat products until such reduction has been scientifically investigated, deem- 

 ing premature action as being detrimental to the live stock interests of our State. 



Resolved, That we recommend to the Legislature that liberal support be given 

 to the College of Agriculture, and especially the live stock department. 



We also recommend that the work of the Veterinary Department of the College 

 of Agriculture, which has contributed towards eradication of diseases among live stock, 

 be liberally supported and continued. 



Resolved, That we suggest that the Missouri Legislature, now in session, formu- 

 late a law governing the production and sale of hog cholera serum. 



Resolved, That we, the Missouri Cattle, Swine and Sheep Feeders' Association, do 

 liereby call your attention to the qualifications of Mr. Henry J. Waters for the position 

 of Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet for the coming presidential administration. 



Mr. Henry J. Waters, president of Kansas Agricultural College, is one of the 

 foremost men in agricultural work today. As dean of College of Agriculture at the 

 University of Missouri he organized one of the strongest, most efficient colleges in 

 America. As president of the Kansas College he has made great strides In the progress 

 of agriculture. He is deeply grounded in practical agriculture, being a farmer's son. 

 He is also one of the foremost scientifically trained men in America. He is honest, 

 efficient and energetic. We, his friends, endorse him. President Waters Is not seeking 

 the appointment. We believe that the appointmnet should hunt the man. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



(F. B. Mumford.) 



I do not know whether I can. quite agree with the speaker that 

 I am altogether happy at this time for performing this duty, be- 

 cause I cannot claim that it is a particular pleasure for me to 

 speak in public. But from another point of view it is a very great 

 pleasure for me to extend to you an unqualified and cordial welcome, 



I am peculiarly interested in the Cattle Feeders' Association.. 

 If there is any one organization in which I take greater interest 

 than another it is this one. In the first place, my life work up to 

 very recently was chiefly concerned with animal husbandry and 

 that field was very attractive to me, and I am not at all sure but 

 that the attractions of that field are so great that I may some day 

 decide that the position of professor of animal husbandry is a more 

 pleasant occupation than acting as dean of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege. The further I get away from the position which I occupied 

 the more pleasant it seems to me, and in animal husbandry my 



