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item sufficient to provide adequate accommodations for the splendid 

 dairy herd the College now owns. 



The experimental work in beef production now being conducted 

 by the Experiment Station in co-operation with the United States Gov- 

 ernment is especially to be commended, on account of its magnitude, 

 its practical plan, the important problems involved, and the excellent 

 quality of the cattle in use. 



We desire further to especially commend the Soil Survey of Mis- 

 souri recently inaugurated by the Experiment Station, and to urge upon 

 the Legislature the importance of its continuance and the necessity for 

 providing adequately for its support. 



We congratulate the Board of Curators of the University upon 

 securing the services of such a capable corps of investigators, instructors 

 and assistants. 



We find the facilities for work in Veterinary Science and Animal 

 Diseases wholly inadequate and not in proportion to the importance 

 of the department or to the equipment of the other departments of the 

 College, and we would strongly urge the Board of Curators to request 

 an appropriation from the next Legislature of at least $50,000 for a 

 suitable veterinary laboratory and hospital. 



We especially commend the co-operative effort between the College 

 of Agriculture and the Teachers' College of the University in the prep- 

 aration of teachers to give instruction in Agriculture in the public 

 schools of the State, and we recommend that the Board of Curators 

 employ a special man, whose sole duties shall be to encourage the in- 

 troduction of agriculture and other industrial subjects into the pub- 

 lic schools. 



Very respectfully submitted, 



S. W. Hudson, 

 A. M. Thompson, 

 W. T. Carrington. 



The report was unanimously adopted. 



REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



The Auditing Committee submitted the following report: 

 We, the undersigned committee, authorized to examine the books 

 and accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, beg leave to submit the 

 following report : 



We have carefully examined the vouchers authorized by the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee and the corresponding warrants issued by the Pres- 

 ident and Secretary of the different funds of the Board as follows ; 



