Excerpt from Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture, a Record of the Work for the Year 1913: Also Report of Missouri Farmers' Week, 1914, Association Meetings, Farm Statistics and Other Information and Papers Relating to Agriculture and Its Allied Industries State Board of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary Columbia, Mo January 12, 1914. The Board met in the office of the Secretary at 4 p. M. With President Lewis in the chair. Those present were Messrs. Wilkinson, Hilke, Brayton, Bellows, Mumford, Evans, Newlon, Parker, Wakefield, Hedrick, Duncan, Swink, Thralls, Dallmeyer, Lewis, Nelson, Gentry and Barnes. Absent, Gover nor Major. The minutes of meeting in St. Louis November 12, 1913, were read and, on motion of Judge Swink, were approved. The President appointed Mr. Hilke, Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Hedrick as the Auditing Committee to examine the financial reports of the Secretary and Treasurer. The Secretary then read his report of the work done by the Board and a few recommendations for the future. On motion of Mr. Brayton and Mr. Thralls, the report was received and ordered printed in the annual report. Mr. E. G. Bennett, State Dairy Commissioner, then read his report and, on motion of Dean Mumford, the report was received and ordered printed in the annual report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.