. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 466 Missouri Agricultural Report. An election of officers took place after the program. E. B. Wilson of Stanberry, Mo., was re-elected president; Lyle Atkins of Denton was re-elected vice-president of the southwest district; J. L. Grigsby of Granville was elected vice-president of the central district; and W. D. Ashburn of Farmington, vice-pres- ident of the southeast district; secretary-treasurer, Howard Hackedorn of Columbia. At the business meeting plans were started fo
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 466 Missouri Agricultural Report. An election of officers took place after the program. E. B. Wilson of Stanberry, Mo., was re-elected president; Lyle Atkins of Denton was re-elected vice-president of the southwest district; J. L. Grigsby of Granville was elected vice-president of the central district; and W. D. Ashburn of Farmington, vice-pres- ident of the southeast district; secretary-treasurer, Howard Hackedorn of Columbia. At the business meeting plans were started for the Mis- souri Sheep Show at the Pan-American Exposition in 1915, and a committee appointed to look after the special premiums for Missouri breeders. Much interest has been manifested by Missouri breeders in this show of the west. A resolution was also adopted to the effect that the Mis- souri Sheep Breeders' and Feeders' Association should hold a banquet during the State Fair, and it is hoped that all sheep men of Missouri and all of the exhibitors at that fair who are interested will be present at this banquet on Thursday night of the State Fair week. MORE AND BETTER SHEEP FOR MISSOURI. (R. A. Turner, Stanberry, Mo.) Having accepted the place on your pro- gram proffered by your honorable president, Mr. Wilson, I have taken as my subject "More and Better Sheep for ; Hoping that possibly I might drop a thought that would aid the industry of sheep raising in Missouri, I come before you today. • The Great Shepherd or Master commanded his followers over nineteen centuries ago, in teaching them frugality, to gather up the frag- ments that nothing be lost. Missouri has a natural environment for sheep, unsurpassed by any other state. The farmers of today are working under soil conditions differing from those of our forefathers, and more and better sheep for Mis- souri may prove one of the greatest means of soil restoration. In fact, the farmers of Missouri no l
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