. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Farmers' Week in Agricultural College. 131 fact that here were people eager to better understand and more fidly appreciate the problems, possibilities and pleasures of life on the farm. "First, attention was called to the needs and objects of such a meeting. It was pointed out that farming is a business demanding brains as well as brawn; that farming today is a far more intricate proposition than in the time of our forefathers, when men could skim the cream off of one
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Farmers' Week in Agricultural College. 131 fact that here were people eager to better understand and more fidly appreciate the problems, possibilities and pleasures of life on the farm. "First, attention was called to the needs and objects of such a meeting. It was pointed out that farming is a business demanding brains as well as brawn; that farming today is a far more intricate proposition than in the time of our forefathers, when men could skim the cream off of one quarter-section, then move to another 160 acres; that changed location, not crop rotation, gave to the pioneer a land pro- ductive of plenty; that farming demands fitness, and that while almost any man'may 'mine land,' no fool can farm it. One speaker declared that it is folly for the farmer to think about cultivating more land, when. The afternoon was spent in examining tlie crops as, and where, tliey grew. Here the soy beans stood shoulder high, set from 100 to 2 00 pods, and had nodules on the roots as large as small peas. The soy bean has a feeding value equal to oil meal— home-gi'own protein. it is imi-)ossi])le for him to get sufficient help as it is. 'What, then,' came the question, 'must be the solution of this perplexing problem? What, if not to increase the yield, thereby decreasing the cost? It will not come through added acres, but by added bushels,' continued the speaker. 'The demand is not so much for larger farming as for better farming,' "One important object of the farm management movement was said to be to help the farmer know the cost and to reduce the cost. This thought ran through practically every talk. Among the speakers were: F. B. Mumford, Dean of the Missouri Agricultural College; T. C. Wilson, Secretary of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture; W. L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary of the same Board; J. A. Drake of the United States. Please note
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