. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Miscellaneous. 645 Some sections of the State missed the rains and were warm in the extreme. The wonder was the amount of work accomplished under the circumstances—the merchant and the farmer, the banker and the farm hand, the clerk and the teacher, all earnestly united in a common purpose, a unity of desire to accomplish "the one thing needful" for better farms and better towns. Thousands of banks, stores, shops and offices were closed for one or two days, and t
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Miscellaneous. 645 Some sections of the State missed the rains and were warm in the extreme. The wonder was the amount of work accomplished under the circumstances—the merchant and the farmer, the banker and the farm hand, the clerk and the teacher, all earnestly united in a common purpose, a unity of desire to accomplish "the one thing needful" for better farms and better towns. Thousands of banks, stores, shops and offices were closed for one or two days, and their owners were found busily labor- ing on the highways in the open country. The community spirit is stronger in Missouri because of good roads days. The Missouri farmer is awake to the fact that it will pay him to work his own roads around his own farm, in addition to such work as the district may At left, Governor Major; center. Highway Commissioner F. W. Buffum; right. Congressman Shackleford. ONE COUNTY AS AN EXAMPLE. On the signed authority of Capt. R. W. McCurdy of Independence, Jackson county's citizens did $14,780 worth of work during these two days. There were 2,762 days of work done by men and teams with scrapers and plows in that one county, besides independent workers, and 47 teams hauling supplies and 13 traction outfits on duty. Mr. McCurdy, be-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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