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zzsz&sn&zzz rj&; jr? VWTve&r WPrTP7WJRSRW7f3 ' -" TiKJ ' 4y- UNIVERSITY MISSOUBIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1908. " BOARD OF AGRICULTURE REVOLUTIONIZES FARMING Teaches New Methods of Feeding Stock, Fights Disease, Holds Institutes, WorKs for Good Roads and Educates Boys. aaaaaHaR3 f aaaal bbbbbbbI ?" -..lbbbbKbbbbV BBBBBBW7'taBVBHHBalHlBBI George B. Ellis. Copied oil enduring parchment, a res olution ly thu Missouri State Board of Agriculture, in ftixor of the erection of a new building for the College of Ag riculture at the University of Mis souri, was put into the cornerstone when it was laid thi morning. The Legisla ture, during the April after this reso lution was adopted, passed the bill ap propriating .$100,000 for the building. The resolution was adopted in De cember, 1900. It asked that 200,000 be appropriated for the building, and set forth the advantages which would accrue from such an appropriation. A lostcr of the members of the board was placed with it in the cornerstone. Board Half Century Old. Sicc its organization in 1855, the State Board of Agriculture has had a continuous existence, yet there are man persons in the state who know little of what it has accomplished and what it is trying to do for the uplift ing of the agriculture of Missouri. Some of the most distinguished far mers and live stock breeders of Mis souri have served on the Board. At preseat the membership includes the lirst Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Norman J. Colman, who is editor of an agricultural paper as well as a breeder of standard horses. The executive olfieer of the Board is Secretary George 11. Ellis, who has charge of the publications of the Board, the monthly crop reports and agricultural and live stock statistics, farmers' institutes and state farmers' 'inventions. Revolutionizes Farming. Tfce publications and farmers' insti tutes have revolutionized farm practice in Missouri. Old methods of feeding' corn, corn fodder, timothy or prairie hay, the year round, are now sup plaated by modern methods of feeding clover, alfalfa or cow-pea hay with con, supplemented with oil meal, cotton aeed meal or some other feed of like nature. While the price of corn has greatly advanced within the last few Tears, the cattle feeder who practices the cthods taught by the Agricultural College and Experiment Station, in co operation with thre State Board of Ag riculture, is getting enough more pounds of beef for 100 bushels of corn to offset the high price of the corn he is feeding. New Methods of Feeding. Iustcad of feeding hogs straight corn .is of old, the method now is to m with the corn cheaper feeds so as to DISTINGUISHED MEN SPEAK AT EXERCISES Auditorium of Academic Hall Filled When Addresses of Congratulation for the New Agricultural Building" Are Delivered. (Continued from Tblnl rage.) Station at Washington, expressing his regret that he was unable to attend the exercises. State Senator Thomas J. Wornall, chairman of the Senate com mittee on appropriations, through whose efforts the appropriation for the building was obtained, wrote that ill u prevented his attendance. To have been present at the laying of the cor nerstone, he wrote, would have been one of the proudest moments of his life, his chief ambition in the senate having been to get the appropriation. The letter was read by Dr. Hill. A. H. Drunert, of Montgomery City, stat senator from this district, and Morton If. reinberton, representative of Boone county in the State Legislature, who had been invited to speak, were not present. SPEAKERS EXTOL WORK DONE BY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Former Gov. A. M. Dockery was the irst speaker in the auditorium. He reduce the cost of making a pound of pork. Again supplementary feeds such as oil meal, bone meal, tankage, etc., arc used for winter feeding; and feeding hogs on clover, alfalfa and other pas tures during the summer season. Through the State Veterinary De partment of the Board of Agriculture, contagious diseases of live stock are controlled or are stamped out entirely. A system of immunizing hogs against hog cholera lias been practically per fected by the Missouri Experiment Sta tion. As soon as any disease breaks out in any part of the state and notice is received at the office in Columbia, the State Veterinarian or one of his depu ties is notified to visit the neighborhood, put the diseased animals in quarantine, tell the farmers how to prevent the spread of the disease and to get rid af- of it among the animals already fected. Fight Against Tuberculosis. During the last eighteen months more than 2,000 head of cattle have been tested for tuberculosis and about 5 per cent of that number have shown the disease. The disease, which has caused great loss in some eastern states, is just beginning to show itself in Mis souri. A useful department of the State Board of Agriculture is that of State Highway Engineer, which was created by the last Legislature. The object of this department is to assist in the con struction of better roads. At present the State Highway Engineer and his assistant arc devoting their time to road improvement. Their work is at present largely educational. Assistance is given to county courts, county engi neers and overseers in adopting better methods for practical road work and in the expenditure of road funds of the various counties. Many counties are re porting a great saving in their improve ments in the way of permanent con crete culverts and bridges which take the place of the old wooden, short-lived structures. Exploits State's Resources. The Board has recently taken up the work of exploiting the resources of Missouri, and has placed in charge of this work W. L. Nelson, of Bunceton. The first work will be to show the natural advantages of Missouri in order to attract investors; and the second work will be to acquaint the people of Missouri more fully with the natural advantages ofliis state over those of adjoining states. Another new work recently taken up by the Board is that of holding schools of agriculture in different parts of the state. Two weeks' courses in stock feeding, stock judging, history of breeds of live stock, road making, soil im provement, cultivation of crops, seed se lections, dairying, live stock sanitation and general farm practice, are given in connection with high schools and normal schools of the state. The holding of Farm Boys' Encamp ments for a week at a time, where in struction in all lines of practical farm ing is given, is a popular feature of the work of the Board. During the last summer a number of encampments were held, at each of which from fifty to 280 boys were instructed. One feature of the encampment different from the short course is that of entertainment in high class athletic sports. This makes the work more attractive to the boys. explained the Masonic rites of laying a cornerstone. He said in part: "Thom as Jefferson first conceived a form of government where the people should rule and under that principle our pres ent covernment was founded. Under that form of government we must have intelligent voters. Our fathers in Mis souri were inspired by this Jeffersonian doctrine and under Gov. Dunklin they established the public school system that is now surpassed by no other commonwealth in the Union. That was the foundation of education in Mis souri, but we must not rest on our past achievements. Greater things are yet to be. The World's Fair demon strated that Missouri leads all other states in agriculture, then why not in agricultural education? The proud est moment in my life was when 1 voted for an educational system for this state, and I did everything in my pow er to advance education when 1 was governor of this state." B. II. Bonfoey told of the fight for the appropriation with which to build the new agricultural building. He said in part: "Agriculture has made won derful gains in the last ten years. 1 can remember twelve years ago, when every one sneered at the idea of a school for farmers, but all that oppo sition has died away now. At present the boys who are graduated from ag ricultural schools generally take im portant positions in the agricultural world. There are now more than 100 graduates of the school here who arc teaching agriculture in different parts of the state." Norman J. Colman said in part: "I can remember when the fight was made to put a department of agriculture in the State University. With the aid of James S. Rollins the school was finally assured and the people now realize that this was the best thing that could have happened. It was thought at the time that if the schools were united the oher departments would take all of the appropriations and leave the agricul tural department to starve to death. But this did not prove to be the case, as this appropriation of $100,000 has just shown." Mr. Colman told of his appointment as United Commissioner of agriculture and gave a brief history of the experiment stations, end insert Dr. B. T. Galloway said in part: 'The farmer is now looked upon as the bed rock of the country, and in order to have successful farming we must have educated farmers. Missouri has one of the greatest agricultural schools in the country and it is improving wonder fully each year. The farmers through out the country now have a new slo gan and that is 'Show Me.' All farm ers thus have become Missourians in a w ay." Dr. Jesse said in part: "Thirteen years ago when I irst assumed the du ties of president of this University, the College of Agriculture was in dis grace; it was the standing joke of the state. 'Who can teach agriculture?' was the question that the farmers of the state were asking. We have dem onstrated that it can be taught. We have the best faculty in the country, and in spite of calls from north, cast, south and west, we have kept them for Missouri." Best Faculty, Says Dr. Hill. Dr. Hill said, in part: "We have the best faculty in agriculture in the Uni ted States. I am in a position to speak intelligently in this regard. I have been connected with several other universi ties, among them two of the best in the United States, Nebraska and Cor nell, and I consider your faculty to be at the top of the entire profession in the nation." In regard to the work of Dr. Jesse for the upbuilding of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Ilill said: "I thor oughly appreciate the work that has been done, and hereby pledge myself to do everything in my power to further the great wo-k that has been handed down to me." "The Agricultural Department of the University means more to the common wealth than any other. It means a bet tering of the conditions of rural life; it means a bettering of that profession that is at the foundation of all others." Eulogizes Dr. Jesse. Dr. H. J. Waters in his address eu logized the work of Dr. R. II. Jesse who in his inaugural address as president of the University of Missouri, said that his great purpose was to upbuild the Department of Agriculture. How suc cessful he had teen the present dignity of the department showed. In referring to the work that Dr. Hill will take up. Dean Waters said that even as Dean of the Teachers College of the Univer sity, Dr. Hill had shown a great inter est in the Department of Agriculture, and he Jfelt sure tliatl this interest would grow in the future. In a brief history of the teaching of agriculture, Dean Waters said that thir ty years ago, agriculture was not a teachable subject, but that now it was jiot only taught in the Jnnivcrsities and colleges of agriculture, but also in the high schools of the state, and in the near future it would be a regular part of the primary and entire public school system of Missouri. In regard to the profession of agri culture in general, he said: "The great future of agriculture is to be in the Mississippi Valley. In Missouri, Illinois. Iowa, Kansas and the rest of the Great Valley is to le the future garden of the world. This country owes to the rest of the world an example in scien tific agriculture. It is up to us to teach the rest of the world how to farm. The great question of the future is to pre serve the independent farmer. The burden lies with us of the Mississippi Valley to keep the farmer free from the peasantry of the continent of Europe. The only way to do this is to educate the farmer. I am proud that I am in a position to assist in this great work." CADETS AND BAND LEAD PARADE TO NEW BUILDING The procession formed on the Quad rangle, in front of the old Agricultural building, just before 10 o'clock, and marched to the site of the new Agricul tural building on the corner of Hitt treet and University avenue. It was headed by the University Cadet Band, which was followed by the University Cadet Corps. The cadets were followed I am Watch this space REVIVAL AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS CONCLUDED Evangelist Breeden Wins 127 Compares Moral Men and Christians. The Rev. II. O. Breeden closed the Christian church revival meeting last night with a sermon on "Can a Moral Man Be Saved?" The Rev. Mr. Breeden developed his points mainly by contrasting the life of the moral man with that of the Christian. He granted that the moral man was of great service to a com munity and to the world at large and that he deserved credit, but said his weakness lay in refusing to accept Christ and thus shirking obligations. There have been 127 additions since the revival began, 19 days ago. Prof. If. O. Saxton has given assistance with his solos and chorus directing. Dr. Galloway to Speak. Dr. B. T. Galloway, of the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, will deliver an address at the meeting of the Scientific Association at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the Physics lecture room. His subject will be "The Work of the Department of Agriculture and the Opportunities it Offers for Young Men." The public is invited. Dockery Speaks Tonight. Former Gov. A. M. Dockery will speak this evening at the courthouse in the interest of the Democratic ticket. by the prominent visitors, officers and curators of the University. Then came the Masons, the faculty, and students of the Agricultural College. After the procession had arrived at the site of the new building, and after invocation by the Rev. W. S. St. Clair, and Grand Senior Warden of the local Masons, the cornerstone wa laid with Masonic ceremonies. Cornerstone Tested. Former Gov. A. M. Dockery, grand master of the Masons, was master of ceremonies. He called upon the various officers of the local Masonic fraternity to test the stone. They reported that it was good. The following articles were laid in the copper bo's of the cornerstone by Dean H. J. Waters of the College ot Agriculture: A copy of the Bible, a record of the facts relating to the crea tion, location and maintenance of the College of Agriculture of the University of Missouri, a sketch of the University of Missouri, the second roll of honor, a copy of an act of the forty-fourth General Assembly of Missouri, appro priating money to erect the building, a model ear of corn, one copy of each of the Experiment Station publications for the current J ear, a copy of the fortieth annual report of the State Board ot Agriculture for 1908, a copy of each ot the Agi icultural papers published in the State, a copy of each of the newspapers published in the county, a copy of the hundredth anniversary number of the St. Louis Republic, a copy of each of the University publications for the cur rent year, several miscellaneous publi cations i-sucd by the University in re cent years, a list of the members and officers of the State Board of Agri culture. Among Those Present. Among thoe who witnessed the cere monies were the members of the Mis souri Dairy Association P. P. Lewis of Crescent, president; L. Miller of Macon. C. W. Kent of Kansas City, J. II. Cur ran of St. Louis, and J. Charles Calwnnc of St. Louis, B. II. Bonfoey of Union ville and George B. Dorsey of Columbia, representing the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri. Masons taking part in the ceremony were: F. D. HubbcH, grand senior dea con; W. S. St. Clair, grand chaplain; Joseph Bauman, grand senior warden; W. W. Garth, grand treasurer; officers of the Acacia Fraternity, a student Ma sonic organization; J. W. Penn, grand junior deacon; G. W. Sneed, grand ar chitect; Charles Evans, grand secretary; R. J. Ream, ornnil steward: Dr. D. F. Luckey, grand junior warden; W. W. Payne, grand marshal. g'oing' to 'The aw aUKCOSMWMK OUARTtt Jilt COLLARS They neither shrink, scratch, saw nor stretch i5c. ttortsc. Cluett, Peabody & Co Troy, N. T. 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