The Missouri General Assembly creates the State Board of Agriculture. This 10-member entity advised legislators on agriculture policy until 1933, when the board became the Missouri Department of Agriculture, according to a Missouri Senate history. This photo shows farmers reviewing fertilizer demonstration plots near Tipton on Aug. 23, 1952.
Photo credit: Missouri Ruralist via State Historical Society of Missouri. https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/imc/id/19320/rec/9
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