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Item The law of Congress establishing agricultural experiment stations(1887)"An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in several states under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto."--Opening paragraph.Item Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station : act of Congress, organization, reorganization, rules and regulations([University of Missouri] ; Herald Publishing House, Printers, 1888?) University of Missouri. Agricultural Experiment StationItem The rural almshouse population in Missouri(Cooperative Rural Research?, 1938) Pihlblad, C. T. (Carl Terence), 1897-; Nebel, Arthur W.; Stokes, Joseph H.; Sneed, Melvin White, 1912-; Gregory, Cecil L.; University of Missouri. Agricultural Experiment StationThis is a study of the rural almshouse in Missouri. The various types of almshouse administration and methods of inmate care are defined and described, together with the social characteristics of the inmate population. As a matter of considerable contemporary interest an analysis was made of the eligibility of inmates for old age assistance in order to determine the extent to which counties might be relieved of their inmate population through this type of public assistance. Examination of data on nearly 3,000 inmates indicated that more than one-half (52.4 per cent) were under 70 years of age which is the present minimum age limit for old age assistance. It was further determined that at least one-half of the ones eligible due to age were not likely to be approved for old age assistance since they were either physically or mentally disabled. It was concluded that less than one-fourth of the total inmate population might qualify for old age assistance and that additional provisions would be necessary if the rural counties are to be relieved of the care of their almshouse population.