Mike, I agree with you. Following your lead, I've sent a note to the State of MO Hist Society and St. Louis County Library. Do you know what city the The Missouri State Board of Agriculture was located at during that time? Or would this be the same thing as The Missouri Agriculture Department you've already contacted? I'll post a query to a few MO lists I subscribe to on the other side of the state, too. -Kay, FL > Subj: [MOJEFFER] Re: JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORD January 25, 1917 Part 5 > volunteer transcription > Date: 3/13/2005 9:33:55 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This would be a good thing to have for genealogical > research. I wonder if it is available to the public? > I'm still searching for it and have a query into the > MO Ag Dept. > > > Mike > > > [email protected] wrote: > > >~ Farm Names in Missouri ~ > >Missouri was the first state in the Union to enact a farm name > >registration law. The Missouri Sate Board of Agriculture has just > >issued a bulletin, “Farm Names”, the author being W. L. NELSON, > >Assistant Secretary of the Board who was also the author of the farm > >name bill referred to. This bulletin, in addition to giving the names > >of 1,000 Missouri farms, tells how many of these names originated and > >offers suggestions for the naming of farm homes. The origin of the > >names of famous places in other states is also given. Many Missourians > >and others have contributed to this bulletin, thus making it of unusual > >value. In a list of 1,000 Missouri farm names “view” is used 88 times, > >as in “Fairview” or “Lakeview.” Other popular basic words are “valley”, > >used 38 times; “Maple” 34; “oak” 24; “dale” 28; “walnut” 23, “side” > 22; > >Then there is found frequent use of “hurst,”; Old English for thicket > >or grove, as in “Hickoryhurst” ; “foyle” a leaf as in “Glenfoyle” > >meaning a leafy glen. This bulletin on farm names is free to > >Missourians. >