The morning times., 1896-11-11
TO HONOR JUDGE MORRILL,
Agricultural Exp rtS to D.s-
lribl.e BdstS Of HIM.
FATHER OF THE COLLEGES
Original Has Been Completed by
Powers and VIII BE Placed in the
Corcoran Gallery Many Topics
DistflssCd at YesttIfay's Ses-
sions of the Convention.

The tenth annual convention of the As
sociation of American Agricultural col
leges and Experiment Stationsheld its even
ing session in the Grand Army Hall at1:3O
last night,
About 125 delegates We're present 'ast
night A considerable part of the time Vas
consumed in routine committee work. Prof.
X. II. Jesse, OF Missouri, was in the chair,
the president of the association, Samuel W.
johnson, of Connecticut, having 10 read his
annual report, which was the principal
feature OF the session.
Among the matters of interest the report
of the subcommittee on the Merrill hpst
was submitted. Senator Justin A. Morrill,,
uf Y erInont, is the father OF the agricultural
college land grant system, under which enor-
! nous areas of public lands Were grated 10
the States and Territories to endow and
support the schools represented by this
convention. I,
Last year the convention took steps to
have a marble bust of the Vermont s'atcs-
man executed by the sculptor, Powers, and
also determined To have plaster casts made
from the original Ia he sold at cost to such
colleges and stations as might .lesire To
obtain them.
There have been many causes of delay
in the work. hut it is now announced that
the bust will he displayed this week at
the Cosmos Club. After the adjournment
of the convention is proposed To plac. the
bust in the Curcoran Art Gallery, and, at
the proper time, in Statuary Hall, at the
Capitol.
WILL CALL on CLEVELAND.
Committee was appointed TO inform
President Cleveland of the desire nf The
convention to call upon him as a body, and
pay Is respects 10 him as Chief Executive.
Announcement was made of the eXten-
sion hy the Cosmos Club of this city Of all
club privileges and courtesies to the MEM
bers of the association during the conven-
ton. The invitation WIS accepted and the
graceful ackno wled.mcnts VI the dele
gates embodied in resolution OF thanks
to the club.
Invitation was extended, by suitable res
| olution, 10 Senator Morrill,. who is now in
| the city, 10 attend the deliberations OF the
| convention.
One Of the propositions before this con-
vention to be discussed is the Wilson
| SguireS bill for the establishment of schools
| of naval engineering iii connection with
! the mechanical department of the land
| grant colleges. II is made the subject of
an exhaustive report by a special com
mittce, whose work and investigation IN
! the matter Will be continued for the com
| ing year.
Hon. $ W. johnson. the president Of the
| ass citation. tEen read his annual address
| which was a review Of the rise, progress
and work of the agricultural colleges and
| stations in the United States.
Upon cXhausting the program arranged
for the evening the convention adjourned
until 9 O'clock this morning.
! MEETINGS OF SECTIONS.
The afternoon work of the association
| was made up of meetings of the several
sections. AT p. m. the section on ag-
| riculture and chemistry met under chair
man Georgeson at Grand Army Hall with
! Prof. II. j. Patterson Of Maryland as sec
| retary. About sixty members We're
| present.
The first paper was by II. A. Huston
| of Indiana on Chemistry for technical
| and practical agricultural Students
4. Davenport of Illinois treated the SUBJ
| ject what should be the nature OF an
| implement test?' The first requirement
for an implement was good work; the sec
| ond durability.
commendable tendency was toward
exclusion from machines such parts as
will wear out soon. 1t had been demon
| strated that new parts in an old machine
soon wear out. 1t was desirable to have
machine to be like the 'One Hoss Shay
| all wear out at once.
He had been surprised, he said, to
learn recently to what extent manufac-
turing companies carry such tests. He
had visited one testing ground where
| thousands of acres were given up to wear
| Ing out systematically the machines made
by the company.
No test, he pointed out, could be made
In single day, though such were sometimes
spoken of as tests. These Were of consid-
cradle value, but deserved nothing like
the consideration due a real test
r. J. Redding of Georgia read a paper
on ITO what extent should farm m achinery
be tested by experiment stations?' He
said tests should never be made for the
benefit of private individuals or firms
PROPERTY OF TESTS.
discussion arose as to the propriety
OF making tests and what answer should
be made. II was agreed that manufac-
turers should be put off by the answer that
1t was inexpedient to make tests for tn em
or simply to refuse to do So On the
other hand, when the farmer might come
asking what implement to buy, some
members held test might be made and
the farmers informed what tool to use
1t was admitted that such Recommended
ton might be used for advertising pur
poses, but such a result should be avoided
as far as possible.
MI Redding said it was impossible I,
publish results of tests at experimen,
stations without some incidental adver
Using. If several kinds of cotton wer,
tried il was no use to say one of them was
best unless that onewas specifically named
Prof. Fl. j. Waters of Missouri tolt
about the Use of broad and narrow tire
in different kinds ard conditions of roads
Only in few unusual cases was the ad
vantage in favor of the narrow tire. Con
ditions which favored the narrow tir
also were of sh ort duration.
BY vote DIR. Salnon's paper on tn
tuberculin test upon the dairy was made
| special order for p. m. today, and Prol
Whitney's on soil conditions for p. II
on Thursday.
Director Wheeler read a paper on tn
: need OF lime for acidity in upland soil,
The section oIi mechanic arts met at
\ p. III. at Parlor 36, Ebbitt House Pro
:, Albert Kinssbury of Durham, N. H.. rea
| a paper swing the results of some c,
| periments in fabrication.
The section on entomology met in tn
4 room of the division of entomology d
/ the department OF Agriculture. Papel
4 were read and discussed.
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