The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-15
THEY NAME MINOR OFFICERS.
SCORE OR MORE OF INTERESTING
PAPERS READ IN THE VAR
IOUS MEETINGS.
1t is the Subject of Discussion at the
Evening SessiOn-MinneapOqi
Matters.

! out in the sectional meetings which
were continued all of yesterday after
noon. That of agriculture and chemis-
try was opened by an address by re-
| quest from Prof G. A. Zahriz. of the
! Guelph experiment station, of Guelph,
! Ont. He gave his American associates
many pointers on the experiments in
/ plot and cooperation carried out in
! Canada, which had proved very sue
cessful. Prof. r. H Loughbridge, Of
! the University of California, discussed
the thoughts suggested by the address
/ and brought out some of the results of
cooperation in his state.
Prof. Clinton D. Smith, of the agri-
cultural college at Lansing, Mich,
made suggestive address upon the
experimental station possibilities in the
| Northwest. He pointed out the great
need of getting all branches of the
work in unity. The Importance of Sc
curing good seeds and keeping out
those of weeds was especially impor-
tant. The selection of proper trees for
the prairie states was another impor-
tant matter touched upon. Animal hus-
bandry was one of the great problems,
and he believed that in the Northwest
was the grandest field in the world for
the application of old doctrines and the
| Introduction of improvements.
Prof. w. J. Spillman, of Pullman.
Wash, gave the results of experiments
! in introducing new grasses for forage,
which had been successful in his state.
and Prof. Harry Snyder, Minneapolis,
| showed how soil could be preserved for
| future analysis. Prof w. L. Hutchins.
Mississippi, disparaged the tendency to
make too much of the chemistry of
! soil and not take consideration of local
| conditions of moisture and climate.
Prof w. A. Henry, of Wisconsin, re-
ported the officers for the coming year
as follows Chairman D. ]. Redding.
! Georgia; vice chairman, Prof Clinton
Smith Michigan; secretary, Prof.
Hacker, Minnesota. The committee on
nomenclature reported on a large num-
Der of technical terms
The section on entomology held their
! first session, with Prof. A. D. Hopkins.
! West Virginia, chairman; Prof r. F.
Rooms, Connecticut, secretary. "The
! Teaching of Entomology was present
| ed by Prof. e. E. Bogoo, Oklahoma,
| and ''The Western Pine Butterfly" by
| Prof. ]. M. Aldrich, Idaho. Another
! paper was THE Sailing Insect of Cali
| fornia" by Prof. Gerald Mccarthy. The
officers elected were: President, Prof.
j. B. Smith, New Jersey; secretary,
, Prof. Clare Weed, New Hampshire.
The section on college work held a
very interesting session. The general
+or -,
| the Colleges of Agriculture It was
opened by President r. NJ Jesse, of
| the University of Missouri He favor
| ed the introduction of industrial
| studies in the common schools and re-
| ferred to the work of the COMMITTEE
of twelve" of the Milwaukee convention
as marking an era along this line. He
argued that rural schools should have
plots of ground for gardens, and fore
| ing beds and greenhouses for instruc-
ton. President j. L. Snyder expressed
| the view that the universities did not
! give enough training along industrial
lines. ut was a deplorahle condition, D
he said, and he hoped for a change
President j. NJ. Garfield, of the Uni
Versity of Ohio, took an opposite view
of this, and showed that one-half of the
| students Of Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio
and Illinois were studying industrial
| lines of work. President A. Ellis, Col
! orado, was glad that the land grant
colleges could be differentiated from
other educational institutions. Loca'
| conditions must change methods, he
said, and the course Of public instruc-
| ton did not make adequate prepare tor
for the agricultural colleges and in
dustrial education. The courses were
/ dictated by university men, and NJ
change could be expected under the
| old regime. There was no correlation
between the work Of the common
schools and the agricultural college
and he believed the normal schools
were more derelict in this duty thar
the universities, and not one teacher
in ten was capable of teaching the ele
mentary branches Of science. Prof
! James S. Drew, of Minneapolis, had &
word of commentator for that class
which he said was a hundred times toe
small, who came from the farm, re
ceived an education and then returned
to the farm and taught others as wei
as benefited themselves. He reviewed
the conditions existing in Minnesota
the Dakotas and Iowa of industrial
training and lamented the fact thai
more secondary work was not done il
agricultural education. Presiden
George T. Fairchild, Manhattan, Kas.
spoke of the many noted scientists whf
had received their bent and bias o.
mind from secondary schools. He sale
that beginning in domestic economy
had been made, and this branch was
especially valuable. President Jesse
Missouri, made a plea for more COOP.
GRAFTON between farmers and agricul
tural schools and other colleges, and
was heartily applauded.
The section of horticulture and bot
any passed memorial asking that the
department of agriculture collect an6
extend data of fruits by the addition
of foliage and flowers with photo
graphs, and to discourage the publ
cation of names, recognise valuable
varieties. Prof. w. r. Lazenby, Ohio
and G. H. Hicks, Washington, D. c..
presented the report of the committee
on rules and apparatus of seed test
ing, which was adopted. Prof S. B
Green, Minneapolis, presented a paper
on Horticultural Education in Min.
nesota.'' The paper of Prof H. L
Russell. on "a Bacterial Disease OIL
Cabbage and Caulif1ower," was Sc
lected to be read at the general con
vention The officers elected were
Chairman. Prof. Samuel L. Maynard
Amherst Mass; secretary, Prof H. l.
Russell, Michigan.
J The evening session of the associa-
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