The San Francisco call., 1899-07-05
Mayor PheIan Will
Welcome Visitors.
TWO GENERAL SESSIONS DAY
WILL MEET IN THE ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES BUILDING.
The Various Sectional Meetings Will
Be Held - the Mills Building
and Occidental Botel-To-
Days Programme.

The thirteenth annual convention of the
Association Of American Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations will as
semble in the Academy Of Sciences build
ing at O'Clock this morning. Henry p.
AFmsby president of the association.
Mayor Phelan viii be present and upon
the part Of the city will make the address
Of welcome 10 the members of the distin-
guished gathering. President Armsby Will
reply TO this, and then the convention will
get down TO work in earnest. The mem
bers OF the association have been gather
ing for the past two days, but yesterday
The major portion of them arrived tOgeth-
eT, With very few exceptions they are
s-ll at the Occidental, where the eXeCu
uve committee has its headquarters and
viii be held. The other sectional meet
ings are to be held in the Mills building
while the general sessions Of the conven-
ton VIII be held every morning and even
ing IN tbs hall Of the Academy OF Sciences
building.
tura Colleges end. Experiment Stations
has great deal OF important work OF
thoroughly national character to transact
st this convention, and its work Will be
watched with great interest. The pro-
gTamme for to-day embraces the assem-
bling of the convention, as has been
stated AT the general session this morn
Ing z. W. HAgaTd OF California and +.
". TTaphagen OF Montana will discuss
the alkau soils. At clock in the after
noon the sections OF agriculture Chemis-
Try and mechanical arts will meet. These
various sections will meet as follows: At
2 o'clock IN the afternoon section Of agri-
culture and chemistry in the assembly
room in the Mills building; section of me-
Chanical arts paTIor 3, Occidental Hotel, 4
O'Clock; section OF college work, parlOr a.
Occidental Hotel; section of horticulture
and botany, rOtunda Mills building; sec
ton OF entomology, room l, second floor,
Mills building. Al I.3O 0 clock this even
ing there Will be another genera! session
in the Academy of Sciences building, at
which the nrSt hour VIII be devoted TO
routine business, after which viii follow
the annual address 10 the association by
President Armsby.
The convention practically began its
work last night with the meeting of the
executive committee. which was held at
the Occidental Hotel. The members Of
TINS committee are. Henry II. Goodeu Of
Massachusetts, John II. WaShbuTn OF
Rhode Island, Alexis Cope of Ohio and
William Il Lggett Of Minnesota. The
meeting Of the committee was an eXecu-
tive one and nothing was given out for
publication. The report of the committee
Will be read this morning at the general
session Just as soon as Mayor PheIan has
concluded his address Of welcome and the
convention gets down TO work.
The association ts represented by the
leading agricultural scientists from all
over the country. They are men Of means,
influence and high Intelligence, and a
body they are working for the advance
meut Of agriculture upon d plain, sensible
and paving basis Much that has been
accomplished iu the direction Of agricuI-
turaI experiments is due almost entirely 10
the association.
The following members of the assOcia-
tion are registered at the Occidental:
samuel B Green. St. Paul MINI, I. Drew
Washington. H. g.. +. tioupendort. New York
City; On Muhrland. Durham y. H; ". Frear
state college Pa. T. Hunt, Columbus, Ohio:
V L. Mussey. Lexington, KY ". l. Hutchin-
son, StarkvuIe Miss, A. 3. Mckay, Stark
vile, Miss. Z. L. Lloyd, StarkyiIe Miss: B.
". Kigore, Raleigh. y. C; K. +. BIouin, New
Orleans. La; W. Z. GLkison, Laramie, Wyo.;
B. G.. Bunnan, Laramie, Wyo.i Il. = OrInsby
state College Pa; J. L. Stubbs, Reno. New,
Il. II. Goodeil. Amherst, Mass; B. L. Hart
wen, Kingston. Z. l.; NJ f. Jaffa, Berkeley
7. p, Anderson Lexington, Ky J. +. Scott
city; Ii. Parcheu, Washington, D. c.; Mr
Hayes. Washington, y. c.; +. W. Wol Mad
ison. Wis; E. T. Adams, city, a. l. War
ner, Chicago, T A. Rich, Burlington, Vt :
L, ., Carpenter. Fort Collins. Colo; Or. r.
kedzig, Sauseeg, Mich; Z. K. Jenkins, New
F. N. Emery, Bozeman, MINI; J. Hills. Bur
7. Il. worst and e kaufman, Fargo. \. D.:
A A Brigham, Kingston, X l.; B. Van Herff,
New York City; z. Mead, Cheyenne, Wyo-;
". H Wiley, Washington; c. 3. Williams.
Raleigh. Y. G; Z. E Chilcolt, Brookings. S
D.; p J. Reddtng, Experiment. Ga; 81. a.
scoyeni E 3 VOORHEES,, New BTqnswick, zyi
KISS : Reno. Greeavie Ky; J. 4. o Myers.
New York Ciry; 2. D. Halstead. New Bruins
wick \, III 8, Hensold, Chicago, Ill; Z. W.
Allen, Washington, y. c.; J. L. Chatfield, Fort
Collins, Colo. G. ". Flint, Storas, Conn.