The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06

Charles W. Dabney, Tennessee, nor Sec
retary G. E. Coates, Louisiana, being pres
ent, upon motion Of Joseph E. Stubbs,
temporary organization was effected by
the election Of President Blatchford, Ken
tucky, chairman, and H. Z. Stockbrldge'
Florida, secretary. A committee was ap-
pointed to bring in names for permanent
officers at the meeting to-day. II. h
Goodell read the paper by DR.. Coates upon
The Principles Underlying the Formula
ton Of an Agricultural Course IN the
South The paper was generally dis
cussed.
The section Of horticulture and botany
Mills building, with Louis II. Pammel,
Iowa. in the chair Alexander Craw OF
California, quarantine officer, State Board
of Trade, read a paper on THE Inspec-
ton Of Nursery Stock and Orchards The
paper was discussed at great length.
The evening session was called to order
was read from Mayor Phelan inviting the
association to visit the Mark Hopkins
Institute. The following telegram from
the Secretary of Agriculture was read
TRAER, Iowa, July 5. 1889;
DR.. A c. True, San Francisco Cal-Io the
From sea to sea We hail the workers of every
mind as brothers and put our shoulders under
their yOkes. that knowledge may increase ana
i'7'-'' '1-' - oil O'-' u JAMES WILSON.
Secretary of Agriculture
President Armsby made the report for
the committee on collective station eX-
hibit at the Paris Exposition. He stated
that definite space had been secured Tor
the exhibit and that active correspondence
had been begun with the various stations
with q view to obtaining contributions,
and that the committee was already as
sured of a creditable exhibit The eXhlolt
is to be an exhibit by the experiment
stations only and not by the colleges. Inc
exhibit is to be collective and of a technl-
cal character, and will be prepared at the
cost Of the individual stations.
M. Il. jana announced the various eH-
cursions that are to be taken by the dele
gates of the association next week ON
Saturday the park and Cliff House Will
be visited while in the evening the dele
gates will go to Berkeley. Monday Ckiah
will be visited; Tuesday, Fresno; Thurs
day, OrrVille. The delegates will come
back TO San Francisco on Thursday night
Friday Santa Clara Valley will he visited
President Armsby, being introduced by
Mr. Stubbs, delivered his annual address.
He directed the attention of the assocla-
ton solely 10 the aspects OF the experiment
stations, and then proceeded to eulogfZe
the memory OF Senator Justin 5. Morrll
who he said was the author of the or
ganic act, which guaranteed the liberal
and practical education of the lndustrlaI
classes" Next he dWelt upon the system
of Agricultural Experiment stations,
which now extends over the whole civil
lied world, and said that It was traceable
to the influence eXerted by the writings
and Investigations of Iiebig. His work,
he said. marked the epoch in the history
there are 500 experiment stations at pres
ent distributed throughout forty countries
and colonies.
The inception of the stations. he said,
was TO teach by a practical study of eX-
periments the indispensable principles
that are necessary to a profitable appll-
cation of agriculture, and 10 give the
student an ability to apply the principles
The Hatch bill continued the speaker:
'as passed in 1887 was the beginning or
the new era upon which the experiment.
stations entered at that time. Up TO that
time the independent institutions had oC-
Cupied toward the farmer the same posi-
ton that an expert chemist does toward
the manufacturer" From this II was evil
dent that President Armsby drew the
inference that at one time the stations
We're not always honest in their work
In brief" he said. the real problem
of the station is not to put mass Of In
formation. however valua BILE, into the
hands of the farmer, but to strengthen
his grasp upon principles and his ability
to apply them"
The conclusion of the address was an
exploitation Of the fundamental rules of
an agricultural education
tural College Of Michigan followed Presi-
dress to the association of official agri-
cultural chemists. His address was q
purely technical one in point Of
detail, dealing, as it did, with
chemical inventions and the gen
eral advances made by the science Of
chemistry He dwelt upon the exposures
of food authorizations as made by chemists,
and said the association had done noble
work in this line