The Washington times., 1901-11-11
TO MEET HERE TOMORROW.
Fifteenth Annual Convention of the
Agric aEturIsts' Association.

| The Association of American Agrfcult-
ural Colleges and Experiment Stations
will hold it's fifteenth annual convention
/ at the Carroll Institute, beginning tomor-
| row morning and continuing until Thurs
| day night, when the convention will ad-
| journ. General sessions will be held daily
at a. m. and 7:3O p. m; meetings of Sec
tions will be held at p. m, and D. M
Halls for these meetings are to be Sc
| lected tonight at $3.50 o'clock by the Ex-
ecutive Committee. which Will meet at
the Ebbitt House. the headquarters Of the
officers and Executive Committee of the
association.
There will be about $50 delegates in at
tendance, representing all the agiicuIt-
ural colleges and experiment stations in
the United States. Among the delegates
are many prominent students of botanical
physiology, agricultural chemistry and
other phases Of advanced agricultural in
vestigation. Some very important papers
Will be read before the different sections
Of the association.
The presidents address will be delivered
at the general session tomorrow night
The election Of officers Will take place
Thursday morning. The following are the
present officers of the association:
President A. w Harris, of Maine: First
wee PRESIDENT, President }. H Patter-
son, Of Kentucky; Second Vice President
Director w. H. Jordan, of New York;
X. 4.
Jesse, of Missouri; Fourth Vice President
Director l.. q. Carpenter. of Colorado;
Fifth Vice President President E. A
Bryan, OF W aShlngton; Secretary and
treasurer, Edward b. Voorhees,. of New
Jersey; photographer, A. c. True, of
Washington, ID. c. Executive Committee
Henry II. Goodell of Massachusetts.
Chairman; Alexis Cope, of Ohio; G. W.
Atherton, of Pennsylvania; II. c. White
OF Georgia, eX Ofticio. the President the
Junior eX-President 81. r. Stubbsl the
Secretary. Officers Of Sections: College
Work.. II. Raymond OF West Virginia
Chairman; b. o. AyleswOrth. of Colorado,
Secretary. Agriculture and Chemistry
G. D. Woods. of Maine. Chairman; H ].
Waters, of Missouri. Secretary. HortI-
culture and BOtany-L. K. Jones, Of Yer
mont, Chairman; w. J. Green, of Ohio
Secretary. Enton ology-M. V. Singer
land, of New York, Chairman; II. A. Nor
Arts-H. w; Tyler. of Massachusetts
Chairman; f. p. Anderson, of Kentucky,
Secretary.
The following discussions have been
arrar ged for the several sections during
the convention:
Section on Agriculture and Chemistry
G. d. Woods, OF Maine. Chairman; H J.
Waters, of Missouri, Secretary
The extent TO which the United States
Department of Agriculture and the
experiment stations may probably CO.
operate in the study of grass and
forage plant problems, and what lines
of work are likely TO yield the most i'm
pOrtant results. Prof. b. T. Galloway
United States Department OF Agriculture
Prof. 7. l.. Lyon, Nebraska: Prof, X. Ii.
Forbes Arizona; Prof. A S. Hitchcock
United States Department OF Agriculture. |
What can experiment stations do to- |
ward determining the artificial plant food |
requirements Of different soil, and what |
methods should be employed? DR.. B. w. |
Kilgore North Carolina; Prof. John |
Fields, Oklahomai DR.. II. J. Wheeler, |
Rhode Island Prof w. L. Hutchinson, !
VIII artificial irrigation be feasible in |
the humid r, gions Of The United States |
and with what crops and under what cir |
CumStanctS is il likely that this practice |
will be prCtita bic? Prof L. b. voorhees,
New Jersey; Prof. Elwood Mead United |
States Department of Agriculture; DR.. W. |
c. Stubbs, Louisiana; Prof. c. S. Phelps, |
Connecticut.
Wheat problems in the Palouse country. |
with some deductions concerning the laws
Of variations in hybrids. Prof. w j. Spill
man. Washington.
The tendency to variation in cross-bred
wheats. Prof. WilIett NJ. Hayes. Minne-
sofa.
Section on College Work. II. Ray
nond. of West Virginia. Chairman; b. o.
Ayiesworth. of Colorado. Secretary.
The relation Of agricultural colleges 20
he National University, President w. 0.
Thompson, Ohio; discussion. led by Presi- |
dent Charles w. Dabney, Tennessee; the
value of short courses, DR.. w. A. Henry, !
Wisconsin; discussion, led by DIR. Joseph
II. Brigham. Washington, ID. c.
Section on Entomology-A preliminary |
NJ Y. Slingerland, 1f New
York, Chairman; II. y. Morgan, of Louis
ana. Secretary.
The destruction of injurious Insects by
II. Garman, of Kentucky; |
Florida insects Of the year, experimental |
work, H. \. Gossand, of Florida, the life
history of the sugar burer in Louisiana, |
II. \, Morgan. of Louisiana; apple aphids.
D. r. Sanderson. of Delaware; nursery !
md orchard INSPECTION, w. NJ. Scott. OF
Georgia. ID Notes on certain species Of !
,phids t2J Notes on leaf hoppers of the
grape and rose, f. A. Shrine, of New
York