Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-26
Amendments to Constitution.

The recommendations made by the COM
mittee on amendments to the constitution
provided for election Of honorary members
to the association and suggested some
slight changes in qualifications for member
ship.
The committee on resolutions reported
thanking President Roosevelt for receiving
members of the association. and Secretary
Wilson for his speech delivered at last
nights session. and also for his having the
report Of the previous convention printed
by the department The thanks of the as
speakers on the program. the Washington
press and the president and secretary of
the association.
The association. by resolution also in
dOrsed the plan of the st. Louis fair man.
ayers to have demonstration field ex-
hibit at the exposition in 1904.
Live Stock Judging at Exhibitions and
Farmers Institute Work" was the title Of
a paper by Secretary Creelman, and in the
discussion which followed it was thought
| advisable that all judges should state their
reasons for awards, pointing out the good
points of the winning animals and the de-
fects in the others competing for prizes.
Members Visit Capitol.
A paper on Farmers Institutes by the
Railroads. by NJ. 7. Richards, was read
by the secretary, and the convention ad-
journed shortly after - o'clock, when the
| officers and delegates visited the Capitol.
The party later in the afternoon went on
an excursion to the Maryland Agricultural
College and the government experiment
station, where dinner will be served to the
visitors at 6 o'clock. The formal delibera-
tions of the convention closed with the ad-
tournment at noon. and the delegates ex.
pressed themselves as very much pleased
with the profitable results OF the meeting
in the national capital.
Secretary Wilson's Address.
The feature of the session last night was
the address by Secretary Wilson of the De-
partment of Agriculture. who spoke on ed
| ucation as con ected with farming In his
opening remarks Secretary Wilson said:
"Our system CT education in this country
is old-fashioned. 1t was imported from
the other side Of the water and is much
like the systems from which ii sprang
Colleges were originally organized to edu-
cate preachers. We do educate doctors
lawyers and dentists now. but none of our
schools furnishes farmers the education
they need. We have agricultural schools.
but they teach nearly everything but agri-
culture. 1t is almost Impossible TO ind in
structors who have knowledge of animal
husbandry, plants and soils. Consequently.
the Department of Agriculture is compelled
to educate its own specialists and has 250
young men and women who are learning
the things relating to agriculture which
are not taught in any schools of the coun-
u
He me ntioGed the iong-eontinued efforts
OF the Department of Agriculture some time
ago to secure a man competent 20 conduct
an analysis Of tobacco leaves in order to
determine the difference between high
priced and cheap tobacco. Scientists could
be found in nearly all the universities, he
said. who were well versed In animal pathoi-
ogy, but among them there was lament
able scarcity of scientific students who
had devoted attention to Analysing the
chemical properties OF various plants The
department finally secured a German who
knew all about plants and showed that
ferme nts were responsible for the differ
encA in tobacco.
Series of Experiments.
The speaker mentioned several incidents
of the experiments being performed by spe-
cialists In his department. Among other
things. he said that several years ago S.
600. 900 worth of macaroni was Imported
into the Uaited States. The reason for this
was that wheat suitable for macaroni was
not grown here. The expf rts in the Agri-
curtural Department brought wheat here
from foreign countries, and had II tested
in North Dakota. South Dakota. Nebraska
and Kansas, with the result that the Uni
ted States now produces large quantities
Of this wheat and all the macaroni used in