The Washington times., 1903-09-21
EXPERTS COMING HERE
TO TALK AGRICULTURE.
All Colleges and Stations
to Be Represented.
PREPARING A PROGRAM
DR.. A. c. True and His Assistantns at
Work-Grest Branch of
Learning.

Or. A. c. True. chief of the division
OF agricultural experiment stations of
the Agricultural Department. is engaged
in making preparations for the annual
meeting of the delegates from the agri-
cultural colleges and stations, which is
to be held in Washington, beginning No
Yember IL. There are sixty-five colleges
and sixty experiment stations to be
represented by the delegates, and as
each college and station is entitled to
one representative, the attendance is to
be large.
1t has not yet been decided how long
the convention is TO be in session, but
1t is thought it need not last more than
three days. DR.. True said yesterday the
questions to be considered are mainly
OF an administrative character. having
to do with the internal economic man
agement of the institutions, and 1t is not
expected taht there is to be any subject
of startling scientific interest discussed.
Government Aid.
The program Is now in the hands of the
executive committee, and is expected at
the department any day. DR.. True is
annually appointed by the Secretary OF
Agriculture as one of the two Govern
ment delegates, but nobody has been
especially mentioned for the position of
second Government delegate.
DR.. True gave out some interesting
figures yesterday concerning the i'm
portance Of the institutions 10 be repre-
scented at the convention. They have
funds and equipment estimated at $780,
600, 900 and an annual income of $40, O00,-
600. There are $500 men in the facul-
ties of the institutions and a total stu
dent body of 1889. OF the students,
$3.50 are studying agriculture alone, and
as each of them intends 10 make a life
business of farming, their practical
demonstrations of the latest methods OF
scientific agriculture are expected to be
Of great service to the country at large,
The income of the experiment stations
proper in 1902 was 81 $50 900. of which
$500, 900 was contributed by the National
Government The stations employ about
| 700 experts and issue some 400 publlca-
lions annually. In addition TO their
work at the stations many of the en-
ployes conduct or deliver addresses al
farmers meetings, and in 1902 it was
estimated that they personally expound-
ed the latest theories of agriculture 10
more than 10000 people.
Principal Officers.
The principal officers OF the associa-
tion of agricultural colleges and expert
ment stations are: J. X Patterson
president of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College Of Kentucky, president
r. H. Jesse. Missouri; w E. Stone. Pr
due University; T. H. Taliaferro
Florida; c. c. Thatcher, Alabama. vic:
! presidents; Prof. E. B. Voorhees,. IL
rector in the New Jersey Agriculture
! Experiment Station, secretary and treas
urer; A. C. True. director of the Giv:s
ion of experiment stations of the De
| partment of Agriculture, photographer
/ The members of the executive commit :,
are H. c. White, Georgia Agriculture
College; w. o. Thompson. Ohio stat
University; w. II. Thompson, New Yorl
State experiment station; G. +. Curtis
Iowa experiment station. and w. NJ. Lig
gett, Minnesota experiment station.
Congress has appropriated 800 90
for the exhibit of the agricultural col
leges and stations at the ST. Louis Eek
position and the manner in which hi
sum is TO be expended is the principa
matter under consideration by the OK
| ecutive committee AT this time