Evening star., 1903-11-16
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Representatives Of Agricultural Col
leges and Stations to Meet Here.

legeS and Stations TO meet here.
The seventeenth annual convention of the
Association of American Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations Will meet
tomorrow morning at the Shoreham Hotel.
The convention will continue In session un-
til Thursday evening, when the annual elec-
ton of officers will be held. The convention
attracts to the capital city instructors and
demonstrators from practically every fnsti-
tuition of learning in the United States. 1t
is expected that the convention will also be
attended by scientific visitors from Canada
and England.
The Association of Official Horticultural
inspectors will also hold sessions at the
same time at hotel yet to be selected. The
program of the latter contains many fea-
lures which are of interest to the general
public. The various reports will, for the
most part deal with technical subjects and
experiments looking to the advancement of
the methods of agricultural training.
Preceding the opening of the convention
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, the ex-
ecutive committee will hold session to ap-
point the various committees and arrange
other details connected with the annual
meeting.
The convention program follows:
10 a.m.-Reports a. of executive committee,
II. c. White. chairman; treasurer, E. B.
voorhees,; photographer, A. G. True; sec
tions on college work, e. r. Nichols; agri-
culture and chemistry c. G. Hopkins horti-
culture and botany, H. H. Hume; entomolo-
gy, A. L. Quaintance; mechanic arts, +. P.
Anderson: farmers institutes and the De-
partment of Agriculture, A. C. True; mis-
cellaneous business.
2 p.m.-Meetings of sections agricul-
ture and chemistry, entomology and me-
chanic arts.
4 p.m.-Meetings of sections on college
work, horticulture and botany.
| p.m.-General session for miscellaneous
business.
$50 p.m.-Address by the president of the
associat ation. James X. Patterson of Ken
lucky.
Wednesday, a.m.-Memorial addresses,
president Leroy Broun of Alabama" by
President P. H. Nell of Clemson College,
South Carolina: President w. NJ Beard
shear of Iowa. by James Wilson Secretary
of Agriculture. Report of committee on
collective college and station exhibit at ST.
Louis exposition. by w. H. Jordan. chair
man. Reports of standing committees on in
dexing agricultural literature, A. G. True;
designations of substations and trial sta
tions, w. M. Hays; cooperation between
stations and Department of Agriculture, E.
A. Bryan; uniform fertilizer laws. H. ].
Wheeler; pure food legislation, w. A With
ers; animal and plant breedings, w. M.
Hays; revision of methods of steel testing,
E. H. jenkins: miscellaneous business.
pm.-Meeting of sections on agriculture
and chemistry, entomology and mechanic
arts.
p.m.-Meeting of sections on college
work, horticulture and botany.
p.m.-General session. Action on pro-
posed amendments to the constitution.
Thursday a.m.-Reports and discussion
on methods of teaching agriculture: consid-
Grafton of executive committee report on
graduate school in agriculture; reports of
standing committees graduate study at
Washington, c. Northroy; military instruc-
ton in land grant colleges, G. w. Atherton;
agricultural engineering, w. E. Stone; re-
ports of special committees.
p.m.-Meetings of sections on agriculture
and chemistry, entomology and the me-
chanic arts.
4 p.m-Meetings of sections on college
work. horticulture and botany.
pm.-General session. Election of Off
GERS and other reports from sections, mis-
cellaneous business; adjournment