Evening star., 1908-01-27
AMERICAN BREEDERS MEET
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF ASSo-
CIATIoN HERE THIS WEEK.
Opening Session Tomorrow Morning.
Features Of Program-Men En-
gagged in the Work.

The annual convention OF the American
Breeders Association is to be held in
this city this week The opening session
will be held in the National Rifles
Armory tomorrow morning. beginning at
10 o'clock. The program calls for an
afternoon and an evening session tomor-
row, three sessions Wednesday and three
Thursday.
The convention. it is claimed. will he
unique. in that the members ARE won
de- workers. producers Of results un-
heard OF in any preceding age
The association has been In existence
four years and has a membership OF 100.
4 large attendance of scientific and prac-
teal breeders from all parts OF the United
States, as well as from Canada. is ex-
pected. The men convene 10 report re-
suits Of their work. TO compare notes AS
to methods and to give TO the public =
knowledge of the work they a-e doing
The papers and speeches Will be popular
in form. and several will be illustrated
with stsreopticon views.
The meeting is TO be the first OF the as
sociation In this city. and ii is said scien-
fists OF the Department Of Agriculture
will attend the sessions. Secretary Will
son. who is president of the association.
will open the convention with an address.
let NJ. HAYS. assistant secretary o. asri-
culture. lie was the prime mover in its
organization, before he came TO Wash
ingtor.
Covers a Wide Range.
The work of breeders today. il is ex-
piained. covers an extremely wide range
They are working 70 improve Living things
in all classes from the great draft lor:"
10 the tiny bacterium that weighs less
than one-quadrillionth OF an ounce. They
are working not only on domesticatsd AMI
mails and cultivated plants. but draw tnE
on nature for wild species. In many lines
work has only begun; in some but litti"
progress has been made: while in others
great success has been achieved. The
animal breeders are not only breeding
for the show ring; they are trying 10
breed horses that Will do more work
cows that will yield more milk and but
ter meat animals that will weld steaks
and chops that are more tender and finer
favored. The plant breeders are work
ing for wheat that VIII yield finer Sour
and mose Of ii. corn that Will conta m
more protein. plants that will resist
blight and laugh at the attacks OF rust
and smut cereals that will flourish III
spite of drought fruits that will grow
far north and flowers that will bloom al
summer.
is Prof Spillman of the Department OF
Agriculture. who IS engaged In teaching
southern farmers how to DIVERSITY and
northern farmers how TO rotate /; doing
much to populari2e this Mendel law OF
hyblids in tira United States
DR.. H. J. T-ebber OF Cornell University
will attend the convention and read .
paper on heredity and $50 4 report on
cotton breeding. His greatest works have
been the hybridizing of citrus fruits ana
the Improvement of cotton.
Wizard Burbank Member.
Luther Burbank, who appears TO deal
with plants as If they were the pieces
on a chessboard is also member Of the
association.
The Breeders Association is not con-
tent with improving the plants and lower
animals II has committee on eugenics,
which deals with problems relating to the
Improvement Of man. The chairman OF
the committee is DR.. David Starr Jordan,
president of Leland Stanford University.
II is expected that one Of the features
OF the convention will be a lecture by
Col J. &. Jones. known Buffalo
Jones. who Is said to be doing all In his
power to save the small remnant OF tine
buffalo 1t is expected the lecture will be
illustrated by views showing features OF
his work and experiences In the west.
Clifford Pincnot of the forest service -
to report on Breeding Forest and Nut
Trees" c. .. Townsend will tell of the
governments efforts 10 produce Single
germ Beet Seed ". L. Swingle. who is
carrying on the work with citrus fruits
with which DR.. Webber was identified. will
report on that subject. \. ID. Shamel will
report OH Breeding Tobacco" The sec
retaries ot three great dairy cattle breed
ing associs lions will be on hand to tell
how the modern dairy COW has been pro-
duced Dr.. George NJ. Rommel Will tax
about the rev breed of American carriage
horses. The Breeding OF Fur Animals
will be presented BY Vernon Bailey. Fne
Breeding OF Carnations will be reported
on by g W. Ward of Queens. y. Y. and
tie association VIII hold "A joint session
with the American Carnation Society
Wednesday afternoon. Prof. ". =. Caste
or Harvard University will tell about
Color Variation in Domestic Animals
Homer Davenport OF New Jersey. best
known az q cartoopisi. will report on
the breeding OF Arabian Horses, sub
ject in which ne takes lively interest.