ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND STATIONS. 19 1 



The report of the committee on the collective college and station 

 exhibit at St. Louis was presented by Dr. W. H. Jordan, chairman, 

 and was received and (he committee discharged. It was shown that 

 of the $100,000 approi)riated for this exhibit, only about $00,000 had 

 been expended. By a vote of the association the report was pl;iced on 

 file in the Office of Experiment Stations for future reference. 



The rejDort of the conunittee on indexing agricultural literature, 

 presented by Dr. A. C. True, chairman, described the progress which 

 has been made in the library of the Department of Agriculture in 

 indexing scientific periodicals relating to agricultural investigations 

 and the preparation of cards which are printed by the Library of 

 Congress. Thus far about 7,000 cards have been issued. At i^res- 

 ent there are only 10 subscribers for the complete sets and 11 for 

 partial sets, and the question has arisen whether it is worth while to 

 continue this work. It was pointed out that at least 35 subscribers 

 for the complete index would be required to warrant its continuation. 

 The undertaking was originally authorized b}'^ the association, and 

 the members were therefore urged to investigate the character of the 

 index to determine whether or not it should receive their future 

 sui:)port. 



The committee on rural engineering reported through Dr. W. E. 

 Stone, chairman, that progress had been made in strengthening the 

 courses in this subject at several institutions, but that sufficient 

 importance had not been attached to this subject to give it a coordi- 

 nate j)lace with such subjects as horticulture, animal husbandry, 

 agronomy, etc. It was believed that the best work could not be 

 accomplished until this is done. The work of this Office in testing 

 pumps, windmills, etc., was thought to be of material benefit to pro- 

 fessors of rural engineering, as was also the work in irrigation and 

 drainage. 



Resolutions were passed indorsing the work of this Office along the 

 lines of agricultural education, and also of irrigation and rural 

 engineer! nir. 



Assistant Secretary W. M. Hays, for the committee on animal and 

 j)lant breeding, reported the growth of the American Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation to an organization of about six hundred members, and the suc- 

 cessful annual meeting held at Champaign, 111., in Febnuiry last. 

 This committee was discharged, as it had accomplished the purpose 

 for which it was organized. 



The estal)lishment of institutions for teaching and research work in 

 forestry in connection with the land-grant institutions was discussed 

 by Prof. S. B. Green, who introduced a resolution looking to Rational 

 aid, and by Gifford Pinchot, of the Forest Service. As the associa- 

 tion had decided to confine its efforts toward legislation as previously 

 indicated, the resolution was laid upon the table. 



