\\)(\ RKPoirr OF oi'KicK ok kxpkkimknt stations. 



station had \)vou instniinciitnl in iii(ro(lucin^ nioi-c j)ro(ital)lo fann 

 practices in Midiipin by means of dcinonstration cxperinuMits. Di- 

 rectors Jordan, Hills, and Wheeler held that demonstration work is 

 not. the province of the stations under the Ilalcii Act, the latter con- 

 tendin<r that it is an educational fiuiction and l)elon<;s pi-operlv to 

 the extension departments of the colle<«:es. Prof. T. V. Hunt urjxed 

 that n)ore attention should he jriven to the study of agricultural 

 economics, so that there will be a better basis for advice as to business 

 methods and management on the farm. 



Prof. W. ,J. Spillman maintained that the purpose of demonstration 

 farms should be to teach profitable methods of farming, based upon 

 scientific investigations and the experience of successful farmers. 

 Demonstration work is a necessary supjilement of the present system 

 of investigation and dissemination. He briefly explained some fea- 

 tures of the work of the Department in farm management. Dr. H. P. 

 Armsby Avarned against encouraging exaggerated expectations on the 

 part of farmers from experiment station Avork. The farmer should 

 be encouraged as far as possible to work out the problem of farm 

 management for himself, a view which was concurred in by others. 



A report on the federation of agricultural organizations in differ- 

 ent States of the Union was submitted by Dr. II. J. Wheeler. This 

 paper showed that in 12 States federation has already been secured 

 and that other States are contemplating federation. The report was 

 accepted and the committee continued. 



A preliminary report on the unification of terms for reporting 

 analytical results was submitted by Dr. C. G. Hopkins, chairman of 

 the connnittee, on this subject. The report contained unanimous 

 recommendations with regard to terms to be used in reporting anal- 

 yses of feeding stuffs, foods, sugars, and insecticides, but the com- 

 mittee was unable to agree as to terms to be used in soil and fertilizer 

 analysis, the disagreement being with regard to the use, proposed by 

 Doctor Hopkins, of the ^' element " system of nomenclature. 



Prof. H. Snyder i)resented the report of the connnittee on testing 

 cereals, which noted the limited character of the literature relating to 

 the testing of wheat and flotu' for industrial purposes, and discussed 

 briefly some of the factors which have been shown to control floiu* 

 yield and bread-making quality. Flour yields have been shown to 

 be directly proportional to weight jx-r bushel, but bread-making 

 (}uality does not follow the same rule. Color and hardness are con- 

 trolling factors in determining commercial value of wheat for milling 

 purposes. There are many unsettled points in connection with the 

 relation of the amount and character of the protein to bread-making 

 (juality. The committee proposes to take uj) first methods of pre- 

 paring flour for test. The report w-as accepted and the committee 

 continued. 



