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W. E. Stone reported for the section on college ^yol■k and administration that 

 tbat section nominated as chairman R. W. Stimson, of Connecticut, and as sec- 

 retary K. I.. Butterfield. of Rhode Island. 



On motion, these reports were adopted. 



Mr. Scovell reported as members of the executive committee named by the 

 section on experiment station work W. H. Jordan, of New York, and C. F. Cur- 

 tiss, of Iowa, and as members of the programme committee M. A. Scovell, J. F. 

 Duggar. and C. D. Woods. 



Mr. Stone repoi'ted as members of the executive connnittee from the section 

 on college work and administration II. C. White, of Georgia. J. L. Snyder, of 

 Michigan, and L. H. Bailey, of New York. 



On nomination of J. K. Patterson, of Kentucky, seconded by W. M. Liggett, of 

 Minnesota. E. B. Voorhees, of New Jersey, was unanimously elected president 

 of the association for the ensuing year. 



By vote of the association the secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of 

 the convention for other officers, who were declared elected, as follows : 



First vice-president, J. C. Hardy, of Mississippi, nominated by J. L. Snyder, 

 of Michigan : second vice-president, K. L. Buttertield. of Rhode Island, nomi- 

 nated by II. C. White, of Georgia; third vice-president, C. D. Woods, of Maine, 

 nominated by W. M. Liggett, of Minnesota ; fourth vice-president. E. R. 

 Nichols, of Kansas, nominated by J. II. Worst, of North Dakota ; fifth viee- 

 in-esident, E. Davenport, of Illinois, nominated by M. A. Scovell, of Kentucky ; 

 bibliographer, A. C. True, of the Office of Experiment Stations, nominated by 

 C. D. Woods, of Maine; secretary and treasurer, J. L. Hills, of Vermont, nomi- 

 nated by H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island. 



Meeting Place Of Next Convention. 



E. A. Bryan, of Washington, at the request of President Campbell, of the 

 State University of Oregon, and on behalf of the State of Oregon and the 

 entire Northwest, presented an invitation to the association to hold its next 

 convention af Portland during the Lewis and Clark Exposition. 



J. L. Snyder, of Michigan, gave notice that the association would be expected 

 to hold its convention in 1907 at the Michigan Agricultural College, to celebrate, 

 the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the college. 



The session adjourned until 9 o'clock next morning. 



Morning Session, Thursday, November 3, 1904. 

 The meeting was called to order, at 9 o'clock a. m. by the i>resident. 



Rural Engineering. 



W. E. Stone, for the committee on rural engineering, presented the following 

 report : 



Since the last meeting of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations, considerable progress has been made In the agricultural 

 colleges in developing courses under the various names of agricultural engineer- 

 ing, rural engineering, and farm mechanics. 



The agricultural colleges of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, North Dakota, 

 Indiana. New York, Colorado, California, Kansas, Wyoming, and Iowa are now 

 offering instruction to the agricultural students in the subject under one or 

 the other of the above names. Minnesota has completed an inexpensive build- 

 ing which is devoted to the teaching of farm mechanics. Wisconsin has a 

 large building under construction, which is to be used for the same purpose. 

 The agricultural college at Cornell. N. Y., is planning a large and commodious 

 structure to be devoted' to agricultural engineering. Illinois has made con- 

 siderable progress in its farm mechanics course. During the last year the 



