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Place of Next Meeting. 



Mr. J. G. Lee, of Louisiana, i>resentefl a cordial invitation to the association to 

 hold its next meeting at Ilaton Rouge, which was accepted. 



A telegram from F. E. Dawley. of New York, expressing regret at his inability 

 to attend the meeting and extending good wishes to the association, was read by 

 the secretary. 



The convention then took a i-ecess until 2 ]>. m. 



Afternoon Session, Wednesday, October 10, lOO-t. 



The convention reconvened at 2 o'clock p. m.. Mr. Kaufman in the chair. 



The following topics were discussed : The Relation of the Agricultural College 

 to Farmers' Institute Work (see p. .">3), Advertising Farmers' Institute Meet- 

 ings (see p. 50), and County Organization for Institute Work (see p. 59). 



Appointment of Committees. 



The chairman announced the appointment of the following committees: 

 Committee on nominations — Messrs. Amoss, Easterly, and Clinton. 

 Committee on resolutions — Messrs. Latta, Conner, and Putnam. (For reports 

 of these committees, see p. 45.) 



Thereupon, at 4.20 p. m., the convention took a recess until 7.30 p. m. 



Evening Session, Wednesday, October 19, 1904. 



The convention met at 8 o'clock in the Illinois State Building, Vice-President 

 Kaui'man in the chair. 



The Chairman. Those who were at the Toronto convention last year will 

 remember with i)leasuiv the address of Mr. James, of Ontario. He is with us 

 again this year, and I take jileasure in introducing him to this audience. 



ADDRESS OF HON. C. C. JAMES, 



Deputy Minister of AgriciiU me for Oiildrlo, (Uniadn. 



Mr. President, Ladies and (iENTLEMEN : I feel it is no small privilege, no 

 small honor, and no small resi)onsibility to be permitted to address a gathering 

 which represents the greatest industry on the continent of America. There have 

 been conventions of various kinds on the Fair Grounds here in the city of St. 

 Louis, and I think you will perhaps allow me to say that there is none with 

 wider intei*ests and having greater possibilities than that with which you are 

 ct)nnected. 



A few of us have come down from the country to the north of you. from 

 Canada, to take part in these deliberations, that we may get some help and 

 inspiration from them, and perhaps be able in small measure to give you in 

 return some little helj). On this occasion it is peculiarly apjiropriate that 

 Canada should be represented in any convention that should be held in St. 

 Louis. Perhaps all of you may not be aware that this city of St. Louis was 

 founded by Canadians. That was a good many years ago, and perhaps the 

 impress of those early French Canadians may not be very noticeable here now. 



I bring to-night not merely the greetings of the Province of Ontario, but also 

 that of the great agricultural industry of the Dominion of Canada, that which 

 is paramount in our great country's life. You ai-e more ])articularly interested 

 in the fai-niers' institute work of agriculture than any other of its aspects, and 

 I would like to say at the outset that in Canada, and especially in Ontario, we 

 owe a great deal t(j the farmers' institute movement. We got it originally from 



