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tion we have now n <iuitt' complete i-ollectioii. pretty well up to date, but as you 

 are publishing' books, be sure to remember the Office of Experiment Stations and 

 its eolleetion. 



The report of the biidiojiraiiher was aceei>ted. 



I'm FORM Fektilizeb and Feeding Stuff Legislation. 



H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island, ehairman of this committee, submitted the fol- 

 lowing report : 



Your committee begs to report that duriuf,' the past year reque.sts have been 

 received from several States where feediny-stuff legislation was either pending 

 or anticipated for suggestions concerning such acts. In all such cases the atten- 

 tion of imiuirers has been directed to the points of uniformity already adopted 

 and reconnnended by this association. 



Since the last report concerning the efforts to secure uniformity in fertilizer 

 laws, the law of the State of New York has been modified, conforming in its 

 chief features to the existing reconnnendations of this association and of the 

 Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. The State of Tennessee is also 

 reported to have passed a new act based upon these reconnnendations l)Ut with 

 some modifications. It is reported from Florida that the law of that State, 

 which was amended in 1901, l>ased upon the reconnnendations, has been found 

 to be a vast improvement upon the former act. 



A new fertilizer law was passed by the State of Kansas in 1903 which differed 

 in many essential details from the association's reconnnendations and which has 

 been officially recognized in that State as capalile ()f much improvement. 



It will be recalled that in a former report it was shown that the reconnnenda- 

 tions have already been largely adopted in recent modification of the laws of a 

 consideralile numi)er of the States. Nevada. Wyoming. New Mexico, Colorado, 

 Minnesota. Arizona. Oregon. Nebraska, and Ftah are reported to have no fertil- 

 izer laws. Inquiries have nevertheless been received from Utah and Colorado 

 concerning the recommendations of this association, indicating that the matter 

 is already coming under consideration in that State. 

 Respectfullv submitted. 



II. J. Wheeler. 

 Chas. D. Woods. 

 E. II. .Ienkins, 

 M. A. Scovell, 

 H. P. Artvisby, 



Committee. 

 The report was accepted. 



On motion of J. L. Hills, of Yermont. delegates and visitoi's in attendance at 

 the convention of the Association of State Universities were admitted to the 

 privileges of the floor. 



Report of Committee on Methods of Seed Testing. 



The following report was read by the secretary : 



The standing committee on methods of seed testing begs to report that, since 

 the adoption bv your association of the revised rules for seed testing, nothing 

 on the subject" has called for the attention of this committee, or for report to 

 the association. 



Respectfully submitted for the committee. 



E. H. .Ienkins, Chairman. 



The report was accepted. 



Forestry in Land-Grant Institutions. 



S. B. Green, of Minnesota, offered the following resolution : 



Whereas the forests of thisi country are fast disappearing, and little or no 

 attention is being paid to their renewal ; and 



Whereas the development of this country is seriously threatened by a shortage 

 in timber supplv : Therefore be it 



Resolved hy the Association of American Agricultural Collepes and Experi- 

 ment Stations in convention assembled. First. That the national-forestry policy 



