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;in<l coiKluct (if the id-opiiscd school. The lirst is that tho sradnato school of 

 a,i,nMculturc is nii institution of this association; that this association is rcsponsi- 

 l«lo for it : that it is the creature of this orjjcanization. If this he true, it follows, 

 therefore, that the policy and the method of the school are to he determined l»y 

 the association, and that the institution at which the school is held in any year 

 is to be the a^ent of this association. 



The financial maintenance of this school would come from three sources, so 

 far as the connnittee now foresees. In the first place from the contributions by 

 the collejres. and, in the second place, from the fees. At the graduate school at 

 Columbus three years ago the fees were placeil at $<;, for the reason that other 

 fees in other sunniier school work were i)laced at that. The connnittee believes 

 that a fee of .$10 would be fair and reasonable. M the oliio school there were 

 7r> uiatrii-ulants. \\'e should expect there would be KMi at a succeeding school, 

 and at $10 apiece that would make $1,000. the riMnaind<n- of the fund to b(> con- 

 tributed by the institution that holds th(> school. The committee feels that 

 some nia.ximum limit might be placed on the cost of the graduate school. That 

 maximum limit has not be(>n fixed nor definitely discussed. It has been sug- 

 gested that $4,000 might be the maximum. 



I think that the association should assume financial responsiiiility only so far 

 as its contributions are concerned. The contributions paid into the treasury of 

 this association liecome the contrilmtions of the association. But the connnittee 

 feels that the financial responsibility of tliis association does not extend beyond 

 the contril)utions. 



Tlie reason for the provision for the biennial session is that this association at 

 Des Moines expressed its opinion that the graduate scliools should 1)e held 

 every two years. Tlie 'committee therefore worked ujion that instruction. 1 

 think the connnittee, however, is unanimous in the feeling that this is frequent 

 enough, and that a school could not possibly be maintained every year at the 

 high pitch and grade at which it is desirable to maintain it. 



The next proposition is merely a corollary of this, or at least a consequence 

 of this, for it follows that the policy and method of the school are to be deter- 

 mined by the association, and that the institution at which the school is held 

 in any year is to be the agent of the association. 



After further discussion by E. Davenport, of Illinois ; D. B. Burinton, of West 

 Virginia, and E. A. Bryan, of Washington, a motion made by G. T. Winston, of 

 North Carolina, that the report of the connnittee as a whole be adopted by the 

 association, and that the committee lie authorized and insti'ucted to iiroci^ed to 

 organization of the graduate school for the year 190G, according to the lines laid 

 down in the report, was agreed to. 



Report of Committee on Bure-Food Legislation. 



A report from the conmiittee on this subject was presented by the chairman, 

 W. A. Withers, of North Carolina, as follows : 



During the past year :\Iaine and New Hampshire have enacted pure-food laws. 

 Missouri and Wyoining have each appointed a food and dairy connuissioner to 

 whom is intrusted the execution of pure-food laws. Kansas has made a begin- 

 ning by authorizing tlie board of health to collect samples and the professor of 

 chemistrv in the State university to make analyses of tlie same ; Init no appro- 

 priation "for the work has been made. Indiana has made an appropriation and 

 has established a laboratory, and by these means will enforce existing laws. 

 In North Dakota and Idaho there has been a strengthening of existing laws. 

 In other States existing laws have been amended without any very apparent 

 gain. But in no State has any pure-food law been repealed except by the enact- 

 ment of new^ laws. 



Brogress has been made in the different States, therefore, (1) by establishing 

 a food control in States previously without it, (2) by the creation of machinery, 



