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mitteo. II. P. Armslty. of romisylvania ; ('. F. Cm-tiss. of Iowa ; yi. A. Seovell, of 

 Kentucky. 



The report was accepted. 



Animal and Plant Brekdino — The American Breeders' Association. 



C. F. C'urtis.s. of Iowa, presented the report of the committee on animal and 

 phint l)reeding. as follows : 



Your committee on the American Breeders' Association sul)mits tlie followini; 

 rejiort : 



The American Breeders' Association held its first annual meeting at Chani- 

 jiaign. 111.. Feln-uary l-;5. 1005, as the guest of the Agricultural College of the 

 Fniversity of Illinois and of various State live stock and agricultural associa- 

 tions. The meeting was well attended, great interest was taken in all sessions, 

 and .\ s])lendid three days' programme was carried out. 



The council has recently issued the first annual report, including, with the 

 papers and discussions, a classified directory of meuihers, showing the lines of 

 scientific interest with which each inemher is concerned and the lines of pure- 

 bred live stock and pure-bred seeds produced. There are now about GOO mem- 

 bers, and the association is without debt. 



There is need of a fund to place the association on a permanent basis. The 

 members of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 

 rnd othei's interested are urged to aid in their respective States in increasing 

 the meml)ership and in other ways to help build up this organization. Persons 

 who have wealth to devote to public uses could serve a most important public 

 purpose by providing a suitable endowment for this promising association. 



The second annual meeting has been called to meet at Lincoln, Nebr., as the 

 guest of the College of Agriculture of the Fniversity of Nebraska and of the 

 several State societies of live stock, agriculture, and horticulture during " agri- 

 culture week." It is expected that the association at its second annual meeting 

 will appropriately recognize the good offices of the parent association. 



The work of this connnittee having been accomplished, we recouuneud that it 

 he discontinued. 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. M. Hays. 

 L. H. Bailey, 



C. F. CURTISS, 



Committer. 

 The report was adopted. 



Cooperation Between the Stations and the U. S. Department of 



Agriculture. 



E. A. Bryan, of "Washington. In l)ehalf of the committee on cooperative work 

 between the experiment stations and the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, I would say that all matters of concern in connection with cooperation have 

 ])ecome of such importance that it seemed desirable and necessary that the exec- 

 utive connnittee of this association should take immediate cognizance of that 

 work, and they have, during the past year, had that matter entirely in charge 

 and have already made a report to this association in regard to the cooperative 

 work, so that any further report on behalf of the committee seems to be entirely 

 unnecessary. 



^Meeting Place of Next Convention. 



E. Mead, of the F. S. Department of Agriculture," presented a large number of 

 cordial invitations from California to hold the next convention of the association 

 in that State. 



Cordial appreciation of the invitations and of the hospitality extended on the 

 previous visit to the State was generally expi'essed and a resolution offered by 



" Kepresenting the California Experiment Station. 



