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bering is probably ns thoronsbly developed as any in tbe United States, but 

 we have not readiod a place where the business is taking care of the resources 

 on which the liusiness is based. It would seem that the source of this business 

 is I)eing dissiiiated. We all know that the Imsiness of lumbering is gone from 

 the North. In Tennessee, indeed in all the Southern States, there is need of 

 careful study of the hard woods of the country. In the Central South there is, 

 as you all know, the greatest hard-wood forest of the country, and yet I 

 suspect the forester is not as fully advised as he should be as to the best means 

 of handling this important forest. From the point of view of the forester, 

 and from the larger point of view of those interested in tlie conservation of the 

 national resources, it seems to me that anything that <'aii be done in the 

 direction of instruction in forestry ought to be commended by this association. 

 The resolution as amended was adopted. 



Election of General Officers. 



H. P. Armsby. of Pennsylvania, presented the name of M. 11. Buckham, of 

 Vermont, for president of the association. J. K. Patterson seconded the nomi- 

 nation. The secretary of the association was instructed to cast a unanimous 

 vote for President Buckham. In like manner C. C. Thach, of Alabama, was 

 nominated and elected first vice-president ; E. H. Jenkins, of Connecticut, second 

 vice-president ; J. H. Worst, of North Dakota, third vice-president ; B. I. 

 Wheeler, of California, fourth vice-president; and L. Foster, of New Mexico, 

 fifth vice-president; J. L. Hills, of Vermont, secretary-treasurer; and A. C. 

 True, of the Office of Experiment Stations, bibliographer. 



Work of the Office of Experiment Stations in Agricultural Education. 



T. F. Hunt, of New York, introduced the following resolution : 



Resolved, That this association recognizes the great value of the work of the 

 Office of Experiment Stations in promoting the cause of agricultural education 

 hi the United States, and heartily indorses the action of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture in encouraging and aiding the efforts of the Office in this direction. 



The executive committee recommended immediate consideration, and the reso- 

 lution was adopted. 



Vote of Thanks to Representatives Adams and Mondell. 



J. L. Snyder, of Michigan, offered the following resolution : 



Resolved. That a vote of thanks be extended to Representative Adams for his 

 efforts in behalf of securing increased ai)propriations for the experiment stations 

 of the United States. 



The executive committee recommended immediate consideration, and the reso- 

 lution was adopted. 



J. K. Patterson. I think we ought to couple the name of Representative Mon- 

 dell with that of Representative Adams in the vote of thanks and confidence 

 that has just been given expression to in behalf of Mr. Adams. We are all 

 interested in that measure, some of us more and some less, but we are also 

 interested in the passage of a bill that will add to the existing endowments 

 of agricultural and mechanical colleges in the special direction of schools of 

 mines and mining and engineering. I believe there is a possibility of passing 

 this or some kindred measure, and Representative Mondell has been committed 

 to its advocfccy hitherto, and it seems to me it would be a fitting tribute to what 

 he has already done, and it would be an encouraging stimulus to further effort 

 to couple his name with that of Mr. Adams in the resolutiou just passed. I 



