conduct and a splendid clianK-ter that was an insiiiration to all who caino within 

 its ilifluonco. 



The exocntivo conuuittco was instructed to provide, if praetichle, for the 

 printing of the address in separate form after its appearance in the proceedings. 

 M. 11. Ruckhani, of \'erniont. offered the followini^ resolution : 



licsolrctl. That the association desires to put on lu'rnianent record its high 

 ai)preciation of the personal character and eminent public service of President 

 II. H. Goodell, of the Mas.sachusetts Agricultural College, and especially to hear 

 testimony to his wise, brave, and faithful labors in connnending to jmblic com- 

 prehension and confidence the cau.se of real and practical education in agri- 

 culture in its early days of experiment and conttict. The association also re- 

 calls with grateful a])]ireciation President Goodell's laborious and efficient serv- 

 ices during his eight years" tenure of the ollice of chairman of the executive com- 

 mittee of this association. 



The resolution was adopted by a standing vote of the association. 



Report of Committee on Indexing Agricultiual Literature. 



A. C. True, of Washington, D. C, read a rei)ort from the standing committee on 

 this subject, as follows : 



Since the last meeting of the association i)rinted catalogue cards have been 

 issued for three standard foreign periodicals devoted to agriculture, "Ainiales 

 de la Science Agronomiciue," " Landwirthschaftliche .lalirbiicher." and "Die 

 Landwirths'-haftlichen Versuchsstationeii." As is well known, these cards are 

 I)rep;ired by the library of the iH-partment of Agricultiu-e and printed and sold 

 by the Library of Congress. Tliis cooperative arrangement for furnishing 

 printed cards at a nominal i)rice has been satisfactorily accomplished and now 

 awaits sullicient encouragement from subscribers to warrant its continuation. 

 There are at present only ten subscribers for complete sets and eleven sub- 

 scribers for partial sets of the cards. It is estimated that the cards for com- 

 idete and ])artial sets together are about ecpial to fifteen complete sets. This 

 represents a small number of subscribers compared with the number of scientists 

 throughout the country engaged in agricultural research work, and for whose 

 benefit the cards are largely prepared. The (piestion now itresents itself after 

 one year's trial, as to whether the demand is sufficient to continue this special 

 indexing and to add other jieriodicals to the number to be indexed. To make it 

 worth while to prepare, print, and distribute such cards, it is necessary to have 

 thirty-five additional subscribers at least. If the agricultural college or ex- 

 periment station of each State would subscribe for one set of the cards this 

 would insure the continuance of this work and make it possible to provide in- 

 (Mviduals with whole or partial sets at reasonable cost.' It is estimated that an 

 annual subscription of .$2."i from each college or station would be required. 



The al>ove-mentioned iieriodicals have been indexed through 1004, and the copy 

 for numbers jaiblished in V.H)~) awaits the decision of those most interested in 

 the work as to whether it shall proceed. The cost to keei) the indexing of these 

 periodicals up to date will l)e small, but it is hoped that the subscribers will 

 desire cards for one additional periodical each year until the indexing covers 

 the representative agricultural periodicals. 



It is a question whether the work thus inaugurated will in any case need the 

 further attention of a standing committee of this association. It seems probable 

 that the interests of the colleges and stations in this matter can be fully met 

 through the library of the Department of Agriculture and the Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations. The progress of the indexing will naturally be reported each 

 year by the Inbliographer of the association. Your committee therefore suggests 

 "that it be relieved from further service. 



A. C. True, Chairman. 



H. P. Armsby, of Pennsylvania. I move that the report be accepted, and in 

 making that motion I want to say just a word. Our station is one of the few 

 which have purchased sets of these cards. I have not followed up the matter 

 closely, but I must confess that I am very much astonished at the very small 

 number of institutions which are reported by Doctor True as having taken 

 advantage of this opportunity. Lean not see how any station can afford to miss 



