SECTION ON EXPERIMENT STATION WORK. 



Afternoon Session, Tuesday, NovE^riiER 14, 1905. 



The section convenea at 3.10 o'clock i). lu., the chairman. H. J. Patterson, 

 presiding. 



H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island, presented the following report: 



Report of Committee on Agricultural Federation. 



Your committee begs to report that during the past winter a letter was sent to 

 every director in the United States urging him to take such steps as might be 

 necessary to bring about a federation of his State agricultural organizations. It 

 was not' expected that the directors should take a directly active part in the 

 promotion of the federations. 



The chief drawback to the federation idea in the South and West was found 

 to be a lack of organizations to federate, and in some instanctes a lack of ready 

 means of railwav connnunicatlon. In two or three States federations were 

 already in existence, and in others they have been formed as a result of this 

 effort. " 



The following is a list of the States in which federations exist, with the names 

 and addresses of the secretaries : 



Name of State. Name and address of secretary. 



Maryland Asa B. Gardiner, jr.. Baltimore, Md., 514 North Calvert street. 



New Jersey Franklin Dye. Trenton, N. J. 



New York T. B. Wilson. Halls Corners, N. Y. 



Pennsylvania H. P. Armsby, State College. Center County, Pa. 



Rhode Island H. .7. Wheeler. Kingston, R. I. 



Iowa George A. Wells, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Michigan L. Whitney Watkins, Manchester, Mich. 



Texas J. W. Carson, College Station, Tex. 



West Virginia 



The following brief statement sets forth the existing situation in each of the 

 other States as it has been reported to date : 



Alabama Expression favorable. 



Arizona No reply. 



Arkansas No reply. 



California No reply. 



Colorado Favorable, planning for a federation. 



Connecticut Unfavorable to federating. 



Delaware No reply. 



Florida Favorable. 



Georgia Favorable. 



Idaho Favorable to the idea. 



Illinois Unfavorable to federating at present. 



Indiana No reply. 



Kansas Not favorable at present. 



Kentucky No organizations of farmers exist at present, but they are 



being agitated. 



Louisiana Favorable. 



Maine Favorable, but difficulties to be overcome. 



Massachusetts Unfavorable report. 



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