PROGRAMME OF THE WASHINGTON MEETING. 



Thursday, November 9, 1905, 2 p. m. 



1. Addreas of welcome — James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture of the United 



States, Washington, D. C. 



2. Keply to address of welcome — C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 



Toronto, Canada. 



3. President's address — J. C. Hardy, Agricultural College, Miss. 



4. Discussion of president's address— George McKerrow, Madison, Wis. 



5. Roll call by States and Provinces. 



Tm'RSDAY, XoVEMHEH 9, S V. M. 



6. Five-minute reports from the several States and Provinces. These reports must 



be written and handed to the secretary, and should contain a synopsis of the 

 work of the past year only, including— 



{(t) Nund)er of meetings held. 



{b) Amount of money spent. 



(c) Number of speakers employed. 



{(l) General plan of campaign. 



(e) New lines of work inaugurated and carried out. 



Subjects for Discrssiox at Sccceedixc; Sessions. 



7. Consolidated schools — W. M. Hays, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Wash- 



ington, D. C. 



8. Institute organization and methods — L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, Mich.; 



J. B. Thoburn, Guthrie, Okla. ; E. E. Kaufman, Bismarck, N. Dak. 



9. Institute lecturers — Tait Butler, Raleigh, N. C. ; L. A. Clinton, Storrs, Conn.; 



C. C. James, Toronto, Canada. 



10. Cooperation with other educational agencies — F. H. Hall, Aurora, 111.; G. A. 



Putnam, Toronto, Ontario; W. C. Latta, Lafayette, Ind. 



11. Movable schools — J. Hamilton, W^ashington, D. C. ; A. L. Martin, Harrisburg, 



Pa. ; J. C. Hardy, Agricultural College, Miss. 



12. Boys' and girls' institutes — F. H. Rankin, Urbana, 111.; G. B. Ellis, Columbia, 



Mo.; E. A. Burnett, Lincoln, Nebr. 



13. Cooperation with the National Department of Agriculture — F. E. Dawley, Fay- 



etteville, N. Y. ; W. L. Amoss, College Park, Md. ; K. L. Butterfield, Kings- 

 ton, R, I. 



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