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BUFFALO MEETING. 



The sixth annual meeting was held in Buffalo, N. Y., September 18 and 19, 1901. 

 The officers elected at this meeting were: President, W. L. Amoss, College Park, Md.; 

 vice-president, W. L. Hutchinson, Agricultural College, Miss., and secretary-treasurer, 

 G. C. Creelman, Guelph, Ontario. 



Up to this time the proceedings of th(> annual meetings were published either by the 

 association itself or by the superintendent of institutes of the State in which the annual 

 meeting was held. The meeting at Buffalo, however, marked an imi)ortant change in 

 this respect. The records of this meeting were reported, edited, and puljlished Ijy the 

 Office of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture, in con- 

 junction with the secretary of the association, and were printed by the Department.a 

 The proceedings of all subsequent annual meetings have been similarly reported and 

 published. 6 



At this meeting also A. C. True, of the Office of Experiment Stations of the National 

 Department of Agriculture, made an address that marks the beginning of the coopera- 

 tion between that Department and the institutes so much desired by the institute 

 workers. In the course of his remarks he stated that "it is the intention of Secretary 

 Wilson in his forthcoming report to urge that an appropriation be made at the next 

 session of Congress for work in connection with the farmers' institutes." 



This meeting, although held during the period of the Exposition when President 

 McKinley'p body was awaiting burial, was well attended and the interest was main- 

 tained until the close. 



WASHINGTON MEETING. 



The seventh annual meeting was held in Washington, D. C, June 24-26, 1902. 

 Inasmuch as the proceedings of this meeting of the association and those subsequently 

 held are printed by the Department of Agriculture and are accessible upon application 

 to that Department, it is unnecessary to do more than to mention the list of officers and 

 the places and dates of the meeting. 



The officers elected at Washington were: President, W. C. Latta, (f Indiana; vice- 

 president, J. G. Lee, of Louisiana, and secretary-treasurer, G. C. Creelman, Ontario. 



TORONTO MEETING. 



The eighth annual m(>eting was held in the Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Canada, 

 June 23-26, 1903. 



The officers elected were: President, B. W. Kilgore, Raleigh, N. C; vice-president, 

 E. E. Kaufman, Fargo, N. Dak.; and secretary-treasurer, G. C. Creelman, Toronto, 

 Canada. 



The attendance at this meeting was quite remarkable and the interest greater, 

 perhaps, than at any previous meeting in the history of the organization. 



ST. LOUIS MEETING. 



The ninth annual meeting was hehl in the Agricultural lUiilding, World's Fair 

 Grounds, St. Louis, Mo., October 18-20, 1904. 



The officers elected were: President, J. C. Haidy, Agricultural College, Miss.; vice- 

 president, E. A. Burnett, Lincoln, Nebr.; and secretary-treasurer, G. C. Creelman, 

 Guelph, Canada; executive committee, J. G. Lee, Baton Rouge, La.; F. H. Hall, 

 Aurora, 111., and L. A. Clinton, Storrs, Conn. 



aU. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 110. 



bJJ. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Buls. 130, 138, 154, and 165. 



