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unqualified success of the second session of the graduate school established 

 the fact that graduate work is in demand. This school is now the only meeting 

 ground for teachers and investigators in agriculture. The comradeship of it is 

 itself worth the while. * * * The experience with the two sessions of the 

 graduate school indicates that no agricultural college or experiment station can 

 afford not to partake in it if the institution expects to keep in living touch with 

 the knowledge and opinions of the day. 



For a fuller account of this school see page 236. 



The report of the committee on extension work '^ presented by 

 K. L. Biitterfield, chairman, defines and classifies such work, sum- 

 marizing the present status of agricultural extension teaching in the 

 United States and recommending that each college establish as soon 

 as practicable a department for such teaching coordinate with other 

 departments. The association placed itself on record as strongly 

 favoring adequate appropriations to the Office of Experiment Sta- 

 tions to enable it to enlarge its work on agricultural education, espe- 

 cially with reference to the organization of agricultural extension 

 teaching. (See also p. 235.) 



The report of the committee on station organization and policy,^ 

 presented by the chairman, E. Davenport, dealt largely with ques- 

 tions growing out of the interpretation of the Adams Act and the 

 organization of work under that act. (See p. 71.) 



The relations of the Bureau of Education with land-grant colleges 

 were reviewed by L. A. Kalbach, of that Bureau. It was shown that 

 the number of agricultural students at these institutions has in- 

 creased during the past ten years from 2,712 to 7,418, and the stu- 

 dents in mechanic arts from 5,317 to 12,969. The State appropria- 

 tions have increased from $1,789,235 to $5,768,786, the total income of 

 the colleges during the last year being over $11,500,000. 



A prox)osal to cooperate with the Association of State Universities 

 in memorializing Congress to establish a National University at 

 Washington was quite fully discussed and finally disposed of by 

 reference to the executive committee to take such action as in its 

 judgment seemed wise, and to make a full report to the association 

 at its next meeting. 



An important matter aifecting the policy of agricultural research 

 in this country was presented for discussion in a resolution pre- 

 sented by H. P. Armsby, calling for the appointment by the incoming 

 president of the association of a commission consisting of five per- 

 sons, two representing the research eft'orts of the association, one the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, and two representing the 

 scientific men not connected with official agricultural investigation, 

 " the duty of which shall be to inquire into and report to this asso- 



a This report has been published as U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Circ. 72, 

 6 This report has been published as U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Circ. 71. 



