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nient iiu-hulos a farm of SOO acres of excvlleiit land, lar«i;e barns, and 

 botanical, chemical. ])hysical, anil zo()lo<;ical laboratories. In 1909 

 the school had $l*74.()0() for maintenance, in addition to receipts from 

 farm products, amount in<i: to about $ir),000. There were about 10 

 members in the faculty, and the number of students was increasing 

 so rapidly as to give j^rospects of shortl}' reaching the limit that 

 could be accommodated in the school. 



Early in 190!) the President of the State of Zulia, in Venezuela, 

 authorized the establishment of the first school of agriculture in that 

 State to be located at ^laracaibo. 



The Peruvian Government, in accordance with an act passed in 

 September, 1907, established a model })oultry farm at the National 

 Agricultural and Veterinary School, Lima, for the purpose of giving 

 instruction in aviculture. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 

 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The twenty-second annual convention of the Association of Ameri- 

 can Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, was held at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, November 18-20, 1908. The president of the associa- 

 tion, J. L. Snyder, in his annual address, discussed'" Agriculture and 

 democracy,'' laying special emphasis upon the relation of agriculture 

 to other productive industries and the dependence of other industries 

 upon agriculture and the function of the agricultural college in pro- 

 moting democracy. He shoAved that the growing needs of the future 

 must be supplied by increased production from lands already under 

 cultivation rather than by increase of productive area. With the 

 jjresent rate of increase of population every State in the Union must 

 practically double production within fift}^ years, and the security of 

 democracy in the contentment of all classes of people depends upon 

 thus increasing production proportionately with increase of popula- 

 tion. Provisions for promoting agricultural production are, there- 

 fore, direct contributions to the maintenance of democracy, concern- 

 ing not the farmer alone but every citizen of the Commonwealth. It 

 is consequently' incumbent upon the agricultural college and its allied 

 agencies not only to enlarge its own courses in various w^ays, but 

 also to assume the leadership in promoting improved rural education 

 and better economic conditions in general. For example, inasmuch 

 as production is already outstripping transportation, the improve- 

 ment of the navigable waterways is of immediate importance; and 

 in this and in the conservation of all the natural resources, the agri- 

 cultural colleges may take an active part and must train more men 

 for the greater demands of the future. 



The executive committee of the association reported conferences 

 with the president of the Carnegie Foundation for the advancement 



