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7. That the college officers should ondoavor to bring to the attention of the legis- 

 latures of the respective States, at the earliest possible date, the necessary legislative 

 action under the provisions of the new Morrill act, and the representatives of the 

 colleges present at this convention pledge their action and influence to insure an 

 equitable division or impartial application of all moneys received under this act in 

 full accord with the spirit of the law. 



In the sectiou ou agriculture tbe following topics were presented : 

 Pot vs. Field Plat Experiments, by C. E. Thome of the Ohio Station; 

 Is a Digestion Experiment Fallacious ? by H. P. Armsby, Ph. D., ot the 

 Pennsylvania Station; Specific Compounds Bearing on Feeding Experi- 

 ments, by H. H. Wing, B. Agr., of the New York Cornell Station ; The 

 Relations of Tillage to Soil Physics, by J. W. Sanborn, B. S., of the 

 Utah College and Station ; Station Records, by G. E. Morrow, M. A., of 

 the Illinois College and Station ; Testing Varieties, by J. F. Hickman, 

 M. S. A., of the Ohio Station ; What the Lysimeter Teaches, by F. H. 

 King of the Wisconsin University and Station ; Equalizing the Irreg- 

 ularities of Plats caused by Defective Germination, by T. Ft Hunt, B. 

 S., of the Illinois Station. 



The Association of Economic Entomologists held its meeting during 

 the same days as the convention of the general association, its sessions 

 alternating with those of the section on entomology. 



At the meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists tlie 

 annual address was delivered by the president, Prof. C. V. Riley of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, the subject being the Outlook 

 in Applied Entomology. The following topics were presented in papers 

 or addresses : Work of the Entomologists in the Experiment Stations, 

 by A. J. Cook, M. S., of the Michigan College and Station; Fertilizers 

 as Insecticides, ISTotes on the Plum Curculio, an Experience with the 

 Rose Bug, Questions Relating to Aphididce, Invasion by the Clov^er-leaf 

 Beetle, and Experiments with Acetic Acid as a Preservative, by J. B. 

 Smith, of the New Jersey College Station ; The Habits of Paehyneuron, 

 by L. O. Howard, of the United States D.epartment of Agriculture ; 

 Notes on the Plum Curculio and Plum Gouger, by C. P. Gillette, M. S., 

 of the Iowa Station ; Notes on Beet-Root Insects, by L. Bruner, of the 

 Nebraska Station ; A Summary History of the Corn Plant Louse, and 

 The Life History of White Grubs, with Description of New Stages, by 

 S. A. Forbes, Ph. D., of the Illinois University; The Life History of 

 Wire- Worms by C. A. Hart of Illinois; Notes of the Year in Canada, 

 by James Fletcher of Canada. There were also discussions on the 

 habits of Agrotis fenniea, dry vs. wet applications of insecticides, traps 

 for cut-worms, the pupating habits of canker-worms, and methods of 

 preventing injury by borers. 



