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and Mrs. F. L. Stevens, of Porto Rico, as additional members of the executive 

 committee. 



Association of Official Seed Analysts — The fourth annual meeting of this asso- 

 ciation was held in Columbus, Ohio, November 17, 1911. 



At the morning session a report of the referee on sampling was made by C. 

 1). Woods. The association recommended that this paper be prepared for 

 publication by this Department. 



No reports were made by the referees on germination and on purity testing, 

 but the referees were continued and requested to take up their respective work 

 both with laboratories having official membership in the association and others. 

 The secretary and president were designated a committee to prepare tentative 

 rules and regulations for testing for purity, to be published by this Department. 



A resolution favoring national legislation to prohibit the importation of low 

 grade and worthless forage plant seeds was reaffirmed in the same words as at 

 the preceding meeting. 



The afternoon session was devoted to the reading and discussion of papers as 

 follows : A Comparison of the Germination of Various Economic Seeds Ob- 

 tained by the Usual Chamber Methods with the Germination in Sand and in 

 Soil, by G. T. Harrington ; Some Essentials of Accuracy and Uniformity of 

 Results in Seed Testing, by F. H. Hillman ; The Influence of Different Temper- 

 atures, Constant and Alternating, Upon the Germination of the Seeds of the 

 Commercially Important Grasses and Umbelliferfe. by G. T. Harrington ; and 

 Field Inspection as an Adjunct of the Pure Seed Laboratory, by H. L. Bolley 

 and A. O. Stevens. 



The officers of the previous year (E. S. R., '24, p. 97) were continued. 



Southern Educational Association. — The twenty-second annual convention of 

 the Southern Educational Association was held in Houston, Tex., November 

 oO to December 2, 1911. Such subjects as agricultural education, home eco- 

 nomics instruction, and the consolidation of rural schools were considered both 

 in general sessions of the association and in section meetings. 



At one of the morning sessions The Education of the Farmer's Child was 

 discussed by M. L. Brittain, of Georgia ; the Training of Boys and Girls for 

 more Efficient Rural Life in the South, by E. S. Richardson, of Louisiana ; and 

 Community Work for Agricultural Schools, by D. J. Crosby, of this Office. In 

 all of these discussions the need was emphasized of improving the rural school 

 plant by consolidation and otherwise, of revising the courses of study to make 

 them apply to rural conditions, and of utilizing agricultural clubs, demonstra- 

 tions, lectures, and other popular means for the home training of both young 

 and old. The consolidation of schools was also considered at one session of 

 the department of school boards. 



The depai'tment of industrial education devoted one session to agricultural 

 education, with papers by E. E. Kone, M. L. Brittain, L. N. Duncan, N. M. 

 McGinnis, D. J, Crosby, and S. C. Wilson. In the department of normal schools 

 the preparation of teachers of agriculture for the children of the public schools 

 was discussed, and in the southern educational council a large share of one 

 session was devoted to a discussion of better means for adapting education to 

 the needs of rural schools. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year were, president, H. L. Whitfield, of 

 Columbus, Miss. ; vice president, M. L. Brittain, Atlanta, Ga. ; second vice presi- 

 dent, H. F. Triplett, Beaumont, Tex. ; third vice president, Mrs. J. D. Matlock, 

 Birmingham, Ala.; and secretary-treasurer, W. F. Feagin, Montgomery, Ala. 



