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Chairmau F. B. Mumford, of the committee ou methods of reijortiug results 

 of feeding experiments, recommended that bulletins of the stations which report 

 results of investigation should be issued in a series distinct from those prepared 

 especially for the use of the practical farmer. This recommendation was con- 

 curred in by the society. Dr. N. S. Mayo related his practice when preparing 

 bulletins of a popular nature in Cuba of submitting his manuscript to the 

 criticism of a practical farmer, stating that in t^his way many valuable sug- 

 gestions were obtained. 



A paper was presented by H. R. Smith, of Nebraska, ou How are Feeding Ex- 

 periments to be of Greater Value to the Farmer, this being devoted chiefly to 

 the discussion of meat production. The author reported recent experiments 

 wherein he had obtained favorable results in feeding alfalfa and corn to steers. 

 Farmers in the corn belt were advised to devote one-fourth of their land, now 

 in grain, to the raising of alfalfa. 



B. W. Morse, of this Oflice. made a few remarks concerning cooperation in 

 nutrition investigations, and read two papers by Dr. F. G. Benedict, of the 

 Carnegie Institution, and Dr. C. F. Langworthy, of this Oflice, on Suggestions 

 for Experiments in Studying the Protein Requirement of Animals. The authors 

 of these papers called attention to the discordant results of investigations on 

 protein requirement. These were believed to be due to factors which had been 

 overlooked but which can be taken into consideration in future experiments by 

 having a well-matured plan. The relation of protein to carbohydrates and the 

 influence of mineral matter were thought to be factors which hitherto had not 

 been given suHicient consideration. 



It was suggested that it would be of great advantage if a number of stations 

 would cooperate in this work, each investigator working on the same plan, 

 but with different animals and with different feeding stuffs. The pig was 

 recommended as an excellent animal with which to conduct nutrition investi- 

 gations, provided the technique in carrying on the work could be improved. 

 Such experiments would also throw light on problems connected with human 

 nutrition. Preliminary experiments with small animals were also advocated 

 as they are much less expensive to feed and care for and the effect on inherit- 

 ance of any system of feeding can be obtained much more quickly. The ques- 

 tion of cooperative experiments was referred to the committee on experiments. 



Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows : President, H. P. 

 Armsby; vice-president, C. F. Curtiss; secretary-treasurer, D. H. Otis; registrar 

 of elections, J. T. AVillard ; committee on experiments, the president ex-officio, 

 H. W. Mumford, J. H. Skinner, H. J. Waters, H. R. Smith, T. L. Haecker, and 

 B. B. Forbes; committee on terminology, H J. Waters, H. W. Mumford, W. J. 

 Kennedy, P. F. Trowbridge, and H. S. Grindley ; committee on reporting results, 

 F. B. Mumford. D. H. Otis, and H. R. Smith ; and the committee on affiliation, 

 H. J. Waters, L. C. Hall, and H. Hayward. It was voted to have the proceed- 

 ings printed in full. 



The next meeting will be held in Washington, D. C. in connection with that 

 of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 



International Live Stock Exposition. — The tenth exhibition of live stock, held 

 in Chicago, November 27 to December 4, amply illustrated how materially the 

 show has raised the standards of breeding, feeding, and judging during the 

 past decade. Judged by the number and quality of the animals exhibited, the 

 sales of pure-bred stock, and the large attendance at the meeting of the Breed- 

 ers' Association held during the week, popular interest in pure-bred stock has 

 never been so great. The entries numbered 3,908, filling all the available 

 .space, and in most classes the quality of stock was superior to that of previous 

 years. The prizes offered aggregated .$75,000. Nearly all sections of this coun- 

 try were represented, together with numerous exhibits from Canada and other 



