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meetings of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture aud twelve other agricultural 

 organizations of that State. One of the principal features of this meeting was 

 the reports of committees appointed to consider different lines of breeding 

 and to devise ways and means of promoting them. These and the more 

 important addresses and papers presented are noted below. 



The association passed resolutions (1) urging upon Congress and the legis- 

 latures of the various States a continuation of their liberal policy in the build- 

 ing up of education and I'esearch in agriculture, including that relating to the 

 production and improvement of plants and animals; (2) requesting Congress 

 to devote the money now appropriated for the free distribution of seeds to the 

 importation and improvement of plants; (3) requesting such modifications of 

 the game laws of the different States as will permit the capture and shipment 

 of game birds for purposes of propagation ; (4) authorizing the committee on 

 eugenics to organize as a committee of the association or as an independent 

 society, and (5) directing the secretai-y of the association to ascertain the 

 desirability of increasing the annual dues from $1 to .$2, and the feasibility of 

 publishing a monthly journal devoted to the interests and objects of the 

 association. 



Francis Galton, of England, was elected an honorary member of the associa- 

 tion. The retiring officers were reelected with the exception of the secretary 

 of the animal section, which office will be filled during the coming year by C. B. 

 Davenport, of Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Preference was expressed for 

 Washington, D. C, as the next meeting place. 



Papers and addresses. — In an evening address before the general assembly. 

 W. M. Hays discussed the subject of Education in Breeding. He urged the 

 establishment of agricultural high schools in farming districts, and schools 

 for mechanic arts and home economics in cities, which could be effectively 

 accomplished by appropriations amounting to 20 cents per capita. In this 

 connection I'eference was made to the recent progress along this line in 

 Georgia. The consolidation of rural schools and the establishment of agricul- 

 tural high schools were considered necessary steps in making available to the 

 people the results of agricultural research, for which liberal appropriations 

 are now being made. With a system of agricultural instruction extending 

 from the university to the consolidated rural school, it was considered possible 

 to have centers for animal and plant breeding at the State station and branch 

 stations. The work of a plant-breeding station which has been in existence in 

 Minnesota for 15 years was illustrated by means of moving pictures. 



One of the most interesting features of the meeting was an address on 

 Breeding Cattelo, by C. J. Jones. The catteio is a cross between the buffalo 

 and domesticated cattle. Much progress has been made in breeding the 

 cattelo, as also in crossing mountain . and domesticated sheep. This work, 

 originating with the speaker, will henceforth be carried on in cooperation with 

 this Department. Much information was also given concerning the buffalo in 

 its wild state and of the efforts being made to preserve the species. 



Breeding Beef Cattle in Ohio was discussed by J. P. Hine. The speaker 

 objected to the great difference in market prices between heifers and steers, 

 stating that this difference, amounting in some instances to $2 per hundred- 

 weight, is the greatest imposition the beef producer has to contend with. It 

 was noted that this discrimination between sexes is no longer made in Great 

 Britain. 



A paper on Breeding Dairy Cattle, by M. A. Scovell, dealt mainly with the 

 history of the .Jersey breed. It was suggested that efforts for the further im- 

 provement (if this breed should be along the lines of constitutional vigor aud 

 yield of milk. 



