1012 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The interest of the association in the investigations upon human 

 and animal nutrition Avas manifested in resohitions advocating the 

 continuance of the investigations on human nutrition which have 

 been carried on by this Office for several years past, and indorsing the 

 establishment by the Pennsylvania State College of an institute 

 of animal nutrition as an independent department of research. The 

 executive committee was instructed to take such action in each case 

 as would aid in securing jDermanence to these lines of work. 



Prof. Kobert Wallace, professor of agriculture and rural economy 

 in the University of Edinburgh, at the invitation of the association 

 gave an interesting talk on the live stock of Great Britain, j^refacing 

 this Avith remarks on agricultural education in the United Kingdom. 



Remarks were made by Prof. S. B. Green and President G. E. 

 FelloAvs in advocacy of securing national aid to the land-grant 

 colleges for the establishment and maintenance of forestr}' courses 

 through the receipts from forest reserves. The importance of more 

 adequate State aid in such matters Avas emphasized by Dean DaA^en- 

 port. 



Several speakers expressed their appreciation of the usefulness of 

 Experiment Station Record to the station and college Avorkers, and 

 urged that provision be made, b}^ appropriation or otherAAnse, for 

 more detailed abstracts than are practicable under present conditions. 



The third day's session of the conA^ention Avas held at the Michigan 

 Agricultural College, and Avas devoted to three addresses dealing 

 Avitli separate i)hases of the Avork of the land-grant colleges — agricul- 

 tural education, engineering education, and research. 



The first of these. The DeA'elopment of Agricultural Education, 

 was presented by Dr. Elmer E. BroAAii, Commissioner of Education. 

 This included a brief summary of the evolution of the agricultural 

 colleges and allied agencies, together Avith an interpretation of the 

 agricultural education moA^ement and its outlook. In his judgment 

 the real and lasting strength of agricultural education is to be found 

 not in isolation, but in close coordination Avith general education, and 

 through this Avitli the real life of the people. It should therefore aim 

 to dcA'elop not only capable leaders — " scientific experts Avho shall be 

 able to teach the j^eople the principles underlying the arts of life," 

 but also an intelligent constituency Avitli " the skill to take the science 

 of the scientist and transform it into the art of their liA'es." 



"A system of agricultural training is therefore demanded complete 

 in its sequence from the loAvest to the highest. Our elementary 

 schools and high schools in country conmiunities are still to be pri- 

 marily schools of general education, but AA'ith much more training 

 in the arts of the farm and the sciences lying near to those arts; our 

 State colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts are to prepare young 

 jnen and young Avomen to read intelligently the literature of scientific 



