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and recommended that short normal courses be held at the colleges 

 or independent stations prior to the beginning of the farmers' insti- 

 tute season. 



The report expressed the opinion that the bulletins should be con- 

 fined to the results of research and a general description of the work, 

 should bear the date of publication, and should be paged continu- 

 ously throughout a given volume, each volume to have a table of 

 contents, title page, and complete index, so printed that they can 

 be easily removed and placed in proper position without cutting to 

 single pages. Electrotyping was advocated to permit of reprints. 



"All publications dealing with inspection work of whatever kind 

 should be published under a series known as ' Official Inspections.' 

 . . . The annual report, if merely embracing the financial statements 

 and a brief summary of the work of the year, should be issued as a 

 'bulletin.' If it is of large size and is made a repository of matter 

 of permanent value, it should have its own table of contents, title 

 page, and index." 



The connnittee strongly advocated the establishment of a journal 

 of agricultural research, and outlined in considerable detail a plan 

 for the management and maintenance of such an organ. This plan 

 was indorsed by the association, and the matter was placed in charge 

 of the executive committee with authority to act. 



A report of the committee on affiliation of agricultural organiza- 

 tions was presented by H. J. Waters, chairman. The report favored 

 affiliation, and indorsed the resolution of the Society for the Promo- 

 tion of Agricultural Science inviting the affiliation of several agri- 

 cultural organizations and outlining a basis for such affiliation. The 

 proposed i^lan insures the full autonomy of the separate societies, 

 but provides for a representative council, affiliated meetings just 

 preceding those of the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations, and an annual report by the council. 



In a paper on The Conservation of Our Natural Resources, L. G. 

 Carj^enter, of Colorado, stated that there never had been greater 

 reason for optimistic faith in the future than at the present time, 

 and that utilization rather than mere conservation should be the con- 

 trolling principle in dealing with the natural resources of the coun- 

 try. He held that even if certain resources are exhausted we have 

 no reason to assume that future generations will not be able to meet 

 such emergencies by providing efficient substitutes. " AVliile we may 

 sympathize most heartily Avith the objects of conservation, and espe- 

 cially with the attempt to restrain speculative uses, I do not think 

 it follows that there is any necessity of a needless panic. On the 

 other hand, there has never been a time when there is so much reason 

 for optimistic faith in the future or in the meeting of the problems 

 as they arise. A failure in such faith is generally due to a lack of 



