cow TATIOX or ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLliCliS AND I'XPLRIMLNT STATIONS. 



1). J. Crosby, 

 Office of Experimerd Slatiovs. 



The Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations held its sixteenth annual convention in Atlanta, Geor- 

 gia, October 7 to 9, 1902. There was an enrollment of 135 delegates 

 and visitors, including representatives from all but 7 of the States and 

 Territories. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Hon. Livingston 

 Minis, mayor of Atlanta, and ex-Governor W. J. Northen, and a 

 response on behalf of the association was made by G. W. Atherton. 

 The citizens of Atlanta were very cordial in their welcome to the dele- 

 gates and visitors, and arranged for them two delightful entertain- 

 ments on the afternoon and evening of the second day of the 

 convention. The afternoon entertainment consisted of a trolley ride to 

 the Georgia School of Technology and other points of interest in the 

 city, ending with a luncheon served at the Piedmont Driving Club, 

 In the evening the members of the association were given an informal 

 reception and luncheon at the Carnegie Library by Miss Anne Wallace, 

 librarian. On the following day the association adjourned at noon in 

 order that the delegates might visit the Georgia Experiment Station, 

 near Grittin. Eollowing the final adjournment of the association, many 

 of the delegates took advantage of excursions that had been arranged 

 for them to Tuskegee, Chattanooga, Asheville, and other points. 



The second annual meeting of the American Horticultural Inspectors 

 was held in Atlanta beginning October ♦>, and several sessions of the 

 meeting were held in conjunction with the section on entomolog}' of 

 the association. 



(JENERAI. SESSIONS. 



The day sessions of the association were held in the State Capitol, 

 the evening sessions in the ballroom of the Kimball House. The gen- 

 eral sessions were presided over by Pres. W. M. Liggett, of the Uni- 

 versit}' of Minnesota, who delivered the annual presidential address on 

 the first evening of the convention. The subject»of the address. Agri- 

 cultural Education, gave opportunity for discussing ])riefiy all the 

 important agencies for the ])romotion of instruction and research in 

 agriculture. While recognizing the varying needs of difierent sec- 



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