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tion of its recent order increusino- the tiniount of inilitarv instruction 

 in the huid-grant colleges; and (-i) that the (iruduate School of Agri- 

 culture he continued, the association to assume the necessary expense 

 of maintenance, less such amount as may be voluntarily contributed 

 by the institution at which the school is from time to time held, this 

 expense to be met by assessments upon the colleges and universities 

 rei^resented in the association in proi:)ortion to the income of these 

 institutions, provided that assessments may take the form of scholar- 

 ships to be maintained in the name of the contributing institution. 

 The report was adopted, and E. Brown and A. D. Shamel were 

 appointed members of the conmiittee to revise Bulletin No. 84 of this 

 Office, in place of (t, H. Hicks and Gerald McCarthy, deceased. 



The report of the treasurer, E. B. Voorhees, showed cash f)n hand 

 $78.40, bills payable $!i71.U4, deficit $192. B4. 



The report of the bibliographer. A. C. True, noted especially the 

 marked increase in the number of publications reviewing literature 

 along- general lines, such as chemistr}', plant protection, and veteri- 

 narjMiiedicine, and called attention to the number (over loo) of partial 

 bibliographies and reference lists along lines related to agriculture. 

 Mention was also made of the preparation of an international cata- 

 logue of scientific literature in IT branches of science, work upon which 

 was undertaken in 1901. 



The report of the section on horticulture and botany was presented 

 by the chairman, fJohn Craig. It included the report of a somewhat 

 extensive inquiry regarding the trend of etiorts on the part of teach- 

 ers and investisnitors in horticulture and botany. It showed the 

 tendency in horticultural teaching to be toward an increase of labora- 

 tory and field work: in horticultural investigation, toward an increase 

 of cooperative work. Teachers of botany, he found, were making- 

 progress toward more clearly ditlerentiating the different 1)ranches of 

 the study. The majority of them considered physiological })otanv of 

 greater relative importance than systematic ])otany. Investigators in 

 botany are of the opinion that cooperation between botanists is 

 feasil)le, but are doubtful whether the same is true between botanists 

 and farmers. 



A report on the Graduate School of Agriculture at Columbus was 

 g'iven by A. C. True, dean of the school. The school opened July 7 

 and continued four weeks, closing August 1. The faculty included 

 85 men, drawn from agricultural colleges, this Department, and the 

 New York State Station. Seventy-five students were in attendance. 

 These were drawn from 28 States and Territories, from Canada, and 

 from Argentina. Twenty -seven of the students are pi'ofessors or 

 assistant professors of agriculture in agricultui'al colleges, 81 are 

 assistants in the agricultural colleges and experiment stations. i> are 

 ^ecent college graduates, and S are engaged in farming. The exjjense 

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