324 EXPERIMENT STATK^N RECORn. 



is IK) provision in the curricula of agricultural colleges for teaching- 

 vegetable pathology and that little attention is given to vegetable phys- 

 iology. The paper read by E. M. Wilcox on Plant Pathology and 

 Physiology in College Curricula was along the same general lines. He 

 gave statistics showing tlie lack of courses in these subjects in al)()ut 

 120 educational institutions in this country. The papers wer(^ dis- 

 cussed by F. \V. Rane, H. L. Bolley, and others. On motion of 

 F. W. Rane a connnittee was appointed to formulate desiderata for 

 courses in botany for students in agricultural colleges, including sup- 

 plementary chemistry, etc., and to report at this section next year. 

 The chair appointed as members of this committee A. F. Woods of 

 the F^nited States Department of Agriculture, F. A. Waugh, and A. D. 



Sell\v. 



A paper by L. II. Bailey on The Editing of Experiment Station 

 Pu])lications was read by the secretary. The writer urged that an 

 editor is needed for experiment station literature, because no matter 

 how accurately an investigation is conducted, it "fails of its purpose 

 when it does not rc^ach the popular audience for whom it is intended, 

 and it reaches this audience more because of its literarv and typo- 

 graphical form than because of its scientitic contents.'' Among the 

 faults commonly found in station publications, the writer mentioned 

 lack of coordination, too much preaml)le, long and involved sentences, 

 and attempts at tine writing. He urged that the. papers should be 

 progressive and cumulative and that all secondary and incidental 

 details be sacrificed for the sake of brevity. 



The papers in the hands of the secretary, which were read only by 

 title, were as follows: Lines of Experimentation Invitingly Open to 

 Station Botanists, L. H. Pammel; Plant Breeding to Secure Resistant 

 Forms, E. M. Wilcox; Some Peculiar Needs in New States, (a) Home 

 Adornment, (b) Home Production, A. Nelson; Variety Tests in Florida, 

 H. H. Hume; Bulletin Illustration, F. A. Waugh; How Far Should 

 the Experiment be Followed bv Educational Effort on the Part of the 

 Experimenter, H. Ij. Bolley. 



SKCTION ON MECHANIC ARTS. 



The subjects discussed in this section were in the main closeh^ 

 related to problems of interest in the South. W. M. Riggs, in his 

 paper on Methods of Conducting Engineering Laboratory Work, 

 described the methods as thev now exist and emphasized the impor- 

 tance of giving more time to laboratory work and of placing more 

 responsibility on the student, with a view to making him more self- 

 reliant. 



The Power Question in the South was discussed l)y C. M. Strahan. 

 The (juestion discussed was whether the development of water power 

 should he favorably considered as against steam power. The speaker 



