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extension department <>f the college was advocated to work up and 

 stimulate agricultural education in the rural communities. "The 

 problem of agricultural education will not be solved until the agricul- 

 tural colleges have been brought into close and vital relations to the 

 agricultural populations." 



The report of the executive committee, submitted b} T Dr. H. C. 

 White, chairman, described the efforts of the committee in behalf of 

 the "mining bill" and the bill for the further endowment of experi- 

 ment stations, now pending- in Congress, and the conferences of the 

 committee with the Secretary of Agriculture and a committee of the 

 Department on matters relating to cooperation with the stations. 



Regarding cooperation, no concrete conclusion had been reached. 

 but it was thought that much had been accomplished in the direction 

 of a mutual understanding, and the continuance of these conferences 

 was recommended. In order that Congress may be advised of the 

 character and importance of the work which the stations are doing, it 

 was recommended that the executive committee be authorized to 

 appear before the agricultural committees of Congress and explain 

 these matters. 



This topic came up for consideration at a later session, in connec- 

 tion with the report of the committee on cooperation, by President 

 E. A. Bryan, and a resolution introduced by Dr. W. II. Jordan, was 

 adopted as follows: 



Resolved, That this association emphatically recognizes the great 

 services which the National Department of Agriculture is now render- 

 ing to the science and practice of agriculture, and to the institutions 

 here represented, by its helpful cooperation with the agricultural experi- 

 ment stations, and by its able coordination and wide dissemination of 

 the information secured within itself and by the experiment .stations; 

 and this association views with disfavor any movements which, either 

 by legislation or otherwise, shall tend to disturb or lessen the mutually 

 advantageous relations which now exist between the Department of 

 Agriculture and the experiment stations of the several States. 



Resold d, That this association is firmly of the opinion that the con- 

 tinuation and development of these mutually helpful relations between 

 the Department and the stations, and the maintenance and progress of 

 efficient research in agricultural science, demand that the autonomy 

 and paramount position of the stations as institutions of research and 

 experimentation be inviolably maintained within their respective 

 States, in accordance with the terms and spirit of the Hatch Act. 



Resolved, That in order that Congress may be properly informed as 

 to the work of the agricultural experiment stations and its great value 

 to agricultural practice, and to promote satisfactory relations between 

 the Department of Agriculture and the experiment stations, the exec- 

 utive committee of this association is hereby instructed to request a 

 hearing before the proper committees of Congress for the purpose of 

 presenting the work and claims of the agricultural experiment stations, 

 and to continue conferences with the honorable Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture relative to cooperation betweeu his Department and the stations. 



