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or possibl} several days each week, entirely free from college work. 

 The advantage to the teacher of carrying on sonic investigation was 

 pointed out and conceded, but this is obviously another phase of the 

 question. The almost unanimous opinion of the speakers was that the 

 matter has been overdone, and that the general character of t he station 

 work has been unfavorably affected by the requirements of too much 

 teaching from men holding important positions on the station stall'. 



The matter of federating the farmers' organizations and societies in 

 the different States was brought up, and it was shown how these fed- 

 erations have been able to assist the colleges and stations in bringing 

 about an appreciation of their work and in securing favorable legisla- 

 tion. A committee consisting of H. J. Wheeler, C. D. Woods, and 

 H. J. Patterson was appointed to take up the matter in the different 

 States by correspondence. 



The programme committee recommended for next year the subject 

 of soil investigations, and the discussion of the question of the extent 

 to which demonstration work should be undertaken by the stations. 



