CONVENTION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. 513 



A report of a committee of tlio section of agriculture and chemistry 

 on nomenclature of terms relating to nutrition was read, and on the 

 recommendation of that section was adopted ))v the association. 



A resolution, introduced by W. A. Henry, was adopted l)y the asso- 

 ciation, urging- upon Congress ''the necessity and wisdom of providing 

 a building for the act-ouunodation of the Department of Agriculture, 

 which in magnitude shall be sufficient to provide for its future as well 

 as its present needs, and which shall properly represent in its archi- 

 tecture the enormous importance of agriculture in this country, and 

 which shall constitute a worthy addition to the Government buildings 

 in this the capital of the Ignited States." 



A resolution was adopted ui-ging upon the authorities concerned the 

 fostering of the beet-sugar industr}^ as far as consistent with public 

 policy. 



The dues for the ensuing year were increased to $1.5 for each insti- 

 tution represented in the association. Invitations were presented for 

 the association to meet in Ohio. New York, and Illinois. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 



President, W. M. Liggett of Minnesota; vice-presidents, W. O. 

 Thompson of Ohio, H. J. Waters of Missouri, J. H. Washburn of 

 Rhode Island, J. H. Worst of North Dakota, and J. C. Hardy of 

 Mississippi; secretary and treasurer, E. B. Voorhees of New Jersey; 

 bibliographer, A. C. True of Washington, D. C. ; executive connnittee, 

 H. H. Goodell of Massachusetts, G. W. Atherton of Pennsylvania, 

 Alexis Cope of Ohio, and H. C. White of Georgia. 



Section on college vy>rl\ — Chairman, J. L. Snyder of Michigan; sec- 

 retary, W. E. Stone of Indiana. 



Section on agriculture and chemistry. — Chairman, H. ^ . AVaters of 

 Missouri; secretary, C. G. Hopkins of Illinois.. 



Section on liorticidtiire and hotany. — Chairman, J. Craig of New 

 York; secretary, A. Nelson of Wyoming. 



Section on entomology. — Chairman, F. M. Webster, of Ohio; secre- 

 tar}', H. E. Summers, of Iowa. 



Section on mecluinic arti^. — Chairman H. W. Tyler, of Massachusetts; 

 secretary, F. P. Anderson, of Kentuck}-. 



MEETINGS OF SECTIONS. 



SECTION OX AGRICULTURE AND CHEMISTRY. 



A prominent feature of the proceedings of this section was the dis- 

 cussion of the question as to the extent to which the Department of 

 Agriculture and the experiment stations may profitably cooperate 

 and what lines of work are likel}^ to yield the most important results. 

 The discussion wa.; introduced by a paper by B. T. Galloway, of this 

 Department, who outlined the cooperative forage plant work which 



