EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Vol. 35. . ' December, 1916. No. 8. 



Following the general policy adopted many years ago of meeting 

 in alternate years in Washington, D. C, the Association of American 

 Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations held its thirtieth 

 annual convention in this city November 15-17. The selection of the 

 nation's capital this year seemed especially appropriate, in view of 

 the predominance in the program of questions of nation-wide sigTiifi- 

 cance, the important relationships developing with various branches 

 of the Federal Government, and the plentiful evidences of the grow- 

 ing realization of the essential kinship and community of purpose of 

 the institutions comprising the great Federal system of education 

 and research for whose interests the association stands. 



Official delegates were in attendance from every State in the Union 

 except one, and from many institutions representatives were present 

 for each of the four divisions of college, station, extension, and engi- 

 neering activities. The total registration of delegates and visitors 

 exceeded three hundred, and is believed to have eclipsed all previous 

 records. This large attendance was doubtless due in part to the meet- 

 ings of many related organizations and similar bodies. 



Prior to the opening of the convention of the association itself, a 

 four-day conference was held of the county agent leaders in exten- 

 sion work and the States Relations Service. The Society for the 

 Promotion of Agricultural Science, the American Society of Agro- 

 nomy, the National Potato Association, the National Association of 

 State Universities, the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Agricultural Teaching, the American Association of Farmers' In- 

 stitute Workers, the Association of Feed Control Officials, and the 

 Association of Official Agricultural Chemists also held sessions, and 

 there was a conference of home economics teachers in the land-grant 

 colleges under the auspices of the U. S. Bureau of Education. The 

 annual meeting of the National Grange, this year celebrating its 

 fiftieth anniversary, also brought to Washington a large number 

 interested in agriculture, and a public meeting of this body, addressed 



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