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$200 nor more than $500, or imprisonment not to exceed six months in default of 

 payment. 



Meeting of Agricultural Implement Manufacturers. — The Twelfth Annual Conven- 

 tion of the National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufac- 

 turers, held at Niagara Falls, New York, September 27-29, was a meeting of general 

 interest to American farmers, both because farm machinery is one of the most vital 

 factors in the success of American agriculture and because of the interest which the 

 Association showed at the meeting in methods for the further perfection of its prod- 

 ucts so as to make them more effectively do the work of the American farm. About 

 250 members were present. The sessions were well attended, and the reports of the 

 different committees show that the Association, as a whole, is doing much practical 

 work for its members. Among the reports was one from the attorney of the Asso- 

 ciation, the committees on transportation, legislation, patents, and a lengthy and 

 interesting report on irrigation in arid lands. 



On the first day of the session Judge Grosscup, of Chicago, delivered an able 

 address on The Transportation Problem. A representative of the International Har- 

 vester Co. also presented a paper on The Necessity for Tax-Free Alcohol for Indus- 

 trial Purposes. 



The literary feature of the second day's session, September 28, was a series of 

 papers by representatives of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural col- 

 leges, the gentlemen submitting papers having been invited by the Association to 

 explain the work done by these agencies to secure the improvement and better use 

 of farm machinery. The first of these addresses was on Practical Farm Mechanics, 

 by Prof. J. W. Gilmore, professor of farm mechanics at Cornell University. This 

 paper dealt with the methods of teaching farm mechanics at Cornell, and explained 

 some of the investigations which that institution is making of farm machinery. 

 Dr. Elwood Mead, Chief of Irrigation and Drainage Investigations of this Office, 

 read a paper on The Applications of Power to Farm Work, showing the impor- 

 tance of a proper adjustment of machines to the power which operates them and 

 the strength of the man that controls them. It also called attention to the evolution 

 now taking place in farm machinery, in which steam, gas, wind, and electricity are 

 displacing both man and animals in operating. Prof. C. J. Zintheo, who has charge 

 of the investigations of farm machinery in this Office, explained some of the studies 

 now being made by the Office, paying especial attention to the work being done to 

 determine the value of denaturized alcohol and of w'ind as power agents in the 

 operation of farm machinery. Prof. G. N. Knapp, professor of agricultural engi- 

 neering in the University of Wisconsin, was present and participated in the discussion. 



The work of the Agricultural Department and of the various stations which have 

 taken up studies of farm machinery was warmly commended in the discussions of the 

 convention, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the association: 



Resolved, That we indorse and commend the agricultural engineering investigations 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture, and believe their extension w T ill 

 benefit both the users and makers of farm machinery. 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the president to confer and 

 advise with the proper governmental authorities about the conduct and extension of 

 these investigations. 



We also recommend as a feature of these investigations the establishment of a 

 laboratory and museum for testing and illustration of principles in farm mechanics. 



Resolved, That we indorse and commend the teaching of farm mechanics and agri- 

 cultural engineering in the various agricultural and other colleges, and that we pledge 

 to all of this work our cooperation and support. 



Mr. 11. E. Miles, of Racine, Wisconsin; Mr. J. Butterworth, of Moline, Illinois; 

 and Mr. Newell Sanders, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, were appointed as a committee 



