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izi'd in l''^?."), ;iihI .-il'tcr li;i\iii;i- Ik-cii the imc;iii> of cncoiirMi:-- 

 iiiii' iiivostiiiatiou in many portions of the Stato unfortunately 

 died in 1SS4. Its brief published record of ])roeeediniis eon- 

 tains titles and altstracts of many valuable pajxTs. many of 

 M'liich were jjublished in full in \:irious seientiti;- journals. 



Other seieutltic ()rirani/ation> have existed here and there 

 <)\-er the Slate, but none publish re;jiilar pre »ceed in lis and it is 

 <lith(ult to arri\-e at any opinion as to the extent oi' character 

 of their work, 



Mention should l)e made, however, of the Jowa Assembly 

 of the Airassi/ Association, which is one of the most prosper- 

 ous in the country, and from which we btok lor devoted 

 sciejititi;- workers in the immediate future. 



In the transactions of the Iowa State Ilortii-nltural Society 

 and the State Aii-ricultnral So"iety there may i)c found ocea- 

 siomd papers upon the botany, <»rnitholoofy, entomolooy and 

 i»-eolouy of the State. Most of these were prepared with 

 special reference to their njlations to horticulture and a<i:ri- 

 culture, but many contain contributicms to the scientific lit- 

 ei-ature of the State not elsewhere accessible. 



In the biennial reports and the bulletins of the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural Collcije may be found papers on the meteorology 

 iind natural history of the State. 



The State Weather Service, organized a.- a volunteer ser- 

 vice by I)i-. (f, Ilinrichs in l'S7.">, has since 1^^7^t received finan- 

 cial assistance from the State and the pulilished re])orts of 

 the service contain records of ol>servation at many stations 

 throULdiout the State. 



These have been the princii)al channels of public:ition for 

 essentially local scientific contributions and almost the only 

 ones not dependent upon individual enterprise. 



Students of anthropology have found in Iowa some 

 extremely interesting fields for stud}', and the work in this 

 branch which has centered mainly in the Davenport Academy 



