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The report of the bibliographer, A. C. True, noted the work of a 

 bibliographical character being done by the Department of Agriculture, 

 and enumerated with explanatoiy notes forty-four general and partial 

 bibliographies in lines relating to agriculture issued during the past 

 year. 



The general plan of the graduate summer school of agriculture, 

 as proposed by the Ohio State University at the last convention and 

 approved by the executive committee, was explained by President 

 W. O. Thompson of the university. It was stated that sufficient encour- 

 agement had been received from the leaders of agricultural education 

 and research to warrant a decision to hold the first session of the school 

 at the Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, during the summer 

 of 1902. It was announced that Secretary Wilson had cordially 

 approved the plan for this school, and that, acting under his advice, 

 Dr. A. C. True, Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, had con- 

 sented to act as dean of the school. The Ohio State University makes 

 itself responsible for the general management of the first session of the 

 school, but if it proves a success it is proposed to make it a coopera- 

 tive enterprise, to be managed by a committee of control appointed by 

 the association. Future sessions may be held at institutions in differ- 

 ent parts of the country. This plan for the school was indorsed by 

 the association, and a prospectus of the first session will soon be issued. 



The association voted in favor of exhibits illustrating the progress 

 of instruction and research in agriculture and the mechanic arts at the 

 St. Louis Exposition in 1903, and committees on these exhibits were 

 appointed. 



A resolution introduced by Prof. W. A. Henry, of Wisconsin, was 

 adopted by the association, urging upon Congress "the necessity 

 and wisdom of providing a building for the accommodation of the 

 Department of Agriculture which in magnitude shall be sufficient to 

 provide for its future, as well as present needs, and which will prop- 

 erly represent in its architecture the enormous importance of agricul- 

 ture in this country, and which will constitute a worthy addition to the 

 Government buildings of the capital of the United States." 



In the section on college work, a paper on the relation of agricul- 

 tural colleges to the proposed national university, by President W. O. 

 Thompson, of the Ohio State University, was presented, in which the 

 writer affirmed that in his judgment "the relation of the agricultural 

 colleges to a national university should be that of sympathetic cooper- 

 ation and enthusiastic support, as against all other measures, whether 

 proposed as substitutes or stepping-stones." This paper called forth 

 a lively discussion, in which it appeared that there was a general sen- 

 timent in the section in favor of securing some agency under Gov- 

 ernment control for making the laboratories, museums, libraries, 

 and other educational facilities in Washington available to advanced 

 students. 



