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matter even how ill-advised their leader- 

 ship, the contact of man with man which 

 th&y directly cause, must, in the long run, 

 lead to higher principles and better meth- 

 ods. Satisfaction with the distribution of 

 the results of productive effort as between 

 wage earjiers and capitalists, we shall not 

 see. Probably, if we did see it, we should 

 wish for a condition which gave more occa- 

 sion for effort and more justification for 

 hope. But while complete satisfaction 

 with the proportions received is neither 

 likely to be attained nor properly to be 

 considered as entirely desirable, the time 

 when much of the present friction shall 

 have disappeared is already very clearly 

 foreshadowed. 



H. T. Newcomb. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AGRI- 

 CULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERI- 

 MENT STATIONS. 



The seventeenth annual convention of 

 this association, held in Washington, No- 

 vember 17-19, 1903, was one of the largest 

 meetings in point of attendance which has 

 ever been held. Something over 200 dele- 

 gates and visitors were registered, and the 

 representation was very general from dif- 

 ferent sections of the country. 



As has been customary for several years 

 past, the annual meeting of the official hor- 

 ticultural inspectors was held during the 

 days of the convention in conjunction with 

 the meetings of the section on entomology. 



The convention as a whole was notable 

 for its harmony and the expedition with 

 which business was transacted, and was 

 remarked by many of the delegates as a 

 most satisfactory meeting. 



The address of the president of the asso- 

 ciation, James K. Patterson, of Kentucky, 

 dealt with the general topic of the origin and 

 work of the colleges and universities repre- 

 sented by the association, and the influences 



of these institutions upon the development 

 of technical and industrial education. 



One of the most important items of 

 business was the consideration of the 

 amendments to the constitution proposed 

 at the Atlanta meeting. These amend- 

 ments had been before the association for 

 a year, and were adopted with practically 

 no discussion. They provide for a reduc- 

 tion in the number of sections to two, one 

 on college work and administration and the 

 other on experiment station work, three 

 members of the executive committee to be 

 chosen by the first section and two by the 

 latter. There is provision for each section 

 to create such divisions as it may find de- 

 sirable, but no such divisions have yet been 

 made, and the report of the committee on 

 the organization of the new section for 

 station work recommended that for the 

 present no such divisions be made. The 

 section on horticulture and botany, how- 

 ever, expressed a desire to continue its 

 meetings in the future, and appointed a 

 committee to confer with the executive com- 

 mittee with reference to this matter. 



The report of the bibliographer, A. C. 

 True, called attention to the more impor- 

 tant bibliographies which have appeared 

 during the year, a list of 110 bibliographies 

 with explanatory notes constituting the 

 main part of the report. Special mention 

 was made of the 'International Catalogue 

 of Scientific Literature,' several parts of 

 M^hich have been noted in this journal. The 

 incompleteness of this catalogue in regard 

 to certain lines of work in agricultural 

 science, notably that of the experiment sta- 

 tions, was a matter of much regret. 



The standing committee on indexing ag- 

 ricultural literature called attention in its 

 report to the index cards for the publica- 

 tions of the Department of Agriculture 

 which are being prepared by the Depart- 

 ment Library, and also to the cards for the 

 accessions to this library. The latter are 



