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\v. B. stone reported for tbe section <»n college work and administration that 
that section nominated as chairman R. \V. Stimson. of Connecticut, and as sec- 
retary K. L. Butterfleld, of Rhode island. 
On motion, these reports were adopted. 
Mr. Scovell reported as members of the executive committee named by the 
section on experiment station work W. II. Jordan, of New York, and ('. F. Cur- 
tiss. of Iowa, and as members of the programme committee M. A. Scovell. .1. 1' 
1 higgar. and C. I >. Woods. 
Mr. Stone reported as members of the executive committee from the section 
on college work and administration II. C. White, of Georgia, J. L. Snyder, of 
Michigan, and L. II. Bailey, of New York. 
On nomination of J. K. Patterson, of Kentucky, seconded by W. M. Liggett, of 
Minnesota, E. B. Vborhees, of New Jersey, was unanimously elected president 
of the association for the ensuing year. 
By vote of the association the secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of 
the convention for other officers, who were declared elected, as follows : 
First vice-president, J. C. Hardy, of Mississippi, nominated by J. L. Snyder, 
of Michigan; second vice-president. K. L. Rutterfield. of Rhode Island, nomi- 
nated by II. C. 'White, of Georgia; third vice-president. C. D. Woods, of Maine, 
nominated by W. M. Liggett, of Minnesota ; fourth vice-president. E. It. 
Nichols, of Kansas, nominated by J. H. Worst, of North Dakota ; fifth vice- 
president, E. Davenport, of Illinois, nominated by M. A. Scovell. of Kentucky: 
bibliographer, A. 0. True, of the Office of Experiment Stations, nominated by 
C. D. Woods, of Maine; secretary and treasurer, J. L. Hills, of Vermont, nomi- 
nated by H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island. 
Meeting Reace of Next Convention. 
E. A. Rryan, of Washington, at the request of President Campbell, of the 
State University of Oregon, and on behalf of the State of Oregon and the 
entire Northwest, presented an invitation to the association to hold its next, 
convention at Portland during the Lewis and Clark Exposition. 
J. L. Snyder, of Michigan, gave notice that the association would be expected 
to hold its convention in 1907 at the Michigan Agricultural College, to celebrate 
the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the college. 
The session adjourned until 9 o'clock next morning. 
Morning Session, Thursday, Xovember 3. 1904. 
The meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock a. in. by the president. 
Rural Engineering. 
W. E. Stone, for the committee on rural engineering, presented the following 
report : 
Since the last meeting of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and 
Experiment Stations, considerable progress has been made in the agricultural 
colleges in developing courses under the various names of agricultural engineer- 
ing, rural engineering, and farm mechanics. 
The agricultural colleges of Minnesota, Wisconsin. Illinois, North Dakota, 
Indiana. New York, Colorado, California, Kansas, Wyoming, and Iowa are now 
offering instruction to the agricultural students in the subject under one or 
the other of the above names. Minnesota has completed an inexpensive build- 
ing which is devoted to the teaching of farm mechanics. Wisconsin has a 
large building under construction, which is to be used for the same purpose. 
The agricultural college at Cornell. X. Y., is planning a large and commodious 
structure to be devoted to agricultural engineering. Illinois has made con- 
siderable progress in its farm mechanics course. During the last year the 
