CONTENTS. 
Pape. 
Officers and committees of the association . . 7 
List of delegates and visitors in attendance 9 
Constitution of the association 11 
Minutes of the general session 15 
Resolution relating to Association of State Universities 15 
Report of the executive committee ... 15 
Report of treasurer 19 
Report of bibliographer 20 
Collective college and station exhibit at St. Louis 25 
Communication from National Association of State Universities 28 
Uniform fertilizer and feeding stuff legislation 28 
Methods of seed testing 31 
Military instruction _ _ 31 , 63, 69 
Indexing agricultural literature 32 
Annual address of the president of the association . 33 
Death of Major Alvord 42 
Adams bill and Mondell mining school bill 43 
Standing committees 43 
Methods of teaching agriculture — The teaching of agriculture in the 
rural schools 43 
The social phase of agricultural education 56 
Cooperation between the stations and the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture 62 
Graduate study 63 
Resolution regarding Hon. H. C. Adams 64 
Extension of franking privilege 64 
Resolution regarding Hon. F. W. Mondell 64 
Resolution regarding Maj. Henry E. Alvord _ 65 
Election of officers 65 
Meeting place of next convention 66 
Rural engineering 66 
Animal and plant breeding — American Breeders' Association 68 
The upbuilding of agriculture 69 
Indexing agricultural literature 76 
Resolution regarding Director True and the Office of Experiment Sta- 
tions 77 
Resolutions of thanks 77 
Minutes of the sections 79 
Section on college work and administration 79 
Elementary instruction in land-grant colleges 79 
Military instruction 91 
Degrees in land-grant colleges 101 
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