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Under the subtitle "Officers," strike out all of paragraph (I), after the first sen- 
tence, and in lieu thereof insert the following: 
And an executive committee of iive members, three of whom shall be chosen by the 
section on college work and administration, and two by the section on experiment 
station work: Provided, however, That a member chosen by either section need not 
be a member of that section. The executive committee shall choose its own 
chairman. 
Amend paragraph (3) under the same subtitle by striking out the words "All offi- 
cers" and inserting in lieu thereof the words The president, vice-presidents, secretary, 
and bibliographer. 
Under the subtitle "Membership," in paragraph (2), strikeout all of the first sen- 
tence after the word "Association." 
In the same paragraph, second sentence, after the word "shall," insert vote in only 
one section and shall, so that the sentence shall read: 
The same delegate may represent both a college and a station, but shall vote in 
only one section and shall cast only one vote in general sessions. 
Under the subsection entitled "Membership," in last sentence of paragraph (2), 
substitute the word division for the word "section." 
H. P. Armsby. I move that the executive committee be also requested to take such 
steps as may be necessary for reorganization under this constitution. 
The motion was agreed to. 
Animal and Plant Breeding. 
The report of the committee on animal and plant breeding was presented by W. M. 
Hays, of Minnesota, as follows: 
Your committee begs leave to report most satisfactory progress. Upon the invita- 
tion of the American Association for the Advancement of Science a meeting has been 
called for December 29 and 30, 1903, at St. Louis. The above-named association has 
kindly provided a room for the meeting and arrangements for reduced rates on the 
railroads will no doubt cover our meeting. A programme is being rapidly perfected 
and your committee is much gratified with the general and almost unanimous 
approval of the plan of bringing into an association the breeders of animals, the 
breeders of plants, the teachers of animal breeding, the teachers of plant breeding, 
those who are experimenting in plant or animal breeding, and also biologists and 
others who are interested in the problems of heredity. A programme is assured in 
which discussions of practical problems of breeders and the results of scientific 
research are happily combined. All who are interested are earnestly requested 
to attend this meeting, or if that is not practicable, to become members of the 
proposed association. 
Your committee respectfully recommends that it be continued for another year. 
Respectfully submitted. 
W. M. Hays, 
T. F. Hunt, 
H. J. Webber, 
C. F. Curtiss, 
L. H. Bailey, 
Committee. 
W. M. Hays, of Minnesota. I wish to say a few words in regard to the proposed 
association referred to in the report just read. The first great and general object, of 
course, is to study and investigate the philosophy of heredity, the facts and scien- 
tific theories relating to the improvement of plants and animals. The second object 
is to bring about cooperation and to stir up interest in the work of improving those 
plants and animals which we use in this country to produce annually something like 
four billions of dollars' worth of wealth. 
It is believed, at least, by the most enthusiastic of us, that at least $1, 000, 000, 000 
worth of this wealth can be largely influenced by breeding — probably to the extent 
of 10 per cent average increase, equaling $100,000,000. This, however, can only be 
done by a great amount of work and thorough organization. 
The practical breeders of both animals and plants in this country — the men who 
are doing advanced work in these lines — have been invited to attend the meeting 
