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the agricultural colleges and experiment stations by furnishing them information 
regarding agricultural and related literatim-, loaning I ks to the officers of these 
institutionu with certain restriction.-, and assisting in maintaining the agricultural 
libraries of these institutions on a more efficient basis. 
The Office of Experiment Stations bas now in press a general index to the first 
12 volumes of the Experiment station Record and Experiment station Bulletin No. 2 
It thus begins with the work of the experiment stations under the Hatch Art ami 
covers the period down to the close of 1900. This index contains about 125,000 entries, 
and is undoubtedly the most extensive index to the literature of agricultural experi- 
mentation which has ever been prepared. 
The Card Index of Experiment station Literature issued by this Office has now 
reached No. 24600, and is quite closely ap-to-date. 
There is still need that this association should continue active efforts along this 
line. Many of the institutions represented in the association should give greater 
attention to the better organization of their library work. The indexes on card- and 
in books already available should be bo cared for and kept as to make them more 
thoroughly useful to the students and faculties. Continued efforts will also be neces- 
sary to secure from Congress additional funds as they may be needed to increase and 
keep up-to-date the indexing of agricultural literature on the plans now being worked 
out bv the Department library. 
A. C. Tun:. 
T. F. Hint, 
w. |f. Hays, 
E. Davenport, 
Josephine A. Clark, 
( 'mil mi//,' . 
The report was accepted, and on motion of E. B. Andrews, of Nebraska, the 
Director of the Office of Experiment Stations was requested to furnish this report in 
printed form to the librarians of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations at 
as early a date as possible. 
Report of the Committee on Uniform Fertilizer and Feeding -Stuffs Laws. 
H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island, submitted the following report of the committee 
on uniform fertilizer and feeding-stuffs laws: 
In the course of the past year your committee, as heretofore, lias been in corre- 
spondence with parties in the several States who were interested in the passage of 
new fertilizer laws or in the amendment of existing ones. 
Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico. Nevada. Montana. Wyoming, and Utah have not 
yet felt the necessity of legislation in this line. En Colorado and Arkansas recent 
attempts to pass such laws have been failures. The following reports have been 
received from some of the other States: 
Ex-Director II. A. Huston, of Indiana, reports that the existence of the recommen- 
dations of this association was of much assistance in connection with the step- taken 
to amend the old fertilizer law in that State. The law as enacted was made to 
correspond to the recommendations in certain particulars: and the other points were 
practically all left to the discretion of the executive officers, thus rendering it possible 
to make rules in accordance with the recommendations. 
Prof. E. F. Ladd, of North Dakota, reports that at the last session of the legislature 
in that State a fertilizer law was enacted and that the bill was drawn in accordance 
with the recommendations of this association, which, he says, were very helpful in 
the preparation of the bill and in securing the necessary legislation thereon. 
R. E. Rose, State chemist, Tallahassee, Fla., writes that the law in that State has 
recently been amended to conform in so Ear as possible with the recommendations 
concerning uniformity. He adds that the recommendations were of material service. 
Prof. F. B. Mnmford, of Missouri, reports that the law in that State has been 
amended recently, and that the recommendations were <<i much assistance. 
President J. M. McBryde, of Virginia, reported, .Inly 4. L903, that changes in the 
law in that State were then being considered, and that amendments in the line of the 
recommendations were being urged. In conclusion, he says, it "follows, therefore, 
that your recommendations will be helpful in securing the legislation needed." 
Director H. P. Armsby report.- that the recently amended law of Pennsylvania con- 
forms very largely in substance to the recommendations. 
Director A. M. Soule, of Tennessee, states that a new law was passed in that State 
in April, 1903. The law was drawn with the object of making it conform with the 
