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Minutes of the sections — Continued. 
Section on Agriculture and Chemistry — Continued. Page. 
Extension and practical application of soil surveys, by Milton Whitney . Ill 
Paper on chemistry of soils as related to crop production, by E. W. 
Hilgard 117 
Paper on utility of soil surveys in the West, by R. H. Forbes 121 
Uniform fertilizer and feeding-stuffs laws 1 23 
Paper on Shall we say nitrogen or "ammonia," phosphorus or " phos- 
phoric acid, ' ' potassium or ' ' potash "? by C. G. Hopkins 123 
Paper on artificial irrigation in humid and semiarid districts, by L. G. 
Carpenter 125 
Paper on methods of conducting investigations relating to the mainte- 
nance or increase of soil fertility, by C. E. Thorne 127 
Paper on methods of conducting investigations relating to the mainte- 
nance or increase of soil fertility, by E. B. Voorhees 133 
Paper on experiments in animal breeding, by F. B. Mumford 138 
Soil fertility, by H. W. Wiley 142 
Paper on methods of investigation relating to the breeding of animals, 
by C. S. Plumb 146 
Section on Horticulture and Botany 160 
Paper on crop rotation in the Southern States as influenced by plant 
diseases, by W. A. Orton 160 
Notes on cooperative experiments, by F. L. Stevens 164 
Paper on the history of the tobacco wilt in Granville County, N. C., 
by F. L. Stevens 166 
Paper on botany in the agricultural college, by L. H. Pammel 168 
Paper on the foundations of agricultural teaching, by H. Metcalf 170 
Introductory courses in botany 172 
Section on Entomology 180 
Paper on methods of work and some results in forest insect investiga- 
tions, by A. D. Hopkins 180 
Paper on importance of laboratory and field work in economic ento- 
mology, by E. P. Felt 182 
Paper on record devices, by E. P. Felt 183 
Paper on the New Jersey ideal in the study and report upon injurious 
insects, by J. B. Smith 184 
Paper on cooperative work in economic entomology, by C. W. Wood- 
worth 186 
Paper on the necessity for uniform methods of inspection and treat- 
ment of nursery stock, by A. F. Burgess 189 
Section on Mechanic Arts 193 
Section on Experiment Station work 193 
Index of names k 195 
