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In the second place, we understand that the new constitution contemplates the 
discussion of all these questions by a single section, having, indeed, authority to 
subdivide it it should seem expedient, but still essentially one organization. In the 
past, questions relating to research in agriculture have, at various times, been con- 
sidered m from two to five different sections, often meeting simultaneously, while no 
definite provision has existed for the discussion of the specific administrative ques- 
tions which confront the stations. There is now substituted for this state of things 
a single gathering of station workers, to which chemist and botanist, agronomist, 
zootechnist, and entomologist, as well as director, may each bring his contribution 
and where each may profit by the broader view thus secured of the relation of his 
specialty to the work as a whole. We look upon this unification as a very important 
advance and as affording a great opportunity for promoting the efficiency of the 
experiment-station enterprise. 
Guided by these considerations, your committee submits the following recom- 
mendations: 
(1) That the section do not, for the present, subdivide. 
I 2 ) That two general classes of questions be considered at meetings of the section, 
viz: (a) Questions of station administration, (b) Methods and appliances for inves- 
tigation. 
(3) That meetings of the section be not regarded as the place for the presentation 
of results of experiments or for the reading of general papers. 
(4) That, as regards the second class of questions, the programme for anyone con- 
vention include but one general line of work, to be selected by the section at the 
previous convention upon recommendation of the committee on programme, pro- 
vided that the committee on programme may recommend the addition to the pro- 
gramme thus provided for of special topics of unusual interest. 
The section has already wisely provided, on recommendation of another committee, 
for a committee on programme. It is obvious that the success of the section will 
largely depend upon the work of this committee, and we believe there is a general 
feeling that in some way an element of permanence and continuity should be given 
to the committee on programme. In this present formative stage of the matter, 
however, it seems to us that the section might wisely content itself with a general 
recognition of the principle involved, leaving the practical application to be worked 
out in the light of future experience. 
On motion the report of the committee was adopted. 
After an informal discussion by the section of the selection of a subject for the 
meeting of the section at the next convention, the matter was referred to the com- 
mittee on programme, with the understanding that it make an early report. 
The section then adjourned. 
