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The chairman tben introduced Iffr, J. W. Hoffman, who delivered an 
intei i [dress on "1 l<»w Tus riored Farm* 
Alabama." 
Mr. I iron 1 1 Bpokein indorsement of tin- Tuskegee [nstitute, and com 
mended its exhibit at Montgomery, He spoke of the excellent moral 
training given, and stated that its students became good citizens. In 
industrial education, he thought, lay the best hope for the colored race. 
The chairman expressed the pleasure the Association had had in 
listening to Mr. Hoffman's address, and then introduced Director 
True, of the Office of Experiment Stations, who delivered the following 
address: 
In i WORI 01 riCI <>r EXPRRIMENI STATIONS. 
'I'll.- agricultural experiment station^ have three agencies foi promoting their gen- 
era] i: b this Association, and 1 may say tliat the Department of Agri- 
culture bee reoentlj given an official opinion that inch an association is an essential 
Bsatni item of experiment stations like onr own, and is therefore entitled 
to tin- sni>;...rr of all the station-. A second agency is the journal called "Agrioul- 
tural B kbly conducted by Dr. Frear, of Pennsylvania. This 
rtnnity lor a freer and wider discussion of station methods and results than is 
ranient publications, and is, or may be, virtually tin- continuation 
of the dii f this Association at monthly intervals throughout the year. 
The third agency is th- Experiment stations, which, whatever h> fnnc- 
is a branch of the 1 department of Agriculture, is primarily established to render 
as Bach a- as will best promote the objects for which they were 
iced. Th< i keep in close touch with the 
stations, to have their hearty support in its undertakings, and to receive their 
,-nt criticism of its mist .. 
Asa of that office to this convention I desire very briefly to speak of 
M which the o BOUght to promote the interests of' the 
! may add of the colleges likewise, during t <r. 
deuces that the work of our stations •! not 
onlj in this country l>ut in those lands the experiment stations have been 
• be cordial invitation re< 
from Dr. Nobbe, president of the Association of German Experiment 
■ -natives of American station id the annual meeting of that 
tion. 
While tin-re is now. as probably then will he. room for improvement in 
the so * and work of the statioi is no donbt that th< 
: inly intrenched in the favor and iltural public. 
good woi a rule they are jmr- 
for which they vr< ished with grc ntelli- 
i 1<1\\ ids system of '.\ ho h tin- Am 
d ing ami p 
With 
ition, 
In ' the 
work and point out 
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