Mr. Bmigh. Tin- committee : 1 1 » i >» » i 1 1 1 * *« l t<> draft resolutions • i thanks 
for courtesies extended reports the following: 
toed, That this convention retarni Its eordial thanks to the 4 oamos ( lab for 
the comfortable quarters tarnished for the i" the officers of tl 
meal <>t' Agriculture, to the Office of Experiment Stations, rod to the pn ot Wash 
ingtou for the oourteej and kind; . sd at their bands. 
Adopted. 
Tin- >c( - it ■ i ;i i \ >t.itc(l that hehad jnsl received from [dahoa letter con- 
taining proper remittances for both college and station, which thereby 
joined the Association. 
The chair announced the following as the committee on military affairs 
to confer with the n\ r ar Department : Messrs. a l void. Holladay, G Lell, 
Pratt, and Silvester. 
Mr. (jrOOdell then read the following paper: 
What i> tin Mission of the Bulletin 1 
This is perhaps the most important question proposed for discussion in this con- 
vention, for it opens ui) the whole question »»i how best to bring before the public 
sueh results ss have been secured by careful investigation. The work of college 
and station is not that of a close corporation, kepi to itself and lor itself alone. Far 
from it. The organio law of both demands the utmost publicity. The act <>t' 1862 
donating public lands to the states which should proi ide colleges tor tin- benefit or 
ilture and the mechanic arts expressly declares thai "an annual report shall 
he made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and 
experiments made, with the cosl and results, and Buch other matters, including State 
industrial and economical statistics ss may he supposed useful.*' The act of 1887 
establishing agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges reaf- 
firms this declaration and requires " that bulletins or reports of progr< ss Bhonld be 
published at Least once in three months, a copy of which shall he sent t-> ea< h • 
paper and to sueh individuals actually engaged in farming as may request 
ime, and ss l'ar as the mean- of tin- station will permit." What the catalogue 
or report is to the college, the bulletin and annual report is to the experiment sta- 
tions. '1 he\ are the official organs established bylaw for disseminating information. 
The organ being provided, there remain- then to in- considered onlj the kind of 
information required. This may be of s triple nature. Distinctly technical ami 
addressed only to a scientific public; entirely popular ami directed to the av< 
:: or a union of the two addressed to both Which shall the bulletin 
e technical, or popular, or techno-popalai iinarrivii 
a decision, [ resolved, to invoke the sssistana urmers thei 
ingly wrote t men intl 1 king for t : 
had bean lectin d farmer for ovei I adathoro 
practical farmer, one ..1 the kind of whiofa the bone and md is 
composed; and the third a graduate of the coll< 
The :• •• ]".int and unique, I • -1 them tea youi 
tioll. I he le.teh*T SOd farilH ! 
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and whieh 
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or proi ed, and thus gradually 
and effect, and - blind fol- 
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