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tl ia invaluable and its Handbook is the best r swork 
wo baye. But the* i chiefly used bj atatiou workers. I believe tbe time 
bas come wbeu tbere sbould be much compilation of results a lread) obtained, and 
that these compilations, in form and matter, should l"- adapted to popular use, 
tupilationa is not showy work ; it will not bring fume to those who 
do it, bnl 1 doubt it" there ia a more useful work awaiting some of the best trained 
.station investigators. Hie plan of having t w <> classes of bulletins, i giving 
-m's ami results, tbe other gn in<j conclusions bused <>;i these results, has nun h 
amend it. The station worker maj care much more for s detailed record of 
what we s.iw or did than for what we think these things teach. Man] fanners 
little for the means by which conclusions are reached, as thej assume these were 
wisely ehosen and accurate]] used, but will read with interest what we think we 
hare proven. 
In a peculiai he Buccess of both agricultural colleges and experiment 
stations their being kept in close tonofa with the people. Endowed by 
ivernments, dependent for their tail success on additional 
endowments, it is peculiarily fitting and necessary they Bhould, as nearly as possi- 
ble, be working in line with the popular thought. The relations of all conn< 
with them and the public should be frank and cordial. Especially would I impress 
the importance of keeping the slationship with the public school 
the States. But the ohoiceofthe most desirable lines of work and of 
b it work must finally be decided by those directly charged with 
onduct of these institutions. Trustees, boards of control, presidents, faculties, 
directors, and station workers can not escape the responsibilities resting upon them. 
ral policy must be decided by the hoards of control, subject to the plain 
- of law. The carrying out of this policy, the choice of methods, and all 
la \\ ill w isely li<- left to t hose who are to do the work. 
It is one of the mosl I and valuable characteristics of t Ids Association that 
i mbership ia not confined to any one class of workers in this great field, but 
imli... presidents, station directors, members of the college faoul- 
tulation that each of these classes 
a meeting, especially that there are bo many members 
of bos itroi. and that almost all section- of the country are represented. 
It has rovided that much of the work of the Association Bhall be done 
i, but I urge that we make much of the opportu- 
i ions from d i i ndpoints, that 
be better prepared for doing his own part. It is a great work, with many 
can work in all or know very much of all, but each will do his 
own share h< si if he hai apprehension of the whole. 
ipeated thought that the institutions ti 
• iislied and are maintained not for US, not primarily for those who attend 
ctly aided by them, but as means for advancing the w elfare of the 
intelligence and prosperity— in the widest mean- 
it industrial - he nation. We will < on 
our ! ork will ;m> on wit h inci 
i by and value to the nation and the States to the wise liberal 
» its inception snd the possibility of its contiu 
If OH EB 14, 1804. 
The - railed t der at 9. 45 a.m. by Chairman Morr* 
Mr. Basbi toon on I • a to 
report to the Association. The executive committee called attention 
£o the plan for the purchase of a torMorrilL The Section 
