CALL FOR THE CONVENTION. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Columbus, Ohio, October 15, 1888. DEAR SIR: By authority of the executive committee of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, a delegate convention of that Association is hereby called to meet at Knoxville, Tenn., at noon of Tuesday, the 1st of day January, 1889. Attention is called to the following article of the constitution of the Association respecting membership: At any regularly called meeting of the Association each college established under the act of Congress approved June 2, 1862, and each experiment station established under State or national authority, and the Department of Agriculture, shall be entitled to one delegate; but no delegate shall cast more than one vote. Other institutions engaged in experimental work in the interest of agriculture may be admitted to representation in this Association by a majority vote at any regular meeting of the Association. It may be well to state that Knoxville was chosen as the place of meeting by a unanimous vote of the executive committee, and that the date named is the choice of a clear majority of that committee. By order of Henry E. Alvord, chairman executive committee. CHAS. E. THORNE, Secretary. 9 PRELIMINARY CIRCULAR. KNOXVILLE MEETING, JANUARY, 1889. The executive committee of this Association, in the interest of systematic economy of time, has arranged the accompanying programme for the Knoxville meeting, and will submit the same at the opening session for the approval of the convention. The gentlemen named in this programme are hereby requested, without other notice from the committee, to prepare to take part in opening the discussion of the topics respectively assigned them, each speaking from ten to twenty minutes, but not more. The committee will also submit to the Association for action at the opening session the accompanying rules of procedure, framed simply to facilitate the work of the convention. It is deemed by this committce to be highly important to the several institutions, and their work as a whole, that the Knoxville convention should be attended by one or more delegates from every institution in America entitled to membership in this Association. (See notice of the meeting, dated October 15, 1888.) Existing circumstances seem to make it important that the Knoxville meeting should consider experiment station matters rather than college affairs, except as the latter involve the former. It is therefore suggested to the several institutions interested that the delegates to this convention should particularly include directors and staff workers of experiment stations. The committee recommends that the annual reports due under the Hatch act before February 1, 1889-and especially the financial statements incorporated therein-be withheld until after the return of the Knoxville delegates to the several stations. By order of the executive committee. DECEMBER 1, 1888. HENRY E. ALVORD, Chairman. 11 THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS. Constitution adopted by a convention of delegates from agricultural colleges and experiment stations, held at the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., October 18-20, 1887. NAME. This Association shall be called The Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. OBJECT. The object of this Association shall be the consideration and discussion of all questions pertaining to the successful progress and adminis tration of the colleges and stations included in the Association. MEMBERSHIP. At any regularly called meeting of the Association each college established under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and each experiment station established under State or Congressional authority, and the Department of Agriculture, shall be entitled to one delegate; but no delegate shall cast more than one vote. Other institutions engaged in experimental work in the interest of agriculture may be admitted to representation in this Association by a majority vote at any regular meeting of the Association. OFFICERS. The officers of this Association shall be a president, five vice-presidents, and a secretary, who shall act as treasurer. They shall be chosen by ballot, and shall perform the duties which usually devolve upon such officers. They shall hold office from the close of the meeting at which they were elected and until their sucessors shall be elected. The president, secretary, and five persons, to be chosen by the Association, shall constitute an executive committee, which shall elect its own chairman. The executive committee shall determine the time and place of the next meeting of the association; shall issue its call for said meeting, stating the general purpose thereof, not less than thirty days before |