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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

W. O. ATWATER, DIRECTOR.

MISCELLANEOUS BULLETIN No. 1.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION

OF THE ASSOCIATION OF

American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations

HELD AT

KNOXVILLE, TENN.,

JANUARY 1, 2, AND 3, 1889.

MARCH, 1889.

EDITED BY

A. W. HARRIS, for the Office of Experiment Stations,

AND

H. E. ALVORD, for the Executive Committee of the Association.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1889.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

HARVARD COLLEGE L.DHAV

GIFT OF

THE DEPARTALLY

Sept. 11, 1924

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS,
March 1, 1889.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication, Miscellaneous Bulletin No. 1, of this Office, containing the proceedings of the second annual convention of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, held at Knoxville, Tenn., January 1, 2, and 3, 1889, which have been edited by the assistant director of this office in conjunction with the chairman of the executive committee of the Association.

Very respectfully,

Hon. J. M. RUSK,

Secretary of Agriculture.

W. O. ATWATER,
Director

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