LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS, Washington, D. C., January 27, 1900. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith manuscript of a bulletin containing the organization lists of agricultural colleges and experi ment stations, a subject list of publications of the experiment stations received by this Office during 1899, the Federal legislation relating to the colleges and stations, and the rulings of the Post-Office, Treasury, and Agricultural Departments as to the construction of the act of Congress of March 2, 1887, establishing the stations. The list of agricultural experiment stations and kindred institutions in foreign countries, first published by this Office last year, has been revised. The matter has been compiled under my direction by Miss J. A. Davis, of this Office, and I recommend its publication as Bulletin No. 74.

CONTENTS.

List of abbreviations..

Officers of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations .....

Page.

Officers and referees of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States.

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List of institutions with courses in agriculture in the United States, with courses of study and boards of instruction..

List of experiment stations in the United States, with governing boards and

station staffs....

List of foreign experiment stations.....

List of station publications received during 1899........

Federal legislation affecting agricultural colleges and experiment stations...
Regulations of the Post-Office Department regarding experiment-station pub-

lications...

Rulings of the Treasury Department as to the construction of the act of Congress of March 2, 1887, establishing agricultural experiment stations...... Rulings of the Department of Agriculture on the act of Congress of March 2,

1887

Index of names

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.

Agr., Agrienlture, Agriculturist, Agricul- | Lab., Laboratory.

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL

COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

H. H. GOODELL, of Massachusetts, Chair.; J. H. WASHBURN, of Rhode Island;

W. M. LIGGETT, of Minnesota;

ALEXIS COPE, of Ohio;

Ex officio: The PRESIDENT; the JUNIOR EX-PRESIDENT (H. P. ARMSBY); the

SECRETARY.

Chairmen of Sections,

Agriculture and Chemistry, L. G. CAR

PENTER, of Colorado;

Mechanic Arts, C. S. MURKLAND, of New
Hampshire.

Horticulture and Botany, S. A. BEACH, College Work, J. K. PATTERSON, of Ken

of New York;

Entomology, H. GARMAN, of Kentucky;

tucky.

Secretaries of Sections,

Entomology, W. G. JOHNSON, of Maryland.

Agriculture and Chemistry, C. D. WOODS,
of Maine;
Horticulture and Botany, P. H. ROLFS,
of South Carolina;

Mechanic Arts, F. P. ANDERSON, of Kentucky;

College Work, A. W. HARRIS, of Maine.

OFFICERS AND REFEREES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL AGRI

CULTURAL CHEMISTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

President,

B. W. KILGORE, Raleigh, N. C.

Vice-President,

L. L. VAN SLYKE, Geneva, N. Y.

Secretary,

H. W. WILEY, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

Executive Committee,

The PRESIDENT; the VICE-PRESIDENT; the SECRETARY;
M. E. JAFFA, Berkeley, Cal.; A. Goss, Mesilla Park, N. Mex.

Referees,

Phosphoric acid, E. G. RUNYAN, Wash

ington, D. C.;

Nitrogen, F. S. SHIVER, Clemson College,
S. C.;

Potash, B. B. Ross, Auburn, Ala.;

Soils, B. L. HARTWELL, Kingston, R. I.; Ash, A. E. SHUTTLEWORTH, Guelph, Canada;

Dairy products, J. B. WEEMS, Ames,
Iowa;

Foods and feeding stuffs, THORN SMITH,
Moscow, Idaho;

Liquors and food adulteration, H. A.

WEBER, Columbus, Ohio;

Sugar, E. FULMER, Pullman, Wash.;
Tannin, O. CARR, Corry, Pa.;

Fungicides and insecticides, E. A. DE SCHWEINITZ, Washington, D. C.

Foods and feeding stuffs, C. A. BROWN, jr., State College, Pa.;

Phosphoric acid, H. K. MILLER, Lake
City, Fla.;
Nitrogen, W. R. PERKINS, Agricultural Liquors and food adulteration, W. D.
College, Miss.;

BIGELOW, Washington, D. C.;

Potash, L. S. MUNSON, Washington, Sugar, G. L. SPENCER, Washington, D. C.; D. C.;

Soils, M. E. JAFFA, Berkeley, Cal.;

Ash, G. S. FRAPS, Raleigh, N. C.;

Tannin, E. J. HALEY, Ridgway, Pa.;
Dairy products, F. W. WOLL, Madison,
Wis. ;

Fungicides and insecticides, L. A. VOORHEES, New Brunswick, N. J.

Abstract Committee,

E. W. ALLEN, Washington, D. C.;
J. T. ANDERSON, Auburn, Ala.;
W. H. BEAL, Washington, D. C.;
R. E. BLOUIN, New Orleans, La. ;

W. F. HAND, Agricultural College, Miss.;
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G. W. SHAW, Corvallis, Oreg.;
H. SNYDER, St. Anthony Park, St. Paul,
Minn.;

J. P. STREET, New Brunswick, N. J.;
C. B. WILLIAMS, Raleigh, N. C.