Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan and Annual Report of the Agricultural College Experiment Station from Volume 1871 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1871 Excerpt: ... COLLEGE EXPERIMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OP A CONVENTION HELD IN CHICAGO, ILL., AUGUST 24th AND 25th, 1871, OP PERSONS INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS. Chiefly through the efforts of Mr. W. C. Flagg, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University, and of Dr. M. Miles, Professor of Agriculture in the Michigan Agricultural College, a convention was convened in Chicago, which met pursuant to the following circular: TO THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. After correspondence with those more immediately interested, it has been decided to call a convention of Presidents of Agricultural Colleges, Professors of Agriculture, or other persons in the United States or British Provinces who are engaged or interested in promoting the art or science of agriculture by experiments in the field or laboratory, for the purpose of organizing, consulting, and co-operating in the great work of advancing the cause of agricultural knowledge and education, especially by experimentation with similar crops under similar conditions, at all the agricultural colleges. Accordingly a meeting will be held, commencing on Thursday, August 24th, at 10 o'clock, A. M., in one of the balls in the Prairie Farmer building, 112 Monroe street, in the city of Chicago, at which the attendance of all interested, but especially of the representatives of the agricultural colleges of the country, is earnestly invited. Papers upon various topics related to the objects of the meeting are expected from several gentlemen, and are solicited from all who have any suggestions to make thereon. This meeting is called with the approval of the following gentlemen, most of whom expect to be present: T. C. Abbot, President of the Michigan State Agricultural College. Manly Miles, Professor o...