Abstract
In 1906 enthusiasm about the practical results to be had from applying the recently rediscovered Mendel's Law was running high anmng a few of those who had heard of it, although many still thought that Mendelism applied to only a few superficial characters. Late in December of 1903 t he enthusiasts had met in St. Louis to pool their ideas and form the A m e r i c a n Breeders Association. The American Associaation of Agricultural Colleges a n d Experiment Stations had encouraged them to do this, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science had helped organize the g. L. Lush meeting. Both plant and animal breeders, applied as well as theoretical, participated. Letters of encouragement came from men with diverse interests and ways of looking at things, such as Governor Hoard, E. D. Davenport, Luther Burbank, and Agricultural Secretary James Wilson. W. M. Hays of Minnesota was the secretary and C. F. Curtiss of Iowa was the first chairman. Laboratories for the study of heredity and practical animal breeding had already been formed at the University of Chicago and at the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Maine, Minnesota, and Missouri.
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