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with various phases of agricultural research and demonstration work 

 by the Department. An apparatus devised by Dr. Wiener, of Vienna, 

 for the treatment of milk was demonstrated by him, under the 

 auspices of the Bureau of Animal Industry, on February 20; and a 

 conference between representatives of the naval stores industrj^ and 

 the Bureau of Chemistry was held on IVIarch 5 and 6. A conference 

 between the department and the woolgi'owers took place on June 2, 

 3, and 4, and was accompanied by an excellent exhibition of wool 

 specimens installed in the foyer. On the evening of June 26 the 

 exhibition halls in the first story were opened to afford an opportunity 

 for the officers and employees of the Department to unite in an 

 informal reception to Dr. B. T. Galloway, Assistant Secretary of 

 Agi'iculture, who had recently resigned from that position to take 

 up university work. 



As associated with the objects of the Department of Agriculture 

 may be mentioned here a meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society in conjunction with the Eastern Fruit Growers Association, 

 the Northern Nut Growers Association, and the Society for Horti- 

 cultural Science, which was held during what was termed " Fruit 

 Week," or from November 17 to 22, 1913. Use was made of the 

 auditorium and committee rooms, and the entire foyer was occupied 

 for exhibition purposes, the display of fruit being exceptionally fine 

 and many prizes being awarded. This meeting, and especially the 

 exhibition, attracted many visitors, who were admitted to the part of 

 the building occupied both day and evening. 



At the Twelfth International Congress of Geology, held at To- 

 ronto, Canada, August 7 to 10, 1913, the Institution and Museum were 

 represented by Secretary Charles D. Walcott and Dr. George P. 

 Merrill. 



SPECIAL EXPIIBITIONS. 



The competitive designs for the Lincoln Memorial by Mr. Henry 

 Bacon and Mr. John Kussell Pope, the Eed Cross collection, the 

 relief map of the Gatun dam and loclvs, and model of the Pedro 

 Miguel locks, mentioned in the last report, remained on exhibition 

 in the foyer of the new building and communicating rooms through- 

 out the year. 



The plans submitted in competition for the George Washington 

 memorial building, received on May 2, 1914, were, after inspection by 

 the jury of awards, installed on screens in one of the foyer rooms and 

 opened to public view on May 9. There were also two loan exhibi- 

 tions of paintings, which are fully described in connection with the 

 National Gallery of Art. One, consisting of 25 portraits by members 

 of the National Association of Portrait Painters, continued from 



