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partment lield a meeting in Washington, January 26 and 27, at which a perma- 

 nent organization was effected under the name of the Association of Feed 

 Control Officials. 



The object of the association, as expressed in the constitution adopted, is " to 

 promote uniformity in legislation and rulings, and the enforcement of laws 

 relating to the manufacture, sale, and distribution of commercial feeding 

 stuffs." Membership is to consist of state officials, the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 and heads or chiefs of experiment stations, bureaus, divisions, sections, and 

 laboratories charged l)y law with the examination of these products or the 

 execution of laws relating to their sale. Officers were elected as follows : 

 President, B. L. Purcell, Virginia ; vice-president, E. H. Webster, Kansas ; secre- 

 tary, J. D. Turner, Kentucky : executive committee, the president, the secretary, 

 and L. F. Brown, of New York, W. J. Jones, jr., of Indiana, and P. H. Smith, 

 of Massachusetts. 



In addition to the work of organization, a program was presented consisting 

 of addresses and papers relating to the work of the association and various 

 phases of the feed stuffs industry, among the speakers being Secretary James 

 Wilson, of this Department, Dr. H. P. Armsby. Directors E. H. Jenkins, B. W. 

 Kilgore, E. H. Webster, and C. D.« Woods, Dr. J. K. Haywood, W. J. Jones, jr., 

 Benjamin L. Purcell, and representatives of several organizations of feed stuffs 

 manufacturers and dealers. A tentative draft of a national feed stuffs law 

 was submitted, and it was decided to make its consideration the chief item of 

 business at the next meeting, in November, to be announced later. 



American Society of Agricultural Engineers. — The third annual convention 6f 

 this society was held December 28 and 29, 1009, at Ames, low'a, and was well 

 iittended. 



Among the subjects discussed was the formulation of standards for farm ma- 

 chi ie construction, similar to the standards set by other engineering societies 

 for the guidance of machine purchasers, and a special conunittee was appointed 

 to consider this subject and report at the next annual meeting. Among the 

 other papers may be mentioned those on Land Rollers, by H. B. Bonebright, of 

 the Colorado College; A New Six-Stroke Cycle Engine, by M. L. King, of the 

 Iowa Station ; and Good Roads, by J. T. Stewart, of the University of Minne- 

 sota. The officers chosen were as follows: President, P. S. Rose; vice-presi- 

 dents, M. L. King and J. B. Bartholomew; and secretary, E. W. Hamilton. 



Agriculture at Columbia University. — On Tuesday, January 19, 1910, what is 

 said to be the first lecture at Columbia University on an agricultural topic since 

 Prof. S. F. Mitchell gave up the chair of agriculture in 1S04. was delivered by 

 iieorge T. Powell to a gathering, of 140 persons in Schermerhoru Hall. This 

 is the first of a series of lectures on economic agriculture to be given by various 

 speakers during the year, and is regarded as the beginning of a plan to develop 

 some form of agricultural school in connection with Columbia University. 



Proposed Agricultural Instruction at Syracuse University. — It is announced 

 that the trustees of Syracuse University have decided to establish a college of 

 agriculture and forestry. As a preliminary step there will be organized from 

 facilities already available an agriculture group and a forestry group, drawn 

 ospecially from the departments of botany, chemistry, engineering, geology 

 (ii luding meteorology), and zoology. These courses will be open to election 

 with the next college year. Temporarily the organization of the new college 

 will be under the direction of Prof. William L. Bray, of the department of 

 botany. 



Experiment Station in Palestine.— An organization has been recently incor- 

 porated in New York under the title of Jewish Agricultural Experiment Sta- 



