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The presidential address was given by President J. H. Worst, of the North 

 Dakota College and Station, who advocated additional funds for the study of 

 dry-farming methods. Other addresses were by H. L. Bolley, of the North 

 Dakota College and Station, on tlax as a dry-farming crop, and Director E. H. 

 Webster, of the Kansas College and Station, who advocated a wider use of live 

 stock and forage crops. President John A. Widtsoe, of the Utah College, was 

 chosen president for next year, when the congress will be held at Lethbridge, 

 Alberta. 



The First International Congress of Farm Women was held in conjunction 

 with the congress. Among the speakers was Mrs, Mary V. Van Zile, of the 

 Kansas College, who discussed food values. 



Farmers' National Congress. — At the thirty-first session of this organization, 

 held at Columbus. Ohio, October 12-16, George M. Whitaker, of the Dairy 

 Division of this Department, was elected president. Among the speakers were 

 Assistant Secretary W. M. Hays, of this Department, on Possibilities of Ad- 

 vancement in American Agriculture; G. I. Christie, of Purdue University, on 

 lOxtension Work of Agricultural Colleges ; Acting Dean Vivian, of Ohio State 

 University, on To What Extent have Agricultural Colleges improved Agricul- 

 ture; C S. Plumb on Animal Industry for Meat Supply; and Miss Ruth A. 

 Wardall on Woman and the Home. 



South American Congress of Agricultural Sciences. — Pursuant to a resolution 

 of the International Scientific Congress, a South American Congress of Agri- 

 cultural Sciences will be held in Buenos Aires in July, 1913. The organiza- 

 tion of the congress is intrusted to the Argentine Rural Society, the National 

 Society of Agricultural Engineers, and the National Schools of Agriculture of 

 Buenos Aires and La Plata. 



Agricultural Instruction iu the Austrian Army, — The first attempt in Styria 

 to give instruction in agriculture to soldiers was a course offered from Novem- 

 ber 16, 1910, to May 19, 1911, at Marburg. The instruction was given by two 

 teachers of the Royal Fruit and Viticultural School. Forty hours were devoted 

 to lectures at the barracks, and 8 hours to practical demonstrations on the school 

 farm. Twenty-five soldiers voluntarily attended the course with great interest. 



Miscellaneous. — The Rev. Henry C. McCook, LL. D., D. D., D. Sc, well known 

 for his entomological writings, died October 31 at his home in Devon, Pa., at 

 the age of 74 years. Dr. McCook was for many years an aetiA-e member of the 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, serving at one time as vice presi- 

 dent. He also served as president of the American Entomological Society and 

 was an honorary member of the British Museum. His principal entomological 

 works are The Agricultural Ants of Texas, The Honey and Occident Ants, 

 American Spiders and Their Spinning Work, and Tenants of an Old Farm. 



Lord Carrington has retired as president of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries in Great Britain, and has been succeeded by Walter Runciman, 

 formerly minister for education. Lord Lucas becomes parliamentary secre- 

 tary of agricultui-e in succession to Sir Edward Strachey. 



Hon. Martin Burrell, who has been a practical fruit grower of British Co- 

 lumbia for sevei'al years, has been appointed minister of agriculture for the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



Dr. O. S. Morgan has been appointed professor of extension teaching in agri- 

 culture in Columbia University. 



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