NOTES. 698 



In tile statitui W. II. Mdntiic li.is hwii ai)i)()int('(l assistant in animal nutri- 

 tion, to suet-eed N. ('. Ilaiimcr. who lias accepted tlie position of assistant chem- 

 ist at the Texas Statitui. I '.alley i;. lirown, of the Bureau of Soils, has been 

 appointed assistant prol'e.ssoi" of experimental agronomy ; C. L. Cook and F. R. 

 Keid, of the same bureau, soil exiierts; J. F. Barron, assistant in experimental 

 agronomy: Arthur W. liroomell an(l-(;. C. Given, assistant chemists, and E. F. 

 Fortin, traveling dairy expert. 



A soil survey of Center County, in which the station is located, is to I)e made 

 by the Bureau of Soils. 



Rhode Island Station. — W. V. I'urrington has resigned as assistant chemist 

 to accept a position in a food laboratory in New Hampshire. 



Land-grant Colleges to be made Depositories of Public Documents. — In a sup- 

 plemental report of the .loint I'rinting Investigation Connnission of the two 

 Houses of Congress it was recoiuiiieiidcd that the land-grant colleges be desig- 

 nated depositories for all jtublic documents. A bill providing for such distribu- 

 tion was passed by the Congress just closed. This is one of the ends which has 

 been sought l)y these institutions. Under this measure all Government publica- 

 tions will l)e sent regularly as issued, instead of requiring special application 

 to Members of -<"< ingress, as in most cases at present. 



Eulogies on Hon. H. C. Adams. — At a memorial session of the House of 

 Representatives on Februarys 24, tributes to the life and services of Hon. II. C. 

 Adams, of Wisconsin, were paid b.y his late colleagues. Many appreciative 

 addresses were delivered, which brought out the high regard and the affection in 

 which Mr. Adams was held, his strength in the halls of Congress, and his serv- 

 ices in behalf of American agriculture especially. 



Referring to the act which bears his name. Representative Esch, of Wisconsin, 

 said: "Realizing the valuable work of the various agricultural experiment 

 stations of the United States, and that with an increase of funds at their 

 <lisposal this work could be largely increased, he at once introduced a bill with 

 tills end in view. Nothing more finely illustrated a distinctive trait of Mr. 

 Adams's character as to fixity of purpose and indomitable will than the patient 

 courageous, and splendid fight he made for his bill. After the lapse of many 

 weeks and months he won. He deserved to win, and as a result his memory 

 lives in the chief seats of learning of almost every State in the Union." 



Representative Uever. of South Carolina, called attention to Mr. Adams's 

 lemarkable insight into agricultural porblems and his faith in the coming of 

 ideal farm conditions. " It was this enthusiasm, this belief that a good fight 

 for a worthy cause could not tail, whicli induced him to introduce and fight 

 through Congress a bill doubling the appropriation to the State experiment 

 stations of the country. Who can forget the earnestness, the vigor, the per- 

 sistency, the tenacity which marked his efforts in this behalf? Nothing could 

 daunt him, nothing could stem the tide of his enthusiasm. The opposition was 

 brushed aside by the .justness of his cau.se and by the elo(iuence and earnestness 

 with which he presented it. and this one act, this one supreme and triumphant 

 effort in behalf of the American farmer, is sufficient to make Henry C. Adams 

 one of the splendid characters of our history. And when agriculture receives 

 that recognition to which she is entitled, when our farmhouses are filled with 

 educ-ated and hapji.v occ-upants, and wlu>n ideal conditions have been reached, 

 his name will be revered along with that of Morrill and Hatch. Can any 

 higher tribute be paid to any man than to give him ecpial rank with those men 

 in our history who have wrought most effectively and wisely for the greatest 

 industry of the iiationV" 



American Breeders' Association. — 'I'lic third .iiiiiual incctiiig of this .issocia- 

 tion was hejil at < 'oiiiiiilius. ( iliio. .l.-iiiuary l.l-ls. I'.KtT. in conjunction with 



