600 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Upon the establishment of the ^ State Live Stoclc Board in 1S95, Doctor 

 Pearson, who had previously served as veterinary surgeon to the State Board 

 of Agriculture, received the appointment as veterinarian. In this position he 

 rendered large public service, especially with regard to the control of tuber- 

 culosis, and last spring was active in the suppression of the epidemic of foot- 

 and-mouth disease. He was editor of the Veterinary Magazine, and contributed 

 a large number of papers on veterinary science and zootechny to veterinary, 

 medical, and agricultural journals. He had served as nonresident lecturer in 

 veterinary science at the Pennsylvania State College, as president of the Ameri- 

 can Veterinary Association (1899-1900), and was closely identified with a large 

 number of state and national organizations devoted to veterinary science, 

 agriculture, and public health. 



Emil C. Hansen, director of the Carlsberg Laboratory. Copenhagen, died 

 August 27, after a brief illness. Professor Hansen was born in 1842, and began 

 his notable researches on the morphology and physiology of the yeasts, molds, 

 and related fungi in the Carlsbei-g Laboratory in 1877. Although his work was 

 confined very largely to the Saccharomycetes, many of his achievements were 

 of the highest significance in the fermentation industries, and led to important 

 modifications of practice. He proved that wild yeasts were the cause of spoil- 

 age with beer, wine, and vinegar instead of bacteria as claimed by Pasteur, 

 introduced pure cultures of yeasts, stimulated the use of pure cultures of yeast 

 and bacteria in the brewing, dairy, and wine-making industries, and elaborated 

 technique for the identification and characterization of yeasts. His papers, 

 which were very numerous, are published chiefly in Comptes Rendus des Tra- 

 vaux dcs Laboritoirc de Carlsberg; Centralblatt fiir Baeteriologie, Parasiten- 

 kunde lind Infectionskranlcheiten; Annals of Botany; and The Journal of the 

 Institnte of Brewing. 



Miscellaneous. — ^An International Agricultural and Live Stock Exposition is 

 to be held at Buenos Aires, June 3 to July 31, 1910, under the auspices of the 

 Argentina Rural Society. Exhibits of live stock and agricultural products, 

 agricultural machinery, and illustrative material relating to work in agri- 

 cultural instruction and the encouragement of agriculture are to be shown. 



An experimental farm under the general supervision of the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, is to be established on Prince Edward Island, a tract 

 of 65 acres having been selected close to Charlottetown, on which experiments 

 will be conducted with cereals, fruits, vegetables, trees, shrubs, etc. J. A. 

 Clark, who received his agricultural education at Ontario Agricultural College 

 and Cornell University, has been appointed superintendent. 



The Hehool News and Practical Educator (Chicago) has issued ;i set of inex- 

 pensive agricultural leaflets for school use in connection with the State course 

 of study for rural schools. Series Nos. 1 to 5 consist of 12 leaflets on farm 

 crops, 12 on farm animals, 11 on horticulture, 12 on general agriculture, and 

 12 on animal husbandry, respectively. 



It is announced in the Farmers' Gazette that the National University of 

 Ireland has empowered its faculty of science to grant the bachelor's and mas- 

 ter's degrees in agricultural science. As yet no provision has been made for 

 the establishment of courses in agriculture. 



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