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lowed with a pajwr describing conditions among the white jieople of the Sonth- 

 ern mountains, and advocating instruction in agriculture and home economics 

 as rehited to the needs of the region. 



In the children's section, Miss Martha Berry discussed Knral Education 

 among Southern Highlanders. 



The section of health and sanitation gave considerable attention to food 

 supplies in public institutions. Dr. C. F. Langworthy, of this Otfice, took up 

 Nutrition I'roblems in I'ublic Institutions, on the basis of dietary studies con- 

 ducted in homes for the insane, orphaned, and aged in Washington, Baltimore, 

 and Philadelphia. A Paper by Dr. PI. W. Wiley, of this Department, on The 

 Food Supplies of Charitable and Semicharitable Institutions was read by title, 

 and Dr. H. M. King discussed Diet for Tuberculous Patients. Dr. G. W, Goler 

 gave a stereoptical lectur(> entitled Milk for Babes. 



Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry. — This congress met in 

 London, May 27 to ,Iune 2, with nearly 4,000 delegates and visitors, represent- 

 ing 26 countries, in attendance. The congress was opened with a brief address 

 by the Prince of Wales as vice patron, to which responses were made by the 

 honorary president, Sir Henry Eoscoe, the president, Sir William Ramsey, and 

 representatives of the various foreign countries, Dr. H. W. Wiley, of this De- 

 partment, responding for the United States. 



The sectional meetings were of great interest and importance. A large 

 amount of attention was bestowed uijon those phases dealing with chemistry in 

 its relations to agriculture, both in the section of agricultural chemistry and in 

 those of analytical chemistry, sugar chemistry, bromatology. anti others. 



The new processes for the manufacture of fertilizers from the nitrogen of the 

 air were among the main topics of interest, several sections uniting for their 

 consideration. An experimental demonstration of the processes of manufacture 

 was given by Professor Bernthsen before a large audience, and was followed by 

 addresses l)y Professors Birkeland and Caro. In the agricultural chemistry 

 section, Dr. liichard Riecke, of Berlin, discussed Lime Nitrogen or Nitrolime 

 on the Nutritive Elements of Plant Life, and Dr. H. von Feilitzen, The New 

 Nitrogen ^Manures. 



The section of analytical chemistry, meeting jointly with that of agricultural 

 chemistry, discussed a proposition for the international adoption of Ullmann's 

 method for phosphoric acid in raw phosphate, but this was defeated. Other 

 papers presented in the sectiim of agricultural chemistry included the follow- 

 ing : The Influence of Environment on Wheat, by J. A. LeClerc and S. A. 

 Leavitt, of this Department; The Relation of Composition to Bread-Making 

 Value, by F. T. Shutt, of the Canada Experimental Farms; The Effect of 

 Manures on the Composition of the Grain of Field Crops, by J. AV. Leather, im- 

 perial agricultural chemist of India ; Investigations Relative to the X'se of 

 Nitrogenous Manures, by E. B. Yoorhees and .1. G. I^ipman, of the New Jersey 

 stations; Variations in the Analyses of Soil Samples, by I. 0. Schaub, of the 

 North Carolina State Station ; Changes Produced in Soils by Subjecting Them 

 to Steam under Pressure, by T. L. Lyon and J. A. Bizzell, of Cornell University 

 and Station; A Chemical and Bacteriological Study of Fresh Eggs, by M. E. 

 I'ennington, of this Department ; Some Studies in Relation to the Incubation of 

 Chickens, by H. L. Fulmer, of the Ontario Agricultural College; and The Em- 

 ployment of Artificial Cultures of Leguminous Bacteria for Soil Inoculation, by 

 H. von Feilitzen. 



In the subsection of bromatology, among the papers presented were the 

 following : New Criteria for the National Production of Milk ]Most Suited to 

 the Nourishment of Infants, and A Comparative Study of the New Methods 

 of Detecting Watering of Milk, by G. Cornalba, of the Royal Experimental 



