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Cheese ^lakin^ Station, at Lodi. Italy; On the A(lvan1a.i,'es r.nd Disadvantages 

 of Legally I'inding Standards of Coniiiosition, by F. W. lleelc; I'rogress KeiK)rt 

 of Investigations in Hnnian Nutritit)n in the I'nited Stati's, 11)05-1908, by 

 C. F. Langworthy, of tliis Ottiee; A Summary of Recent American Work iu 

 Feeding Stufls and Animal Nutrition, l)y E. W. Morse, of tliis Office; and 

 several papers dealing with the adulteration of coco and chocolate. 



An invitation, extended to the congress by Ambassador lieid, on behalf of the 

 United States, to hold the eighth session of the congress in this country was 

 accepted with enthusiasm. Prof. E. W. Morley was elected honorary president, 

 and Dr. W. IL Nichols, president. The next congress will be held in 1912. 



Southwestern Interstate Country Life Commission. — At a three-day session, 

 held in Ma.y at (Juthrie, Okla., a iiermanent organization of this body, which is 

 lo be devoted to the amelioration of country life conditions, was effected by 

 the election of the State superintendents of schools of Oklahoma, Utah, and 

 Texas, as president and vice-presidents, respectively, and of H. M. Ferguson, of 

 Sherman, Tex., as secretary. The next annual meeting is to be held at 

 Dallas, Tex. 



First Conservation Congress. — The First Conservation Congress will meet at 

 Seattle, AVash., August 2(1-28, in the auditorium of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific 

 Exposition. The work of the congress will deal largely with irrigation, dry 

 farming, soils, water fronts, forestry, transportation, and other economic 

 questions. 



National Encouragement of British Agricultiire and Forestry. — The chancellor 

 of the exchequer has proposed an increase of the national grant to agriculture 

 by $1,000,000, with a view to more extensive development of the resources of the 

 country. Such projects as the institution of schools of forestry, the purchase 

 and preparation of land for afforestation, the maintenance of experimental 

 forests, increased aid to scientific researcli in agriculture, experimental farms, 

 the encouragement of agricultural cooperation and better transportation facili- 

 ties, systematic extension work, and the aiding in a general way of the move- 

 ment back to the farm are contemplated. 



As a partial solution of the problem of the unemployed an extensive afforesta- 

 tion project has been receiving considerable discussion. It is estimated that 

 0,000,000 acres are avaihible for the purpose and that the annual afforestation 

 of 10,000 acres would afford employment to 18,000 men temporarily and to 1,500 

 permanently, and eventually yield a large revenue. 



New Journals. — Tlic Jounial of Plianiiacolof/u and E.ri>vruHcut<tl 'J'licnipciitics 

 is being issued bimonthly, under the editorship of Prof. John .J. Abel, of the 

 medical department of the Johns Hopkins University, and a corps of associates 

 and collaborators from the Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Thera^ 

 peutics and others. The initial number contains, in addition to an editorial, 

 papers as follows: Tlie Comparative Toxicity of the Chlorids of Magnesium, 

 Calcium, I'otassium, and Sodium, by I). R. Joseph and S. J. Meltzer; Studies 

 iu Tolerance I, Nicotine and Lobeline, by C. W. Edmunds; II, Strychnine, 

 "W. Hale; The Mechanism of Ilicmolysis with Special Reference to the Relations 

 of Electrolytes to Cells, by (J. N. Stewart ; Studies Concerning the lodin-Con- 

 laining Principle of the Thyroid (iland I, by S. Strouse and C. Voegtlin; The 

 Antagonism of the Adrenal Clauds Against the Pancreas, by C. W. Edmunds; 

 and Quantitative Experiments with the Cutaneous Tuberculin Reaction, by 

 C. F. A'. Pirquet. 



The Cuban Department of Health and Charities has esfid>lished HauUhid ij 

 Bcneflcrncia as its organ. The journal will appear monthly, and its original 

 articles will for the most part appear iu Si)anish, English, and French. Among 



