1917] NOTES. 197 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — L. F. Reese, instructor in horticulture, 

 resigned January 1. L. D. Jesseman lias been appointed instructor in liorticul- 

 ture, effective January 15, and Albert White, assistant in vegetable culture 

 at the Maryland College, has been appointed superintendent of greenhouses and 

 instructor in horticulture, effective on the same date. 



South Carolina College and Station, — J. N. Harper has resigned as dean of the 

 agricultural department, director of the station, and agronomist to engage in 

 commercial work. 



Tennessee University. — J. C. Pridmore, associate professor of agronomy, re- 

 signed February 1 to engage in commercial work, and has been succeeded by 

 R. B. Lowry. 



Utah College. — W. W. Henderson has been appointed professor of zoology and 

 entomology, vice E. G. Titus whose resignation has been previously noted. 



Virginia Station. — K. E. Quantz, special assistant in horticulture, and R. H. 

 Cook, superintendent of the Charlotte County substation, resigned December 31, 

 1916, to accept positions with the Government of Brazil. Mr. Cook has been 

 succeeded by A. P. Moore, a 1916 graduate of the college. Dr. M. T. Smulyan, 

 assistant entomologist for the State Crop Pest Commission, whose experimental 

 work is affiliated with the station, also resigned December 31 to accept a 

 position with the Bureau of Entomology of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



American Society of Agronomy. — The ninth annual meeting of the American 

 Society of Agronomy was held in Washington, D. C, November 13 and 14, with 

 the largest attendance on rec(>rd. 



The presidential address was given by C. R. Ball at a joint session held with 

 the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science and the American Farm 

 Management Association. Mr. Ball took for his subject Some Problems in 

 Agronomy, and suggested a long list of problems along agronomic lines that are 

 yet unsolved. Among other things, he discussed the preparation of investi- 

 gators, and emphasized the necessity of a broad fundamental training in the 

 sciences and languages before the student began to specialize. Cooperation 

 among institutions in experimental work was suggested, as well as the con- 

 ducting of group studies. In conclusion he .spoke of the evolution of procedure, 

 the increasing refinements of methods, and the necessity of definitely outlining 

 proposed work and keeping adequate records. 



Other papers presented before the .society included the following : The Carbon 

 Dioxid Content of a Planted and Unplanted Limed and Unlimed Soil, by T, L. 

 Lyon and J. A. Bizzell ; The I'ossible ROle of the Active Organic Matter of the 

 Soil, by C. J. T. Doryland ; Field Crops and Bacterial Transformation of Soil 

 Nitrogen, by K. F. Kellerman and R. C. Wright ; A Method of Determining the 

 Volume AVeight of Soils in the Field, by C. F. Shaw ; Studies on the Relation 

 of the Cob to Other Ear Characters in Corn, by A. E. Grantham; Composts 

 as an Aid in Soil Building, by J, G. Lipman ; The Relation of Live Stock to the 

 Maintenance of Organic Matter in the Soil, by E. O. Fippin ; What is Agronomy, 

 by A. N. Hume ; The Sugar Beet as a Factor in National Preparedness, by C. O. 

 Townsend; The Soil Mulch, by L. E. Call and M. C. Sewell ; The Effect of 

 Inoculation on Yield and Protein Content of Alfalfa and Sweet Clover, by A. O. 

 Arny and R. W. Thatcher; Heating Seed Rooms to Destroy Insects, by E. G. 

 Montgomery; The Effect of Sodium Nitrate Applied at Different Stages of 

 Growth on the Yield, Composition, and Quality of Wheat, by J. Davidson and 

 J. A. LeClerc; and A New Device for Harvesting Grass and Grain Plots, by 

 A. G. McCall. 



The committee on soil classification and mapping made several suggestions 

 for future work. The committee on the standardization of field experiments 



