1917] NOTES. 297 



stations. The site in Ontario comprises about 1,000 acres in the township of 

 O'Brien, where a considerable area has been cleared, drainage begun, and 

 about 125 acres of field crops grown. A horse barn has been nearly com- 

 pleted and a cattle barn is under way. 



The Quebec tract is situated in the townships of Trecesson and Dalquier, 

 and is expected to comprise about 1.600 acres. Not all of this tract is arable, 

 but about 150 acres of field crops have already been grown. Considerable 

 clearing and draining have been done and a small greenhouse has been erected. 

 Smith Ballantyne has been appointed foreman manager at Kapuskasing and 

 Pascal Fortier at Spirit Lake. Considerable difficulty is reported in getting 

 the prisoners to work, and it is not expected to carry on much experimental 

 work under the present conditions. It is, however, hoped to accomplish a 

 good deal in the preparatory operations of clearing, breaking, and draining the 

 land, and thus have as much as possible ready when experiments can be begun. 



Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science. — The thirty-seventh 

 annual meeting of this society was held at Washington, D. C, November 13 

 and 14, 1916. 



The presidential address was given by Director C. E. Thorne of Ohio, at a 

 joint session of the society with the American Farm Management Association 

 and the American Society of Agronomy. In this paper Director Thorne re- 

 viewed the history and development of the society and discussed its oppor- 

 tunities for future service. As among these, he suggested the desirability of 

 considering the federating of the various organizations of workers in agricul- 

 tural science. This proposition subsequently received considerable discussion 

 at the business meeting of the society, at which a plan of reorganization was 

 submitted by Director C. D. Woods of INIaine. A poll of the entire membership 

 of the society was eventually decided upon. 



The papers read and discussed were as follows: Improving Grasses by Se- 

 .lections, by W. J. Beal ; The Mineral Metabolism of the Milch Cow, by E. B. 

 Forbes ; Agricultural Grasses, by C. V. Piper ; Boys' and Girls' Club Work in 

 Relation to Agricultural Education, by W. D. Hurd ; The Physiological Re- 

 quirements of Wheat and Soy Beans Growing in Sand Media, by A. G. Mc- 

 Call ; The Factors Determining Quality in Milling Wheats, by .1. S. Jones ; 

 Observations on IMeadow Insects, by Herbert Osborn ; Varying Effects of Salt 

 on Different Plant Families, by S. M. Tracy ; Forest Depredations and Utiliza- 

 tion, by F. W. Rane; The Straw Mulch in Orchard Management, by C. B. 

 Lipman ; and The Farmer's Knowledge of the Details of his Business, by W. J. 

 Spillman. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : President, 

 Herbert Osborn ; vice-president, W. P. Brooks ; secretary-treasurer, C. P. Gil- 

 lette; custodian, W. D. Hurd; and member of the executive committee, W. R. 

 Dodson. 



American Farm Management Association. — The seventh annual meeting of 

 this association was held at Washington, D. C, November 13 and 14, 1916. 



In the absence of the president, Director H. A. Morgan of Tennessee, the 

 annual address was given by the vice-president, H. W. Jeffers of Plainsbury, 

 N. J., upon the subject of How the Investigator of Farm Management Prob- 

 lems Can Help the Farmer. Mr. Jeffers drew attention to the changing condi- 

 tions of modern life, and stated that despite the advancement in the technique 

 of agriculture, this calling has been among the slowest to respond to modern 

 methods as regards efficiency. Farmers, however, are beginning to analyze 

 their business, and from this standpoint need assistance especially in bring- 

 ing about the standardization of the farm organization and the farm enter- 



