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Vermont University and Station. — ^Garcluer Smith Fassett, trustee of the iii- 

 stitution fi'om 1890 to 1914, died January 19 at the age of 85 years. During his 

 entire period of service he was a member of the station board of control and 

 actively associated with the management of the college farm and the construc- 

 tion of many of the buildings. 



Dominion Experimental Farms. — The new experimental farm at Morden in 

 South IManitoba is to be devoted to experimental work in horticulture on a 

 larger scale than hitherto at any of the prairie stations. Cultural and variety 

 trials and the selection, testing, and breeding of horticultural plants will be 

 carried on. A tract of about 285 acres of land has been secured. Eight acres 

 were planted in the spring of 1916 to apples, plums, cherry hybrids, and small 

 fruits, and considerable nursery seeding was done. Good growth was attained 

 during the summer, although considerable winterkilling is expected. The com- 

 mercial possibilities of small-fruit growing will also be tested. 



Philippine College of Agriculture. — Otto A. Reinking, of the Colorado Col- 

 lege and Station, has been appointed instructor in plant pathology, and B. M. 

 Gonzalez instructor in animal husbandry. Dr. Manuel Roxas has succeeded 

 Guy Clinton, resigned, as instructor in chemistry. 



Contributions from the IT. S. Department of Agriculture and the Experiment 

 Stations to American Chemical Journals. — Under the heading of A Census of 

 the Periodical Literature of Chemisti-y Published in the United States, Marion 

 E. Sparks and W. A. Noyes present in the issue of Science for Februai-y 16 a 

 compilation as to the number and pages of the original papers in chemistry 

 published in five of the principal chemical journals of this country during 

 1909-10 and 1914-15. In the former period the total number of papers was 

 796, aggregating 9,225 pages, and for the latter period, 1,415 papers and 

 13,624 pages. 



It is of interest to note that the publications of the government bureaus, ex- 

 periment stations, etc., which are grouped together, numbered in 1909-10, 93, 

 aggregating 827 pages, and in 1914-15. 253, aggregating 2,247 pages. The re- 

 search papers of the general scientific institutions numbered 43, aggregating 

 443 pages, in 1909-10, and 133, aggregating 1,277 pages, in 1914-15. 



Miscellaneous. — A committee of representative agricultural leaders has been 

 appointed by the president of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries of Great 

 Britain, to advise him on questions pertaining to the increased production of 

 food. Hon. R. E. Prothero is chairman of this committee and among others 

 may be noted Sir Sydney Oliver, F. L. C. Floud and T. H. Middleton of the 

 board, A. D. Hall and W. W. Berry of the Development Commission, and Prof. 

 W. Sonierville. 



The membership of the committee on agriculture of the U. S. National Research 

 Council is announced as follows : Raymond Pearl, chairman, E. W. Allen, C. L. 

 Alsberg, H. P. Armsby, Eugene Davenport, E. M. East, L. O. Howard, L. R. 

 Jones, W. H. Jordan, K. F. Kellerman, J, G. Lipman, Theobald Smith, W. J. 

 Spillman. and W. ]\I. Wheeler. 



According to a recent note in Nature, an institute for research in genetics 

 was opened in April, 1916, at Potsdam in connection with the Agi-icultural High 

 School of Berlin. Prof. Erwin Baur is serving as director of the institute. 



Dr. Johanna Westerdijk has been appointed sissociate professor of phyto- 

 pathology in the University of Utrecht. She is said to be the first woman to 

 receive an appointment of this nature in Holland. 



Horace Cai-dinell, a 1914 graduate of the Oregon College, has been appointed 

 horticulturist for the Brazilian Government, for work in the comparatively un- 

 developed southern section of the country. 



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