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professor of auimal husbandry and animal husbandman m the Iowa College and 

 Station, 



On account of ill health, from which he suffered throughout his life, he was 

 obliged in 1901 to seek a warmer climate and took up ranch life in Texas. The 

 following year he accepted the directorship of the Texas Station, also serving 

 in the college as lecturer in animal husbandry. In 1906 he again retired to his 

 ranch near San Antonio, but in 1909 became director of the Oklahoma Station 

 and retained this position until his final retirement in May, 1910. 



In one of the many appreciative tributes that have appeared since his death. 

 Breeder's Gazette speaks of Professor Craig as the " father of the technical art 

 of live stock judging in America." In connection with his work in Wisconsin 

 and Iowa he gave particular attention to the development of the score card 

 system, and while at the latter institution offered what is believed to have been 

 the first farmers' stock judging contest. He was widely known as a judge of 

 live stock, and his experience gained in scores of show rings was in great 

 demand. His text-book, Judging Live Stock, published in 1901. has received 

 several editions and remains one of the standard American works on the subject. 



Albert E. Leach, chief of the food inspection laboratory of this Department at 

 Denver, Colo., died August 22 in that city at the age of 46 years. Mr. Leach 

 was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and had served 

 from 1892 to 1907 with the Massachusetts State Board of Health, resigning as 

 chief analyst to enter the service of this Department. Throughout his career he 

 gave much attention to devising improved methods of analysis and served 

 several times as associate referee for the Association of Official Agricultural 

 Chemists in saccharin products and dairy products. He was a pioneer in 

 making color tests of milk, and did original work on vinegars and glucose deter- 

 minations in sirups. His well-known manual. Food Inspection and Analysis, 

 was published in 1904, with a revised and enlarged edition in 1909. 



National Association of Stallion Reg'istration Boards. — At a meeting held at 

 the L^nion Stock Yards, Chicago, August IT, at which delegates were i)resent 

 from seven States, a national association of stallion registration boards was 

 organized, with the following officers : President, A. S. Alexander, of Wisconsin ; 

 vice-presidents, H. R. Smith, of Nebraska, W. H. Wilson, of South Dakota, and 

 T. M. Smith, of Illinois; seci-etary-treasurer. R. J. Kinzer, of Kansas; and addi- 

 tional member of the executive board, W. B. Richards, of North Dakota. Sev- 

 eral committees were also appointed to report at the next meeting, to be held in 

 Chicago December 2, in connection with the International Live Stock Exposition. 



It is announced that the work of the association will include efforts to secure 

 uniform legislation in the different States, the improvement and proper super- 

 vision of studbook registration and the suppression of fraudulent and super- 

 fluous studbooks, the advocacy of the general use of improved breeding stock, 

 and the general l)etterment of horse lireeding throughout the country. 



Prospective Meetings of Agricultural Workers in Washington. — Announcement 

 is made of the prospective meetings in Washington of the Association of Official 

 Agricultural Chemists from November 10-12, the Society for the Promotion of 

 Agricultural Science November 15, the American Association of Farmers' Insti- 

 tute Workers from November 14-16. and the Association of American Agricul- 

 tural Colleges and Experiment Stations from November 16-lS. 



