200 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



Experiments on the effect of different methods of preparing a seed bed for 

 winter wheat on yield, soil moisture, and nitrates, were described by L. E. 

 Call. He pointed out the value of early preparation, whatever the method. 



G. N. Coffey, reporting for the committee on soil classification and mapping, 

 presented a scheme of classification for use throughout North America based 

 on five grand factors, with their several subdivisions, for further consideration 

 and discussion. This scheme is as follows: I, Precipitation and humidity (Soil 

 liegion) ; (a) humid, (b) seniiarid, (c) arid. II. Dynamic agencies (Soil 

 Province) ; (a) weathering, (b) biological processes, (c) gravity, (d) aqueous 

 agencies, (e) aeolean, (f) glaciation. Ill, Lithology (Soil Group); (a) acid 

 crystalline rock, (b) basic crystalline rocks, (c) sandstones, quartzites, shales, 

 and slates, (d) lime rocks, including marl, limestone, and marble. IV, Specific 

 ■characters and conditions (Soil Series) ; (a) color, (b) drainage, (c) lime car- 

 bonate, (d) organic matter, (e) relation of soil to subsoil. V, Texture (Soil 

 Type) ; (a) sand, (b) sandy loam, (c) loam, (d) silt loam, (e) clay loam, 

 (f) clay. 



G. S. Fraps discussed soil moisture relations and the relation of chemical 

 composition to soil fertility. A paper on the naming of varieties, by E. G. 

 Montgomery, was also presented. 



The officers elected for the following year included, as president, C. E. 

 Thorne, of Ohio ; vice-presidents, L. J. Briggs, of this Department, and Alfred 

 Atkinson, of Montana; secretary, C. W. Warburton, of this Department; and 

 treasurer, George Roberts, of Kentucky. 



Association of Feed Control Officials. — This association held its sixth annual 

 meeting at Washington, D. C, November 13 and 14, 1914. Following an address 

 by the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, H. J. Waters spoke on the de- 

 ficiencies of corn as a feed, and H. W. Wiley on Ethical Advertising of Cattle 

 and Poultry Foods and Remedies. The Possibilities of Damaged Feeds Pro- 

 ducing Disease in Animals was discussed by J. S. Buckley, and the Deterioration 

 of Grains in Storage and Transit, by J. W. T. Duvel. R. W. Chapin spoke on 

 some of the feed manufacturers' problems. 



The association adopted a new constitution and by-laws. New definitions 

 were accepted for several flaxseed products, but no action was taken as to 

 the proposed federal feeding stuffs inspection law. 



Officers were chosen as follows: President, H. B. McDonnell, of Maryland; 

 vice-president, R. E. Stallings, of Georgia; secretary-treasurer, L. A. Fitz. 

 of Kansas; and executive committee, W. J. Jones, of Indiana, J. K. Haywood, 

 of this Department, and S. K. Johnson, of Ohio. 



Association of Seed Analysts of North America. — The annual meeting, held 

 in Washington, D. C, November 12 and 13, 1914. dealt, as usual, mainly with 

 seed inspection, laboratory apparatus and methods, and seed laws. Papers 

 were also presented on The Necessity of Standardization of Methods, by Edgar 

 Brown, The Weed Content of Seeds, by L. H. Pammel, and The Germination of 

 Seeds Buried Ten Years, by W. L. Goss. 



W. L. Oswald, of Minnesota, was elected president; E. D. Eddy, of Ottawa, 

 Canada, vice-president ; and J. P. Helyar, of New Jersey, secretary -treasurer. 



