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Tlie reports of committees occupied practically all of the sessions of the third 

 day. Dr. Alsberg, as cliairman of the Board of Editors of the Journal, an- 

 nounced that arrangements had been made to continue its publication and that 

 the next number would be issued in a short time. As the mailing list for the 

 Journal is unavailable, a request was made that all past subscribers send their 

 names and addresses to the editor to insure the receipt of the remaining 

 numbers of the incomplete volume. Dr. Alsberg also announced that arrange- 

 ments had been completed for printing the Official Methods, which mil consist 

 of a revision of Bulletin 107, including all changes and additions made through 

 1917, but not changes in methods adopted at the present meeting. These will, 

 however, be published in the Journal as a supplement. The committee on form 

 of recommendations by referees presented a blanli form of report to be used 

 by all referees. 



The committee on the methods of sampling fertilizers to cooperate with a 

 similar committee of the American Chemical Society offered tlie following 

 recommendations, which were adopted: (1) That a sampler be used that re- 

 moves a core from the bag from the top to the bottom ; (2) that at least 1 lb. of 

 material should constitute each official sample sent in to headquarters; (3) 

 that the entire sample submitted to the chemist be passed through a 10-mesh 

 sieve previous to the subdivision for analysis; and (4) that cores be taken from 

 not less than 10 per cent of the bags present unless this necessitates cores from 

 more than 20 bags, in which case a core shall be taken from one bag from each 

 additional ton represented. K there are less than 100 bags not less than 10 

 bags shall be sampled, provided tliat in lots of less than 10 bags all shall be 

 sampled. 



An important change in the appointment of referees was recommended, 

 with a view to eliminating unnecessary work on subjects so well developed as 

 not to necessitate regular study. Under the new plan adopted, a general ref- 

 eree is appointed for certain related groups of subjects, with a sufficient staff 

 of associate referees to woi"k with him or under his direction in the investiga- 

 tion of certain important questions in the field covered by the work of the 

 general referee. The general referee is expected to keep in touch with the 

 literature dealing with the subjects embraced in his field, and to make recom- 

 mendations for special inquiries at the annual meetings, or institute them in 

 the interim if the situation is urgent. 



The subjects in which a grouping has been made and the newly appointed 

 referees are as follows : Fertilizers, R. N. Brackett ; saccharine products, H. S. 

 Paine ; foods and feeding stuffs, G. L. Bidwell ; canned foods, W. D. Bigelow ; 

 meats and meat products, R. Hoagland ; dairy products, J. Hortvet ; cacao 

 products, W. C. Taber ; and drugs, G. W. Hoover. 



The following officers were elected for the coming year : H. C. Lythgoe, 

 president ; W. F. Hand, vice-president ; C. L. Alsberg, secretary and treasurer ; 

 members of the executive committee, C. H. Jones and W. W. Skinner; and 

 members of committee on reconunendations of referees and revision of meth- 

 ods — subcommittee A, W. H. Mclntire (1924), subcommittee B, E. M. Bailey 

 (1924), and subcommittee C, W. W. Randall (1922) ami W. D. Collins (1924). 

 As chairmen of other committees, there were selected for the committee to 

 cooperate with other committees on food definitions, W. Frear ; editing methods 

 of analysis, R. E. Doolittle; vegetation tests on the availability of phosphoric 

 acid in basic slag, C. B. Williams; methods of sampling fertilizers, to co- 

 operate with a similar committee of the American Chemical Society, C. H. 

 .Tones; and revision of methods of soil analysis, C. B. Lipman. The board of 

 editors of the Journal consists of C. L. Alsberg (chairman). E. F. Ladd (1921), 

 R. E. Doolittle (1923), C. B. Lipman (1922), and L. L. Van Slyke (1920). 



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