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siderable attention will be given to dairying. Additional information may bf 

 obtained from the secretary-general. Dr. li. IJnrri, Liebefeld, Bern. 



American Genetic Association. — Following the change in name of the American 

 Breeders' Association to the American Genetic Association, the American 

 Breeders Magazine has been rechristened the Journal of Heredity. The asso- 

 ciation has decided to hold meetings of the three research committees during 

 1914, but to postpoue its next general meeting until 1015, wheu it will take place 

 at the San Francit^o Exposition. 



Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. — At a 

 meeting held February 27, the executive committee of the association decided 

 upon Washington, D. C, November 11-13, as the place and time for the next 

 annual convention. 



Agriculture at the British Association. — At the recent mooting of the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, the agricultural section held one 

 of its most successful sessions both as to papers and attendance. The presi- 

 dential address of T. B. Wood, of Cambridge University, has been previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 29, p. 404). Other papers were those on Methods of German 

 Forestry by Frazer Story, The " May-sick " Disease of Cereals and Hoot Crops 

 by W. E. Collinge, for which he has found sulphur and lime to be successful 

 remedies, The Growing of Flax by Duncan Davidson, The Fungicidal Action of 

 Bordeaux Mixture by B. T. P. Barker and C. T. Gimingham, the Utilization 

 of Sewage in Agriculture by J. Grossman, The Partial Sterilization of Soil 

 by Quick Lime by H. B. Hutchinson, The Protozoa of the Soil by T. Goodey. 

 Kitrification in Pasture Soils by C. T. Gimingham, The Treatment of Peat 

 with Aerobic Soil Bacteria by W. B. Bottomley, The Life History of Eri<)i)hyeH 

 rihis by Miss Adelaide INI. Taylor, The Weeds of Arable Land by Dr. Winifred 

 E. Brenchley, Varieties of Corn Spurry by Miss Armitage, and the Possibility 

 of Partnership between Landlord and Tenant by Sir Richard Paget. Joint 

 meetings were also held with the sections of botany and physiology, the 

 former dealing mainly with problems in barley production and the latter with 

 live stock problems. 



Agricultural Essay Contest. — Awards have been announced in a contest organ- 

 ized by the Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago for the best essay from any 

 graduate or undergraduate from an agricultural college in the United States 

 on the subject Agricultural Education and the Farm. First place and a gold 

 medal valued at $100 were won by Miss Ethel Yanderwilt, a 1913 graduate 

 of the Kansas College, while second, third, and fourth places, wnth memberships 

 in the club, went respectively to H. J. Snider, a student in the University of 

 Illinois, Prescott W. Thompson of the University of Missouri, and J. W. Steven- 

 son of Illinois. 



Boy and Girl Corn, Potato, and Canning Club Champions, — Over 75 farm boys 

 and girls who, as members of agricultural clubs, have led their States in the 

 production of corn, potatoes, cotton, and tomatoes, and in the home canning 

 of their own garden produce, enjoyed a program from December 11-18, 1913, in 

 Washington. The expense of the trip to Washington was borne by individuals 

 and civic, commercial, and agricultural organizations in the States. 



Of the corn club boys Walker D. Dunson of Tallapoosa County, Ala., not only 

 leads the countrj% but is said to have broken the record for corn production by 

 raising 232.7 bu. on an acre at a cost of only 19.9 cents i>er bushel. Of the 

 girls the leader in canning and tomato work is Miss Clyde Sullivan of Lowndes 

 County, Ga., who put up 2,464 cans from a yield of 5,354 lbs. of tomatoes on 

 one-tenth of an acre. 



New Agricultural School in Southern India. — A new agricultural school was 

 opened in Bangalore, Mysore, in 1913, to turn out " etficient and intelligent 



