700 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Dr. Edward Zacharias, director of the Hamburg Botanic Garden and pro- 

 fessor of botany in the University of Hamburg, died March 23, 1911, at the age 

 of 59 years. 



New Journals. — The Journal of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture 

 has been established with a view to getting results before the farmers more 

 promptly and frequently than was possible with the annual report which has 

 hitherto formed practically the sole medium of communication. The report 

 will continue to be published but will become merely a brief review of the 

 work in hand, while the journal, which will be issued monthly, will report 

 the results of investigations and otherwise serve as the organ of the depart- 

 ment. The principal articles in the initial number are entitled The Natural 

 Pastures of New Zealand, Solid Straw Tuscan Wheat. The Pakihi Soils of 

 Westland, and notes on the Formation and Working of Cooperative Dairy 

 Factory Companies. 



The Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany is being published cpiarterly, 

 beginning with February, by the department of biologj' of Pomona College. Its 

 purpose is defined as " first and foremost in the interest of the scientific develop- 

 ment of the new subtropical horticulture." The initial number consists of the 

 following articles: The Avocado in Southern California, by F. W. Popenoe; 

 The Wither-tip in Ventura County, by E. O. Essig; Biological Expedition to 

 Southern Mexico, by D. L. Crawford; and The Botanic Garden of Para, by 

 C. F. Baker. 



The Progressive Eastern Fruitgrower, edited by J. S. Gallagher with an ad- 

 visory board of editors at present consisting of L. H. Bailey and C. S. Wilson, 

 is being issued as a monthly magazine devoted to the upbuilding of fruitgrowing 

 in eastern America. The initial number contains among others an article on 

 Apples of the Fameuse Type, by F. A. Waugh, of the Massachusetts College 

 and Station, and The Gospel of Pruning, by U. P. Hedrick, of the New York 

 State Station. 



Rivista Scientiflca del Latte is being issued as a quarterly supplement to 

 Industria Lattiera e Zootecnica, with Prof. Giuseppe Fascetti, of the school of 

 agriculture of the University of Pisa, as editor. The initial number contains 

 the following articles: Studies of Bitter Cheese, by Prof. Fascetti; Interpreta- 

 tion of Analytical Results in Studies on the Watering of Milk, by R. San- 

 felici; The Use of Oleomargarine in Calf Feeding, by C. Besana ; and Photo- 

 graphy and Zootechny, by E. Reggiani. 



The Journal of Meat and, Milk Hygiene is a monthly review devoted to "se- 

 curing for Great Britain and Ireland an efficient supply of meat and milk." 

 Original articles are presented in the initial number on Meat Poisoning. Its 

 Nature, Causation, and Prevention, bj^ E. J. McWeeney; The Occurrence of 

 Actinomycosis in Cows' Udders, by J. H. Patterson ; and On the Public Slaugh- 

 terhouse System of Scotland, by F. Dittmar. In addition, notes, abstracts, 

 reviews, etc., are included. 



The Agricultural Journal of the Union of South Africa is being issued monthly 

 in both English and Dutch editions, superseding Agricultural Journal of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, Natal Agricultural Journal, and Transvaal Agricultural 

 Journal. 



The Department of Agriculture of the State of Parahiba, Brazil, has estab- 

 lished Bolctim dc Agricultura as its official organ. Its initial numbers contain 

 brief articles by members of the staff, reprints from other publications, and 

 notes. 



Pecuaria, a review of the live stock industry, is being issued monthly at 

 Havana. It is stated to be the only journal of the sort now published in Cuba. 



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