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rnral economics of Experiment Station Record, vice J. B. Morman, who has 

 accepted a position in connection witli tlie Harriman investigations of Nortli 

 American mammals. 



Experiment Station at Burtaage. England. — According to Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 an experiment station lias recently been organized at Bnrbage, Leicestershire, 

 for the purpose of applying Meudelian methods of research to the practical 

 breeding problems of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. Commercial nur- 

 series at Bnrbage, comprising over 100 acres, will be utilized for the experi- 

 ments as far as possible. 



At present the station staff is constituted as follows: Director, C. C. Hurst; 

 recorder, J. B. Perkins; secretary, W. Harding; agriculturist, S. Evans; horti- 

 culturist, G. Geary ; florist, G. Dakin ; and poultry expert, J. Ward-. 



It is announced that every facility is to be offered to students and workers 

 in genetics to carry out experiments at the station. Experiments are already 

 under way with a large number of plants, including both orchard and orna- 

 mental trees, small fruits, vegetables, and flowers. 



Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry. — According to a pre- 

 liminary announcement as to the organization of this congress, it has been 

 decided to hold the opening meeting in Washington, D. C, September 4, 1912. 

 President Taft, who will also serve as patron of the congress, has consented 

 to preside at this meeting. The remaining meetings, both business and 

 scientific, will be held in New York City, from September 6 to 13, inclusive. 



The congress is to be organized in eleven sections and subsections, of 

 which that on agricultural chemistry has the following organization : Presi- 

 dent, F. K. Cameron, of the Bureau of Soils of this Department; vice presi- 

 dent, H. J. Wheeler, of the Rhode Island Station ; secretary, J. A. Leclerc, 

 of the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department; and additional members of 

 the executive committee, L. L. Van Slyke, of the New York State Station, and 

 H. P. Armsby, of the Pennsylvania Institute of Animal Nutrition. The busi- 

 ness address of the section is to be at the Bureau of Soils. In the subsection 

 on Bromatology, W. D. Bigelow, of the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department, 

 is president, A. L. Winton, of the Bureau of Chemistry, vice president, and 

 Charles D. Woods, of the Maine Station, a member of the executive committee, 

 with the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department the business address of 

 the subsection. The official representatives of this_ Department on the organi- 

 zation committee include H. W. Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry, W. W. 

 Cooke of the Biological Survey, W. L. Hall of the Forest Service. F. K. Cam- 

 eron of the Bureau of Soils, W. J. Humphreys of the Weather Bureau, M. 

 Dorset of the Bureau of Animal Industry, H. H. True of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, and C. F. Langworthy of this Office. 



All papers accepted for presentation to the congress are to be printed prior 

 to the meeting, and it is desired that they be received by the American com- 

 mittee in charge by July 1, 1912. An abstract should accompany each, as 

 it is planned to restrict the actual time of presentation in each case to ten 

 minutes. 



Additional information may be obtained from the secretary of the congress, 

 Dr. I^.ernard C. Hesse, 2.j Broad Street, New York City. 



Conference for Education in the South. — The Fourteenth Conference fi)r Edu- 

 cation in the South was held in Jacksonville, Fla., April 19-21, with its general 

 subject the Redirection of Education for Rural Communities. 



Speakers of prominence from all iiarts of the country and some representatives 

 of foreign countries descril»ed successful efforts to adapt school instruction to 

 the wants of rural communities. Dr. Paul Ritter. envoy extraordinary and 

 minister plenipotentiary from the Republic of Switzerland, spoke on the 



