NOTES. 695 



Porto Rico Station. — William Iless, foniicrly ^ardi'iuT of the t'lurida StatiDii, 

 lias l)«'i>ii aii|»'i"l('(l cxpiTt pink'iier and lias eiiteivd njion Ills dulit's. 



Rhode Island Station. — TliiouKli the efforts of the station there has been 

 i»rf,'ani/.ed in the State an a^^ricnltural experimental union. Each member 

 ajirees to conduct one simple exi)eriment on his farm during the sunnner. and 

 the results will be presented at an experience meeting to be held the following 

 winter. I>ittle interest was manifested when the subject was first broached, 

 l>ut the movement is now growing rapidly and is expected to result in a large 

 and promising organization. 



The vacancy caused by the resignation of J. S. Irish, assistant biologist, lias 

 been tllkMl by the appointment of R. C. Waite, a graduate of the Michigan 



Vermont Station. — Joseph W. Wellington lias been aiipointed assistant horti- 

 culturist. 



Washington College and Station. — Ira P. Whitney has resigned as instructor 

 in dairying and dairy expert to assume charge of a large dairy farm in Mon- 

 tana. V. C. Thorn, demonstrator in physics at the Ontario Agricultural College 

 and Experimental I'arm, has been elected soil physicist of the station, vice 

 H. H. lierry, who has been appointed instructor in agronomy. Alex Carlyle has 

 be<'n a|>pointed assistant cerealist of the station and entered upon his duties 

 February l."i. 



Wisconsin University. — A tuberculosis exhibit consisting of the State exhibit 

 at the International Congress on Tuberculosis, together with reproductions of 

 the principal features of other exhibits at that congres.s, has been prepared by 

 the department of bacteriology and the State antituberculosis association and 

 is to lie sent out to cities in the State by the university extension division. 



The annual convclition of the State board of agriculture was for the lirst 

 time held at the college of agriculture, the meetings taking place February 

 .3 and 4. A number of State live stock associations also met at the time. The 

 speakers included several members of the staff of the college and station, as 

 well a.s of other institutions. 



The enrollment in the short courses reached 444, a gain *)f 51 over the previ- 

 ous year. Nearly every county of the State was represented, besides S other 

 States, England, Japan, India, and Tanania. At spe<'ial exercises held February 

 l.'i in connection with the short courses. President Van Ilise, on behalf of the 

 university, presented to Charles P. (Joodrich, a Jefferson County dairyman, 

 Arthur L. Hatch, a Door County horticulturist, and Henry Wallace, of Iowa, 

 editor of W'dlldcc'f! Fanner, engrossed testimonials setting forth the apprecia- 

 tion by the university of their services to agriculture. This is believed to be the 

 first formal recognition by educational institutions of the services to agricul- 

 ture of jirivate individuals. 



First Pan-American Scientific Congress. — The following account of this con- 

 gress is furiiishcd by .Mr. (Jcorgc .M. Kunimel, of the Itureau of Animal Industry 

 of this Department, who was one of the delegates from the I'nited States to the 

 congress. 



The first Pan-American Scientilic Congress was held at Santiago, Chile, from 

 De<'eml»er '2'>, IIIOS, to January .^», liK)".). More than 200 delegates were present 

 and every American republic except Halt! was represented. There had been 

 lield iireviously three scientific congresses at which the liatin-American rejiub- 

 iicH were r(,*presented — at Hueiios Ayn's, MinitevidtH), and Uio de Janeiro. 

 Shortly aft«'r the last of these congresses an invitation was extended (<> the 

 United States to participate in the fourth congress, and the invitation was ac- 

 <"epted. Cidigress aiijiropriat ing .$.'!."i.(Mi(> early in I'.tOS to be used by the Secretary 

 of State in defraying the ex|»enses of a delegation from this (Jovernment. 



