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Miscellaneous. — Dr. Wilhelm Rimpau, the distinguished agriculturist of Schlanstadt, 

 Germany, died May 20, 1903, in his sixty-first year. Rimpau is best known in this 

 country throujrh his plant breeding work with cereals. He wa.M one of tlie first to 

 I)oint out the almost universal self-fertilization of wheat, and maintaine«l that dif- 

 ferent varieties of wheat could Ije grown in a<ljoining rows witli little or no 

 probability of crossing. Acting upon this belief he was able to establish his cross- 

 bred cereals and to conduct extensive experiments upon a limited area of ground. 

 He devoted much attention to potato and sugar beet breeding, and was formerly 

 prominent in the investigation on reclamation and cultivation of moor soils. He is 

 said to have been one of the four founders of the Deutsche landimrthschaftliche 

 Geselhchaft. 



Prof. G. E. Day of tlie Ontario Agricultural College, has declined a tempting offer 

 to go to South Africa as secretary of agriculture for the Orange River Colony. A 

 strong stand for his retention at Guelph was made l\v representatives of the live stock 

 interests, who paid a high triVmte to his sterling qualities and excellent work, in an 

 interview with the premier and the minister of agriculture for Ontario. 



W. A. Noyes of the Rose Polytechnic Institute, and H. N. Stokes of the I'. S. 

 Geological Survey, have been appointed chemists in the Bureau of Standards in this 

 city. 



We note from Science that the professorship of forestry at the Royal Agricultural 

 College at Cirencester, which has been vacant since the death of the late Sir Henry 

 Gilbert, has now been filled by the appointment of Dr. W. Schlich, late inspector 

 general of forests for the government of India and principal professor of forestry, 

 Coopers Hill. 



A canvass has been made with reference to the organization of a society for horti- 

 cultural science, which would meet in connection with kindred societies such as the 

 American A.ssociation for the advancement of Science and the American Pomological 

 Society. The matter has been promoted by Prof. S. A. Beach of the New York 

 Geneva Station. It will be considered in conjunction with the meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society at Boston, September 10-12, and if sufficient interest is 

 manifested a permanent organization will be formed. 



A call has been issued for the convention of the Association of American Agricul- 

 tural Colleges and Experiment Stations, to be held in this city beginning Tuesday, 

 November 17, 1903. 



Notice has l)een received of an international dairy congress to be held at Brussels, 

 September 8, 9, and 10. Among the subjects to receive consideration special mention 

 is made of (1) an international agreement for the repression of adulteration of dairy 

 products, (2) the hygiene of milk and its j^roducts, and (3) the formation of an inter- 

 national dairy association. The congress will also be open to the presentation of 

 papers and discussion on all subjects pertaining to dairy science and technics. 



The American Grape Acid Association, 318 Front St., San Francisco, Cal., offers a 

 bonus of $25,000 to the person who can devise a process for the use of grapes for 

 grape acid. The association desires the best formula, and the right to use the same, 

 by which grapes containing 20 per cent saccharine material may be turned into tar- 

 taric acid at a price that will admit of placing the product upon the market. This 

 offer closes December 1, 1904, when all papers are referred to the following jury: 

 Percy T. Morgan, president of the California Wine Association; Andrea Sbarboro, 

 president of the Manufacturers' and Producers' Association of California; E. W. 

 Hilgard, director California Agricultural Experiment Station; C. de Guigne, presi- 

 dent of the American Cream Tartar Co., and A. Schilling, of the firm of A. Schilling 

 & Co., the decision of 3 out of the 5 being final. The association invites correspond- 

 ence regarding this matter. 



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