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to confer with the U. S. Departmenl of Agriculture on the conduct and extension of 

 investigations of farm implements and machinery. 



Suggestions were made by manufacturers thai at leasl half of the men Benl abroad 

 to foreign countries by the Bureau of < Jommerce and Labor, t" Btudy tin- requirements 

 of American commerce, Bhould have a knowledge "i farm implements and agricultural 

 practice, as farm implements represenl one of the largest lines "i" American exports. 

 These men should study soils ami farm crop conditions, in order that they might 

 report intelligently the character of farm implements which would meet tin- demands 

 of different localities. 



The convention adjourned on the 28th, and on the 29th, at the invitation of ( !ana- 

 dian manufacturers, they took a trip to Hamilton, Ontario, where they visited the 



International Harvester Company's factory, ami to Toronto, where a banquet was 



given in their honor. ( >n the latter occasion addresses on commercial relations and 

 reciprocity were made by prominent men from both the Canadian ami American 

 Manufacturers' Associations. 



Personal Mention. — Dr. D. 1''.. Salmon, for twenty-one years Chief of tin- Bureau 

 of Animal Industry of this Department, resigned his position, to take effect 

 October l. 



.1. I'.. Dandeno, assistant professor of botany a1 the Michigan Agricultural College. 

 and S. F. Edwards, instructor in hacteriology in the same institution, have been 

 appointed to the chairs of botany ami bacteriology, respectively, in the Ontario 

 Agricultural College atGuelph. 



C. YV. Howard, a graduate of Cornell University, and for the past year laboratory 

 assistant in entomology, has been appointed assistant entomologist under the Trans- 

 vaal Government The enl logist is C. B. Simpson, also a graduate of Cornell 



University. 



George 1.. Clothier, formerly of the Forest Service of this Department, has become 

 instructor in forestry in the Mississippi College, a new department having been 

 recently established in that institution. In addition to his instruction in the college, 

 he will carry on propaganda work in forestry in the State, and will conduct some 

 special studies of forest problems in cooperation with the Forest Service. 



A press notice states that Don Enrique Fynn, an agricultural engineer of some 

 prominence in South America, has been appointed chief of the division of agriculture 

 in the Argentina Government, which undertakes to provide instruction for farmers 

 and others interested in agriculture, and to generally stimulate efforts for agricultural 

 improvement and development. 



Prof. Julius Kiihn, of Halle, widely known for his agricultural writings, especially 

 upon feeding animals, celebrated his eightieth birthday October 23. 



Dr. II. Fischer has been appointed director of the bacteriological station in the 

 agricultural high school at Berlin. 



Prof. W. Hoffmeister, director of the experiment station at [nsterburg, Germany, 

 retired October 1. He is succeeded by Dr. W. Zieldorff, chemisl of the Eohenheim 

 station. 



Miscellaneous.— The late Major Henry F. Alvord bequeathed to the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College a large collection of agricultural hooks, pictures, and museum 

 articles. He also left a bequest of "nol less than $4,000 nor more than $5,000, prefer- 

 ably the latter," to found a scholarship to he known as the Alvord Dairy Scholarship. 

 The income of this fund is 'Mo he applied to the support of any worthy student at 

 Bald college, graduate or postgraduate, who may be making a specialty of the study 

 of dairy husbandry I broadly considered | with intentions of becoming an investigator, 

 teacher, or special practitioner in connection with the dairy industry." The bequest 

 is subject to the life interest of Mrs. Alvord. 



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