XXV. 



"The Influence of Food upon Fertility in Stock." Darnell 



Smith. 

 " A New Method of the Mechanical Analysis of Soils." W. 



H. Green and G. A. Ampt. 

 Discussion of paper by Dr. Greig-Smith : " On New Factors 



connected with Soil Fertility." 

 " On the Behaviour of Certain Australian Varieties of Wheat 



when Grown in Surrey (England)." A. E. Humphries, 

 Coxe's Lock Mill, Weybridge, England. 



13th January. 



" On the Proportion of Ferrous Sulphate used against the 

 the White Rot of Grape Vines." M. Blunno. 



" William Farrer in Connection with Recent Development 

 in the Improvements of Wheat." W. S. Campbell. 



"The Diseases of the Coco-nut and their Remedies." W. 

 W. Froggatt. 



" Notes on the Effect of Liming on the Availability of the 

 Soil Constituents." F. B. Guthrie and L. Cohen. 



" Macaroni Wheats ; their Milling Qualities and Future 

 Possibilities." G. W. Norris. 



" An Inquiry into the Causes of Cream Taints and Decom- 

 positions." M. A. O'Callaghan. 



"The Australian Aspect of Agricultural Education." H. 

 W. Potts. 



" Milling Experiments." A. E. V. Richardson. 



" On the Field Results of Farrer's Work." G. L. Sutton. 

 Excursion. — A visit to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College 

 was arranged. 



Section H. 



ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. 



January 10th. 



Presidential Address : "Conservation of Water in Australia." 

 E Iwood Mead. 



Lecture : "Irrigation in India." W. H. Warren, M.Inst. C.E. 

 University of Sydney. 



Papers : (a) " Some Notes on Experiments with Built-up 

 Steel Columns." {b) " Some Experiments on the Sus- 

 tenance Afforded by the Atmosphere and by Water to 

 Discs, Aeroplanes, Hydroplanes and Gyroplanes." 

 G. Higgins. 



Inspection of P. N. Russell School of Engineering. 



A joint meeting. Section B (Chemistry) and Section H (Engi- 

 neering), was held in the Chemistry Department to discuss Prof. 

 Fawsitt's paper on "The Corrrsion of Iron and Steel." 



