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RECENT CALLERS. 



Prof. W. R. Lazenby of Ohio State University called en 

 route to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, where he will spend 

 the winter. While in these countries he. will also collect 

 such information and specimens for this Office as he can 

 without interfering with his own plans. Requests for investi- 

 gations ilong special lines and collections of special 

 materials may be made through this Office. 



Messrs. V. Kotchetkoff of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Moscow, and D. Roodzinski, Director of the Selection Station 

 of the Moscow Agricultural Institute, spent several days 

 recently in a study of the work of this Bureau and especially 

 of the work of Arlington Farm as an introduction to a six 

 months' investigation of agricultural methods and conditions 

 in the United States. 



Mr. G. Weidm&n Groff of Canton Christian College, 

 called July 10, to report on a recent trip he made across one 

 of the less known provinces of southern China, that of Kwong 

 Si. Many interesting fruits and vegetables were reported, 

 and notes given us on the various crops grown. Much informa- 

 tion was received on the general agricultural conditions of 

 hern provinces, where there seems to "be a premise of 

 a gei i.l movement in advance along agricultural lines. 



Mr. William W. Masterson, American Consul at Harput, 

 Turkey in Asia, in conversation July 10, called attention to 

 several interesting fruits of that portion of Armenia and 

 gave us the names of a number of new men recommended as 

 possible correspondents. Among the interesting importations 

 sent us by Consul Masterson in the past are the oleasters, 

 or Trebizond dates, watermelons of tremendous size, and 

 unusually fine apricots. 



Issued September 12, 1911. 



