December, 1921. 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



135 



real publishes some excellent material 

 (available by request) on the various 

 uses to which concrete may be put on the 

 farm. 



The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture in Farmers Bulletins 461 and 481 

 cover the subject in a very concise qnd 

 practical way. 



The slogan of "Concrete for Perman- 

 ence" is well chosen, and while we are 

 passing on from the pioneer days we 

 must give the matter of permanent farm 

 buildings our careful consideration. 



VITALITY OF POTATO PLANTING 



STOCK. 

 Experiments conducted for many years 

 by the Dominion Experimental Farms 

 System, according to the Report of the 

 Dominion Horticulturist obtainable at Ot- 

 tawa, have proved that seed stock of po- 

 tatoes that has given a good crop one year 

 would give greatly decreased yields the 



following year and low yields the succeed- 

 nig year. The reason for this is still a sub- 

 ject of research, but is is thought to be due 

 to some form of disease. How severe the 

 deterioration may be is indicated by the 

 fact that seed of Irish Cobbler sown in 

 1918 produced 444 bush. 24 lb. to the acre, 

 good for market, whereas in 1919 the same 

 stock yielded only 50 bush. 36 lb. Of 

 Green Mountain seed sown in 1917 yielded 

 257 bush. 24 lb. mai-ketable to the acre, in 

 1918, 154 bush, and in 1919 but 35 bush. 

 12 lb. In each case the original seed was 

 from the Experimental Farm at Frederic- 

 ton, X.B. In 1920 new seed from the same 

 place.- yielded 449 bush. 12 lb. per acre of 

 Irish Cobbler and of Green Mountain 640 

 bushels per acre, Avhereas seed of the lat- 

 ter sown at Ottawa for the previous two 

 years yielded only 74 bush. 48 lb. per acre. 

 Research is being continued with a view, if 

 possible, to .ascertain whether the loss in 

 vitality is due to disease or to other causes. 



Concerning the C.S.T.A. and Its Branches 



BY THE GENERAL-SECRETARY 



BUREAU OF RECORDS. 

 During November about forty percent of 

 the members returned the questionnaires 

 that were sent out early in the month. It 

 is probable that most of the others will be 

 returned before the end of the year, at 

 which time a revised list of members will 

 be printed for general distribution. 



In connection with the establishment of 

 this Bureau a membership campaign Avas 

 launched from the office of President 

 Klinck in Vancouver on November 21st, 

 when the questionnaire, with a covering 

 letter, was sent to every agricultural grad- 

 uate in Canada who was not already a 

 member of the Society. A generous' res- 

 ponse is expected during December. 



It is more than ever important that every 

 member should promptly notify the Gen- 

 eral Secretary of any change in position 

 or address or any other information which 



should be entered in the Bureau. The 

 value of the Bureau lies mainly in its ac- 

 curacy. 



NOTES. 



Dr. J. M. Swaine (Cornell) Chief of the 

 Division of Forest Insects in the Dominion 

 Entomological Branch, was elected Pre- 

 s^ident of the Professional Institute of Civil 

 Servants at the second annual Convention 

 held recently in Ottawa. 



_H. M. McElroy (0. A. C. '13) formerlv 

 District Agriculturist for the Soldier's 

 Settlement Board in Southern Alberta, has 

 been appointed Superintendent of the In- 

 distrial Farm at Fort WiUiam, under the 

 Ontario Department of Agriculture. 



E. R. Bewell (Manitoba. 14) has given 

 up his position with the Soldier s Settle- 

 ment Board at Dauphin, Man. His pre- 

 sent address is 1038 Oliphant Ave Vict- 

 oria, B.C. 



The present home address of A. Mcclaren 

 (O. A. C. '09) is Box 1108 Georgetown, 



