SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.— M. 407 



SECTION M.— AGRICULTURE. 



(For references to the publication elsewhere of comnumicatioiis entered in the 

 following list of transactions, see p. 410.) 



Thursday, September 7. 



1. Mr. H. V. Taylor. — Commercial Horticulture and Industry. 



2. Dr. A. G. EusTON. — Yorkshire Farming as seen through Variii 



Costs. 



3. Prof. B. T. P. Barker. — The Behaviour of Fruit Trees in Rela- 



tion to Internal Nutrient Conditions. 



4. Joint Meeting with Sections A and P on Weather Cycles in 



Relation to Agriculture and Indtistrial Fluctuations. Opener: 

 Sir W. Beveridge, K.C.B. 



5. Mr. C. T. GiMiNGHAM. — Some Notes on the Colorimetric Deter- 



mination of Hydrogen Ion Concentration in Soils. 



6. Miss M. S. G. Breeze. — Degeneration in Anthers of Potato. 



Friday, September 8. 



7. Mr. E. A. Fisher. — The Evaporation of Water from Soil. 



8. Prof. T. B. Wood, F.E.S., and Dr. J. W. Capstick, O.B.E.— 



Influence of Tempera.ture on Basal Metabolism. 



9. Joint Meeting with Section I on The Vitamins. (See p. 390.) 



Saturday, September 9. 



Farms in the Yorlishire Wolds were visited. 



Monday, September 11. 



10. PresidentialAddressby theRt. Hon. Lord Bledisloe, K.B.E., 



on The Proper Position of the Landowner in Relation to the 

 Agricultural Industry. (See p. 219.) 



11. Sir Daniel Hall, K.C.B. , F.R.S. — Land Reclamation on the 



East Coast. 



12. Mr. J. A. Hanley. — The Use of Lime in the North of England. 



13. Mr. N. M. Comber. — The Limitations of Laboratory Methods of 



Lime Requirement Determination. 



In the afternoon Broomfleet Island, Blacktoft, was visited in order 

 to see Natural and Artificial Warp Land. 



Tuesday, September 12. 



14. Joint Discussion with Section P on The Possibility of Increas- 



ing the Food Supply of the Nation. Opener: Sir John 

 Eussell, F.E.S. 



