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SCIENCE 



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Progress of Chemistry, Vol. XIX, to members 

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We learn from the Experiment Station 

 Record that a scientific commission has been 

 appointed by the French government to study 

 the agricultural possibilities of French Nigeria, 

 especially that portion h'ing between Bamoko 

 and Timbuetoo. The construction of a huge 

 dam in this vicinity is contemplated for the 

 irrigation of the Upper Niger Valley. A gen- 

 eral agricultural reconnaissance will be made 

 by the commission, with special emphasis on 

 cotton, covering a period of from twelve to 

 eighteen months. Dr. R. H. Forbes, formerly 

 of the Arizona University and Station and who 

 has just concluded his engagement with the 

 Societe Sultanienne d'Agricultui'e of Egypt, 

 has accepted an appointment as agronomist on 

 this commission. 



An additional appropriation of $15,000, 

 with legislation to guarantee its effective ex- 

 penditure, will be asked of the next legislatui-e 

 by the Minnesota State Board of Health, for 

 the supervision of the state tourist camps. The 

 importance of extreme care in sanitation mat- 

 ters among tourists is shown in a report cover- 

 ing the period from 1913 to 1921, showing that 

 365 cases of typhoid fever in Minnesota were 

 contracted outside the state while the victims 

 were on vacation trips. 



The valuable collection of books on foresti-y, 

 photographs, slides and papers gathered by 

 the late Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock, the "Father 

 of Pennsylvania Forestry," has been given to 

 the State Department of Forestry, in accord- 

 ance with a wish expressed by the former com- 

 missioner. The collection was turned over to 

 Dr. Joseph S. Illiek, chief of the research divi- 

 sion, who worked under Dr. Rothrock, and he 



is an-anging them to be placed in the depart- 

 mental library. Among the books is a copy of 

 Gray's Botany, which Dr. Rothrock carried 

 with him during his service in the Civil War. 

 Some of the photogi'aphs in the collection were 

 among the first taken by Dr. Rothrock when 

 he was arousing public interest in conserva- 

 tion and bringing about the organization of 

 the Department of Forestry. 



The state legislature of South Carolina has 

 appropriated $50,000 for experimental work, 

 about half to be expended at the college and 

 the remainder at the substations and for co- 

 operative experimental work on different soil 

 types in the state. 



The University of California announces that 

 its students have won two of the four prizes 

 offered by the Glass Containers' Association 

 in a national competition for the most valuable 

 paper on canning or any feature relating to 

 canning or preserving. The first prize was 

 won by Lai Singh, a Hindu student who gradu- 

 ated from the College of Agriculture with the 

 class of 1921. His paper on "Factors con- 

 cerned in manufacturing fruit products" is 

 said to be a distinct contribution to the knowl- 

 edge of jams and jellies. The paper is to be 

 published as a series of articles in the trade 

 magazine. Canning Age. J. R. Herman, a 

 graduate student in the College of Agriculture, 

 won the third prize in the national competition 

 with a paper on "The utilization of grape 

 products." The second and foui'th prizes went 

 to students in eastern universities. 



We learn from Nature that the Ramsay 

 Memorial Fellowship trustees have made the 

 following awards : Ramsay Fellowship of the 

 value of £300 tenable for one year, but renew- 

 able for a second year, to Dr. R. W. Lunt, of 

 the Universitj'' of Liverpool, and of University 

 College, London, for the continuation of his 

 work at University College, London, on chem- 

 ical effects of electromagnetic waves over the 

 frequency range, 10"-10^ cycles; Glasgow 

 Ramsay Fellowship of £300 to Mr. J. A. Mail-, 

 of the University of Glasgow, who will con- 

 tinue his research on the chemistry of the ter- 

 penes; a special fellowship of £300 for one 

 year to Mr. W. Davies, who has already held 

 a Ramsay Fellowship for two sessions and 



