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ceeded to a far greater extent than any one 

 else interested in attracting notice to the 

 great amber industry, which the German gov- 

 ernment is now paternally fostering with 

 much satisfaction to all and with consider- 

 able financial success. He leaves a wife, a 

 brother and grandchildren — one a son-in-law 

 of Dr. Carl Kaiserling, of the University of 

 Berlin. George F. Kunz 



TEE ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL 

 AGSICULTUBAL CHEMISTS 

 Announcement is made by Dr. H. W. Wiley, 

 secretary of the Association of Official Agri- 

 cultural Chemists, that the twenty-eighth an- 

 nual convention of the association will be 

 held at Washington, D. C, from November 

 20 to 22. The program is as follows: 



Monday, November 20 



MORNING session 



Phosphoric Acid: H. D. Haskins, Amherst, Mass. 

 Determination of Nitrogen: J. W. Kellogg, Har- 



risburg. Pa. 

 Potash' — 



Determination: E. L. Baker, Geneva, N. T. 

 Availability: H. H. Hill, Blaeksburg, "Va. 

 Soils: J. G. Lipman, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 Inorganic Plant Constituents: O. M. Shedd, Lex- 

 ington, Ky. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



Appoiiitment of Committees 

 Insecticides: C. C. McDonnell, Washington, D. C. 

 Water : W. W. Skinner, Washington, D. C. 

 Committee A on Recommendations of Eeferees: 

 J. P. Street, New Haven, Conn. 



Beports of Special Committees 



Amendments to the Constitution: L. L. Van Slyke, 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



Appropriation : J. P. Street, New Haven, Coim. 



Availability of Phosphoric Acid in Basic Slag; 

 W. P. Hand, Agricultural College, Miss. 



Cooperation with other Agricultural Organiza- 

 tions: H. W. Wiley, Washington, D. C. 



Food Standards : William Prear, State College, Pa. 



Journal of Agricultural Research: W. A. Withers, 

 Raleigh, N. C. 



Participation in the Eighth International Congress 

 of Applied Chemistry: J. P. Street, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Presentation of the Question of Unification of 

 Terms to the International Congress of Ap- 

 plied Chemistry: E. J. Davidson, Blaeksburg, 

 Va. 



Standardization of Alcohol Tables: L. M. Tolman, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Testing of Chemical Reagents: L. F. Kebler: 

 Washington, D. C. 



Unification of Methods of Analysis of Pats and 

 Oils: L. M. Tolman, Washington, D. G. 



Tuesday, November 21 



MORNING session 



Food Adulteration : A. S. Mitchell, St. Paul, Minn. 



Colors: W. E. Mathewson, New York City. 



Saccharine Products: S. H. Ross, Omaha, Neb. 



Fruit Products: A. W. Blair, Gainesville, Fla. 



Wine: E. J. Lea, Berkeley, Cal. 



Beer: W. D. McAbee, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Distilled Liquors: J. O. LaBach, Lexington, Ky. 



Vinegar: W. A. Bender, New York City. 



Flavoring Extracts: R. S. Hiltner, Denver, Colo. 



Spices: E. W. Hilts, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Baking Powder: E. W. Magruder, Richmond, 

 Va. 



Meat and Fish: Ralph Hoagland, St. Anthony 

 Park, St. Paul, Minn. 



Fats and Oils: H. S. Bailey, Washington, D. C. 



Dairy Products: A. E. Paul, Chicago, 111. 



Cereal Products : H. L. White, Agricultural Col- 

 lege, N. D. 



Vegetables: J. P. Street, New Haven, Conn. 



Condiments other than Spices: W J McGee, 

 New Orleans, La. 



Cocoa and Cocoa Products: W. L. Dubois, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



Tea and Coffee : M. E. Jaffa, Berkeley, Cal. 



Preservatives : H. E. Barnard, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Water in Foods: H. C. Lythgoe, Boston, Mass. 



Organic and Inorganic Phosphorus in Foods: 

 H. S. Grindley, Urbana, HI. 

 President's Address (special order for 12 o'clock). 



afternoon session 

 Separation of Nitrogenous Bodies — 



Meat Proteids: C. R. Moulton, Columbia, Mo. 

 Milk and Cheese: A. W. Bosworth, Geneva, 



N. Y. 

 Vegetable Proteids: R. Harcourt, Guelph, Can- 

 ada. 

 Committee C on Recommendations of Referees: A. 

 L. Winton, Chicago, HI. 



