SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 

 OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 

 FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Friday, May 5, 1905. 



CONTENTS. 



Some Present Problems in Agriculture: Pro- 



fessor L. H. Bailey 681 



Albatross Expedition to the Eastern Pacific: 

 Alexander Agassiz 690 



Scientific Books: — 

 Rutherford on Radioactivity: Professor 

 Gael Barus. Kellner's Die Ernahrung der 

 landivirtschaftlichen Nutztiere: Dr. H. P. 

 Armby 698 



Scientific Journals and Articles 699 



Societies and Academies : — 



The Geological Society of Washington: Dr. 

 Geo. Otis Smith. The Chemical Society of 

 Washington: Dr. A. Seidell. Northeastern 

 Section of the American Chemical Society: 

 Dr. Arthur M. Gomey. The Science Club 

 of the University of Wisconsin: Dr. F. W. 

 WoLL. The Torrcy Botanical Club : Edward 

 W. Berry. The Elisha Mitchell Scientific 

 Society: Professor Al\tn S. Wheeler. . . 699 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 

 A Plea for the Increased Reviewing of Scien- 

 tific Literature: J. B. Johnston. The 

 Origin of Cyclones, Tornadoes and Cold 

 Waves: D. T. Smith 703 



Special Articles : — 



A Contribution to the History of the Con- 

 troversy of Flamsteed with Newton and 

 Halley: Dr. Edward S. Holden. A Be- 

 tween Season Bird Food Supply: \V. L. ]\Ic- 

 Atee. An Undescribed Alternaria affecting 

 the Apple: B. 0. Longyear. On the Use in 

 Surgery of Tendons of the Ardeidw and 

 Gruidce: Dr. Alexander W. Blain, Jr. 

 Note on the Occurrence on Grain of Or- 

 ganisms resembling the Bacillus Coli Com- 

 munis: Dr. Erastus G-. Smith 706 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Altitude and Acclimatisation in the 

 Tropics; The New Capital of Eritrea; The 

 Climate of Baltimore; The Monthly 

 Weather Revieio: Professor E. DeC. Ward 711 



Memorial of the Ohio Academy of Science on 

 the Death of Professor A. A. Wright 712 



The Newfoundland Whale Fisheries: F. A. L. 713 



Conference of Anatomists at the Wistar Insti- 

 tute 713 



The Carnegie Foundation 716 



Scientific Notes and News 717 



University and Educational News 7^0 



MSS. inteuded for pablicatiou aud books, etc., intended 

 for review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garri- 

 son-on-HudBon, N. Y. 



SOME PRESENT PROBLEMS IN 

 AGRICULTURE.- 



Agriculture is now in a transitional 

 stage. It is passing from the old to the 

 new. It is pupating. The problems are 

 great, and they all have a forward look. 



Most of these pi'oblems are incapable of 

 solution quickly. They must ripen and 

 mature. They are many; this paper pro- 

 poses to indicate only a few of them that 

 appeal most to me. 



The problems of agriculture are of press- 

 ing importance, both to agriculture itself 

 and to the public welfare. They are of 

 two kinds: (1) the technical problems of 

 the business, (2) the problems of adjust- 

 ment to the affairs of our growing civiliza- 

 tion. 



The problems of adjustment are of the 

 greatest public concern, because agricul- 

 ture is our greatest occupation. Agricul- 

 ture is necessary to civilization. Of all 

 occupations, it employs most men, most 

 capital and is followed in the most places. 

 It probably must always employ from one 

 fifth to one fourth of the people of any 

 self-sustaining nation. There are super- 



* Paper read, by L. H. Bailey before Department 

 18, Section on Agriculture, of the International 

 Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis, Septem- 

 ber 24, 1904. 



