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not rigidly adhered t o ; some of the papers scheduled for the afternoon were given in the morning. Hon. Curtis Hill spoke on How Good Roads Help the Farmer, Hon. J . €3. White on Practical Forestry zn Europe and America. A representative of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, IT. J Spillman, spoke in place of Dr. Bradford Knapp, who was absent. He was followed by+Prof. Cyril Hopkins, of the University of Illinois, on Worn-out Soils. This was a comprehensive and forceful address. He considered the chemistry of soil, emphasizing the necessity of using artificial fertilizers, especially ground rock phosphate, limestone and in some cases nitrogenous matter and potash, t o restore worn-out soils. He made a remarkable statement, namely, that most soils contain an abundance of potash and do not require any further addition of this element. He also advocated the use of the Taxi- untreated phosphate rock. Dr. Hopkins urged that the large sums of money used t o reclaim the arid lands of the west could be used to much greater advantage in restoring the fertility of the farms of the country t h a t are located near the centers of population and t h a t receive abundant rainfall. Dr. TV. J. McGee read a paper on The Trend of the Conservatiolz Jdovement. I n the afternoon session the principal address was b y the Hon. TValter L. Fisher, Secretary of the Interior, on the Conservat i o n of the Public Domain. Mr. Fisher advocated the system of renting or leasing the coal lands and water power for a limited number of years and not letting the permanent possession go out of the hands of the people. Addresses were also made by Hon. 11’. B. Hoard on Dairyivtg a&d Soil Fertility; b y Prof. A. N . Ten Eyck, Kansas State Agricultural College, on Proper Methods of Soil C d t i v a t i o n ; by Mr. A. P. Grout on The R a p e of the Soil. The chairman of the Committee on Resolutions then read a long series of recommendations which were adopted unanimously by the Congress. Letters were read from Theodore Roosevelt, and the delegates sent a telegram of greeting t o Gifford Pinchot. At the evening and final session Mr. William Jennings Bryan delivered an address on Phases of Conservation. EDWARD H. KEISER, Delegate, A. C. S
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MEETINGS OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETIES IN NEW YORK.
At a special meeting of the Chairman and Secretaries of the New York Section of the Americah Chemical Society, the American Electrochemical Society, and the Societv of Chemical Industrv. held a t the Chemists’ Club on October 3rd, a tentative program was outlined for meetings for the season 1911-1912. Three joint meetings have been arranged which promise t o be of very wide interest. 2
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November ~oth.-Joint meeting under the auspices of American Chemical Society. Subject : Symposium on Fuel Economy. December 8th.-Regular meetihg, American Chemical Society. Award of Nichols Medal. Election of Local Couhcilors. December ~gth.-Annual meeting; the Chemists’ Club. 1912 . January sth.-Regular meeting; American Chemical Society. January I 9th.-Regular meeting ; Society of Chemical Industry. Award of Perkin Medal. February 9th.- Joint meeting ; under the auspices of the American Electrochemical Society. Subject : Research. March 8th.-Regular m e e ~ n ;g American Chemical Society. Election of Officers of the Section. March 2 2nd.-Regular meeting ; Society of Chemical Industry. March 29th.-Regular meeting; American Electrochemical Society. April ~gth.--Joint meeting; under the auspices of the Society of Chemical Industry. Subject: Alkali. May 10th.-Regular meeting ; American Chemical Society. May z4th.-Last regular meeting; Society of @hemical Industry. June 7th.-Last regular meeting; American Chemical Society.
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PROGRAM O F ’FIRST JOINT MEETING OF NEW YORK CHEMICAL SOCIETIES.
The first joint meeting of the New York Sections of the American Chemical Society, American Electrochemical Society and Society of Chemical Industry, is scheduled for November Ioth, a t the Chemists’ Club, and the program will be a general symposium on Fuel Economy. PROGRAM. “Fuel Gasification for Industrial Purposes.” By Professor Charles E. Lucke. “A Continuous Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Recorder and I t s Application to Combustion Efficiency.” By Edward A. Uehling. “Is Peat an Important Fuel?” By Charles F. McKenna. “Deterioration and the Fire Risk in the Storage of By H. c*Porter. “The Distribution of Heat in Boiler Plant Operation.,, By Perry c ~ S o m eAttempts at Economy in Making By J. W. Loveland.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
By invitation of the trustees of the New Tork Public Library the autumn meeting of the National Academy of Sciences will be held in its new building, Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, beginning on Tuesday, November 2 1st. The first business meeting of the Academy will be held on Tuesday morning a t eleven o’clock and the first open scientific session will be a t two o’clock in the afternoon.
