Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-27
SCIENCE OF THE SOIL
Improved Methods in the Control of Fertil-
izers Being Discussed.
Agricultural Chemists Continue TheiI
Convention and Elect Officers for
the Ensuing Year.

The sessions of the annual convention of
the Association of Agricultural Chemists.
which began yesterday in the lecture hall
of the Columbian University continued to-
day. the morning meeting being taken up
with a discussion of the reports received
from various committees recommending
changes and improvements in laboratory
work governing the control of fertilizers.
The reports and the remarks made upon
them were analytical in character. Most
of the reports were referred to the COM
mittee on recommendations for investiga-
ton and final report at next years meeting.
A recess was taken at noon.
The afternoon session began promptly at
2 o'clock. according to the program. with
large attendance on hand. President
Frear occupied the chair. The Only bust
ness transacted outside of few minor
reports being submitted and accepted was
the election of officers, which resulted as
follows: President. A L. Winton: vice presi-
dent. K c. KedZie. secretary, H. w. Wiley
and additional members of the executive
committee, NJ. A. Scovell and ]. L. Hills.
OF this number Mr.. Wiley was reelected.
AT 2:3O o'clock the association adjourned
for the purpose Of accepting the invitation
OF the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect
the beet sugar analysis now being made at
the government laboratory Secretary VIII
son also expressed the wish to meet per-
soEally each and every member of the as
ISOLATION. and they will be presented to
MIN Immediately after the inspection of
the work in the laboratory.
The morning session will begin tomorrow
at $50 o'clock, and from present indica-
tons the association will have a busy day
In disposing of all the business that has
presented itself.
are men who are devoting their lives to
the establishment of scientific facts that
will prove. and in many instances have
already proven, advantageous In a most
IN inIIlfl riStS in, al
parts Of the country Among those present
are H. b. Mcdonnell, state chemist Mary
land: r. H. Gaines, state chemist, Virginia;
w. A. Withers. director North Carolina
experiment station; B. H. Hite, chemist,
West Virginia station; c. c. Krumchaar,
H. ]. Patterson, chemist Maryland expert
ment station: H. j. Wheeler, chemist,
Rhode Island station; r. ]. Davidson chem
list. Virginia station; G. f. Perkins. chemist,
Florida station Oma Carr, Cory. Pa; E.
w. Allen. assistant director. office of .eX
pertinent stations; J. ID. Hird, District of
Columbia board of health; c. c. Moore r.
C. Prescott. Department of Agriculture; j.
L. Hills. director Vermont station; A. W.
Wiley. w. D. Bigelow. E. E. Ewell. De-
partment Of Agriculture; r: P. Clark. W. F.
Williams. Raleigh. N. c.; j. H. Thigpen.
A l.. Winton. New Haven, Conn: W. S.
Sweetser. State College. Pa; c. G. Jeuter.
Geneva, N. Y: j. NJ. Bartlett, Orma, N. Y;
l.. L. Van Slyke, Geneva N Y; H. j.
Wheeler. Kingston. r. l.; William Frear,
chemist. Pennsylvania experiment station;
c. L. Penny chemist Delaware experiment
station; ]. W. Wainwright. internal revenue
department; w. E. Dickson, chemist, bu-
reau of customs. Philadelphia C. A Cramp-
ton, chemist. bureau of internal revenue;
E A de Schweinitz, Department of Agri-
culture. bureau of animal Industry; w.
B. Elicit. Connecticut experiment station;
w. H. Beal. Office of experiment stations;
G. w. Lehman. chemist, board of health,
Baltimore; W. Skinner. F. P. Veitch, J. X.
Laughlin, Maryland Agricultural College;
c. H. Jones, chemist. Vermont station; J.
NJ. Bartlett, chemist Maine station; A. +.
Bright, chemist. Connecticut station, and
station, New Orleans