Evening star., 1898-11-10
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTS
Annual Convention Of Official Scientists to
Begin Tomorrow.
Importance of the Body to the Ad-
yancement of the Great FARM
ing 1Adustry.

Association of Official Agricultural Chem
lists will begin tonlBrrow morning in the
lecture room of the Columbian University
and continue for three days. The head
quarters of the association are at the Eb-
bltt House, where meeting of the feftll-
izer control committee, composed of men,
bers of the association and chemists rep
resentng agricultural experimental sta
tions, who will convene here next week, is
in progress this afternoon. The association
is composed of a large number of chemists
who occupy official positions throughout
the country in connection with the Asricul-
tnra1 Department. experimental stations,
state boards of agriculture, state boards of
heatth ana other. bodies where pfacucal
applied chemistry is an important feature
lis OBJECTS are to secure uniformity ana
accuracy in the methods, results and modes
of statements of analysis of fertilizers.
Soils cattle foods. dairy products and other
materials connected with agricultural in
dustry, and to afford opportunity for the
cultural chemists.
Great Results Attained.
Since the formation of the association the
results of its deliberations have been of in
calculable value to the agricultural inter-
ests of the country, the interchange of ex-
periences at each annual meeting increas-
ing the information of all members and
leading to new researches along new lines
that give promise of beneficial improve
ment The present convention Will be
largely devoted to a discussion of festilizers
ana or foods, the vital subject of the aGul-
teration of the latter being a prominent
feature.
The Present Officers.
The present officers and referees of the
association and committees are as follows:
President, A. l.. Winton, New Haven, Conn;
vice president r. C. Kedzie, Agricultural
College, Mich; secretary, II. w. Wiley,
Washington. D. C.
Additional members of executive commit
tee-M; A; Scovell, Lexington, KY; ]. l..
Hills, burlington, Vt.
Referees-Phosphoric acid Mr.. B. w. Kill
gore, Agricultural College, Miss; nitrogen,
Mr.. K. j. Davidson. Blacksburg. Va; pot
ash, Mr.. c. H. Jones' Burlington, VT; soils
and ash, Mr.. Harry Snyder, St. Anthony
Park, Mimi; dairy products, Mr.. c. L. Pen
ny, Newark, Del: foods and feeding stuffs,
Mr.. W. H. Krug, Washington, D. c.; liquor
and food adulteration, Mr.. w. S. Sweetser,
State College, Pa; sugar, Mr. R. s. Hitner,
Lincoln Neh,; tannin, Mr.. John H. Yocum,
New York, N. Y.
Associate referees-Phosphoric acid, Mr..
r u. Runyan, Washington, d. c.. nitrogen,
Mr.. F. S. Shiver. Clemson College, S. c.;
potash, Mr. B. B. Ross, Auburn, Ala: soils
and ASH Mr. b. L. Hartwcll, Kingston,
r. T.; dairy products, Mr. j. B. Weems,
G. l.. Teller, Fayetteville, Ark; liquor and
food adulteraton, Nr Chas. p. Worcester,
Boston, Mass; sugar, Mfr. Elton Fulmer,
Pullman. Wash; annin, Mr.. Oma Carr,
Cory, Pa.
Membership Of Committees.
Abstract committee-Mr. E. w. Allen,
Washington, D. c., chairman; Mr.. w. H.
Beal, Washington, D. c., Mr.. j. B. Lindsey,
Amherst, Mass; Mr. j. r. Anderson, Au-
burn, Ala: Mr.. ]. p. Street, New Bruins
wick, N. j.; Mr.. F. W. Eoll, Madison, Wis;
Mr.. L.. Fl. Merrill, Orono, Me; MIR. B. II.
Hte, Morgantown, W. Va; Mr.. A. A. Per-
sons, Lake City, Fla.
Committee on food stan6ards-Mr. H. w.
Wiley, Washington, DC, chairman; Mr.
H. A. Weber. Colu unbuss Ohio; Mr.. NJ. A.
Scovell, Lexii gton, KY; Mr.. E. H. Jenkins,
New Haven, Conn, and Mr.. Wm. Frear,
State College, Pennsylvania.
Committee on uniform laws for fertilizer
control-Mr. H. w. Wiley, Washington, d.
c., chairman; Mr.. B. w. Kilgore, State
Agricultural College. Starkville Miss; Mr..
II. B. Mcdonnell, Maryland Agricultural
College; Mr. Ii. A Huston, Lafayette, Ind,
and Mr.. B. B Ross Auburn, A,a.
Committee on voumetric standards-Mr.
B. w. Kugose, chairman; Mr.. c. l.. Penny,
Newark, Del; Mr.. E. E. EWell, Washington,
d c.; Mr.. G. C. Caldwell, Ithaca, NY. and
Mr.. H, w. Wiley.
Committee on rewriting methods of sell
analysis-Mr. NJ. A. Scovell, Lexington, KY,
chairman; Mr.. A. NJ. Peter, Lexington. KY,
and Mr.. H. w. Wiley, Washington, &c.
Members Wear Tags.
An interesting feature of the association
conventions Is the custom of numbering
the delegates and equipping each with tag
bearing his distinctive number. In the con-
vention hall large blackboard is placed
upon which the names of the members are
plainly written with their respective num-
bers opposite. This system greatly aids the
official and other reporters in properly fol-
lowing the debates and correctly noting the
participants therein
AS the chief chemist of the Agricultural
Department, DR.. H. w. Wiley naturally oc-
cupies very important place in the asso-
citation, and as he has just returned from
Germany, where he has been investigating
the subject of beet sugar. he will doubt
less be able to give the assembled chemists
some very valuable information on this i'm
portant new feature of agricultural indus
try in this country.