O~fcio'~ 3io~athfy 13uggeti~, I),~ers~ate Co~to~,a Seed C~'ushers' .dsso,oi~tio.~'~ ( C H E M I S T S ~

li-ht :u~ tLue of the day. Others use daylighi Cull s we'd at varying distances f rom the white re- la . _ .u-faces. One laboratory , I know of uses

, - t l l l g >~ th~ o o~e hundred wat t dayhgh t lamps placed very :~' .*,e sample arm always repor ts l ighter read~

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r because four ounce sample bot t les have been ii'ed a great marly years in the trade is no reason :,.- the;, should be used any longer where accurate

W I ) ' * ' results arc des-,red and where m many eases, thou~ .ands of dollars .amge on the accurate color read- iflgs of .il samples.

GOVERNING C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T ~92I-2~ By C, B. Cluff, Chairman

Throughout !he last year the Governing Commit~ tee acted on ~hree n-tatters. One was a complaint oi a parlicipant in last years, fert i l izer contest , that he 0ughl lo have a certificate, when as a mat te r of hct the committee (Dr. Smalley) r epor ted there would bc no certificMes issued because of the un= satisfactory resMts. The Governing commit tee sus- lained this action of the Cooperat ive P r o g r a m Com- mittee. The second mat te r was that of incorporat - ing the society which .was sugges ted by Dr, Vv~esson. This was cohsklered by the commi t tee and they voted in favor of such act ion and it witi be taken up later in the convention.

Third uas authorizing the secre ta ry- t reasurer to dmrge off $1e.oe of nncollect ible bad debts, which has been done. One other i tem was fixing the amount I . be charged for i:he issuance of certificates 10 referee chemists. This involves some !iitIe ex= pens< tugraving the certificates and cor respondence , and the L.cs have been fixed at $2.0o for individuals and $5.0o ior corporat ions.

RULES FOR CERTIFICATION O F } ~ E F E R E E C H E B ~ I S T S

By David Wesson , Chai rman The R~'hree Examining Board of the Amer:<an

0il Chemisls' gociety will hereaf ter cert ify chemists f0r refer,.,, work under the ~o]iowing conditio~as:--,

ISt:--C't rlifJcati.on will be g ran ted to those chernists who0per:,u e i r own laborator ies trader tbeir own names.

and:--I ~l i i/i( ~i:ioii wil~ be granted to laborator ies operated In iJ~ms or companies. In o the : words, rerlificati,~i ~,'iJI be granted to laborator ies cnW and not to indi~idua~ members . . 3rd:--('<'rIification of referee chemists shaii only mdude th,,s,: lab.ora.~ories which are opera ted inde- m'ndenth . f any manufactrlzing or selling orgauiza lions. "

4th:~\Vlu'* ': a o p l i c a n t is n o t e n g a g e d in co -opera~ ~vt~ work (d ti-~- ~klnerican Oil Chemists ' Society, the ~ueree ]',oard ,vill require araIyses of such products as the !al.n-ator3, desires to be certified ~pon. The �9 ~e,, t(,r certification is covered by the follow- mt~ By_La w of ihe S o c i e t y : - -

~RrrICLE If. Section (a) : thh~ ix~' ~'" Act ive-Referee Members sball pay to

e fnasure r of the Society Six Dollars ($600), a n i m a l ( ] u e s . payatole in advance June i s t of each

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year. Act ive-Referee Members shall pay Two D o f lars ($2.oo) for the annual certificate of the Referee Examin ing Board; firms shall pay five dollars ($5.oo) for this ammat certificate with Two Dollars ($2.oo) addit ional for each addit ional certificate. All applicat ions for certification must be accom-

panied by check payable to the Amer ican Oil Chem- ists ' Society and should be sent to Mr. Thomas B, Caldwell, Secretary of the Society. In case certifi.o cation does not take place, the check wil~ be re- funded.

The Referee Board will issue certification only when in its opinion, based on evidence, the applicant is capable of render ing sat isfactory service.

No firm or labora tory will be certified unless it " a melnber in good s tanding of the American Oil Chemists ' Society.

(E~td of Chemisis 5k'ctlon.)

R. G. R I L E Y O N I N T E R S T A T E B O A R D By vote of the executive committee. R. G. Riley of

Albany, Ga, has been made Director of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association for the State of Georgia, to take the place of Harry Hodgson of Athens, who was elected to that position at the annual convention, but was subsequently appointed a member of the executive committee, by virtue of which he be- came an exofficio member of the board of directors.

In order to give Georgia the additional represen- tation on the board to which it is entitled, Mr. Hodgson resigned as Georgia's director. Mr. Riiey's election is appropriate as he is also president of the Cotton Seed Crushers' Association of Georgia.

B A R R O W - A G E E A C Q U I R E N E W B R A N C H The Barrow-Agee Laboratories with Main Oflqces and

Laboratories at Memphis, Term., of which G. Wortben Agee is President a~d E. R. Barrow, Sec'y. and Treas.. have purchased the Litt!e Rock Laboratory, inc. H . G . Lewis, formerly President of the Little Rock Labora- tory, ;xill continue as director of the !aboratorv which will be known as the Liitle Rock Branch of {}Je Bar.. row-Agee Laboratories.

It is the intention of the new owners ~o enlarge and improve the faciEties of their new branch iaboratory. which already enjoys the patronage of a large number of mills located in Arkansas. l~arrow-,\gee Labora.- tories a!so operate branches at Shreverpor t 2/< and Greenville and Jackson, Miss

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N IE RG E R O P BR17TISH O I L I N T E R E S T S An oNcial announce>~ent that a r r angemen t s have

been made fox" the acquisit ion by [he !British Oil arid Cake Mills of the shares of the Hull Ma,~nfac- t ruing Company is not accompanied by any details of the terms. The ag reemen t is subject to confirma-

t i o n by the shareholders of the _~lul! Manufac tur ing Company and the di rectors of the purchas ing con>- pan3< The former is a private concern, whose ('hair- man, Air. A. W. Macl lwaine , was one of the origina! in t roducers into the Uni ted Kingdom of the chemi- cal solvent process for the ext rac t ion of oil f rom oil-seeds. 7It was founded in I885 wii:b a small original capita1, but the ordinary . . . . . s_oate capital now s tands at d25o,ooo, and it is s ta ted that good divl- dends have been pal& It is unders tood that the last two years have proved difficult, and losses ha'~;e been encountere& The business is of a like nature to that carried on by the Bri t ish Ex t rac t ing Co',n- pany. whose ordinary share capital of s is: also held ent irely by the Brit ish Oil and Cake Mills. --Jo~lrmd of Commerce.