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ferences or at meetings of affiliated societies, were the rural school 

 and sanitation, the church and country life, the high school and its 

 relation to life, the school and civic improvement, and the education 

 of the negro. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AT OTHER CONVENTIONS. 



At the thirtieth annual session of the Farmers' National Congress, 

 held at Lincoln, Nebr., October 6-11, there were addresses on "Domes- 

 tic science," by Miss Gertrude Rowan, of the University of Nebraska; 

 "The relation of conservation to rural life," by Prof. George E. Con- 

 dra, president of the State Conservation Commissioners of the United 

 States; "Extension work and cooperation of agricultural colleges," 

 by Dean Woods, of the University of Minnesota. President Edwin E. 

 Sparks, of the Pennsylvania State College, in an address entitled 

 "Carrying the message to the people," argued for the teaching of 

 agriculture in the public schools and for making the public schools in 

 the country very intensively agricultural. Prof. C. W. Boucher, of 

 Marion Normal College, Indiana, speaking on the "Education of the 

 farmers' boys and girls," brought out the desirabihty of a broader 

 education for the farmers' sons and daughters, with a view to widening 

 their horizon and giving them a more comprehensive view of life and 

 its responsibihties. 



The Fifth National Dairy Show, held at the Coliseum Building, 

 Chicago, 111., October 20-29, 1910, provided a commorn meeting 

 ground for teachers and investigators, practical farmers, milk pro- 

 ducers, users of milk, and manufacturers of dairy products. The 

 intercollegiate student contest for judging dairy cattle was partici- 

 pated in by teams from the Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Cornell, and 

 Ohio State universities, and from the Iowa and New Hampshire 

 colleges. The highest total score for all breeds was made by the 

 Cornell team, with Missouri second, and Nebraska third. An inno- 

 vation this year was the offering by the Jersey and Holstein breeders' 

 associations of $400 scholarships to the students making the highest 

 scores for their respective breeds, Ivan McKillip, of the University of 

 Nebraska, winning that for Jerseys, and T. B. McNath, of the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri, that for Holsteins. 



The fifth annual conference of the Official Dairy Instmctors' Asso- 

 ciation was held in connection with the National Dairy show. The 

 principal papers read were on "Future work of the association," by 

 C. H. Eckles, of Missouri, president of the association; "What can 

 the agricultural college do to assist the farmers in planning sanitary 

 barns and buildings," by O. Erf, of Ohio; "Organization of breeding 

 centers," by A. C. Anderson, of Michigan; and "Training men for 

 college and experiment station work," by W. A. Stocking, jr., of 

 Cornell University. In these papers and in the reports of various 



