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The German Agricultural Society conducts every three years a 

 course for itinerant agricultural instructors. The course held March 

 31 to April 6, 1910, at Eisenach, was attended by 350 instructors. At 

 each session a special subject is considered. The 1910 session took up 

 the subject of rural economy in its various branches, such as farm 

 management, the present status of rural economics, rural continuation 

 schools, and agricultural instruction in the army. 



The minister of agriculture has decided to encourage women to take 

 up gardening as a profession and has arranged that the horticultural 

 institutes at Geisenheim, Proskau, and Dahlem shall admit women 

 not only to the courses of instruction, which they have done hereto- 

 fore, but also to the tinal examinations. Somewhat along similar lines 

 the horticultural institute at Geutlingen has established courses in 

 fruit utilization for girls. A dairy school for women has been estab- 

 lished at Strausland. 



Another phase of instruction in fruit utilization is that given in 

 canning and preserving by the institutes of gardeners and orchardists 

 at Dahlem, Geisenheim, Proskau, Oranienberg, and Oberzwehren. 

 The instruction in these institutes goes into such matters as the manu- 

 facture of canned goods and preserves, fruit juices, wines, jellies, 

 kraut, marmalades, jams, and pickles, and also the essential facts in 

 connection with the selection and cultivation of vegetables and fruits 

 for manufacturing into these products. Other matters which are 

 considered are the causes of spoilage and their remedies, the princi- 

 ples of buying and storing raw materials, and the storing, packing, 

 transportation, and sale of the products. 



INDIA. 



The Tropical Agriculturist and Magazine of the Ceylon Agricul- 

 tural Society for October, 1909, announces the completion and dedi- 

 cation of the agricultural college at Coimbatore, which was authorized 

 by the Government of India in 1905. A farm of 450 acres has been 

 under cultivation during the past two years, and 20 students were 

 admitted in June of this year. The course of training extends 

 through three years and includes theoretical and practical instruction 

 in general agriculture, entomology, agricultural engineering, vet- 

 erinary science, and kindred subjects, with special provision for 

 research investigations. The present staff consists of an expert agri- 

 culturist, a botanist, and an agricultural chemist, and eventually will 

 include an entomologist and mycologist. 



The new agricultural college at Lyallpur, Punjab, was opened Sep- 

 tember 1, 1910, with a class of 16 students, which were all that could 

 be accommodated at the time. There were 574 applications for ad- 

 mission. 



