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lege, and contain nearly 900 acres of larch, spruce, Scotch pine, oak, 

 ash, and other trees, most of which were planted about fifty years 

 ago. A house is being built in the woods for the college lecturer in 

 forestry, and arrangements made for the holding of short courses for 

 practical foresters. It is believed that this addition to the college 

 will make it one of the most favorable centers for forestry instruc- 

 tion in. the United Kingdom. 



The Royal Agricultural College of Cirencester has instituted for its 

 forestry students a series of annual vacation excursions to the Ger- 

 man forests. The initial excursion included visits to the Oberfor- 

 sterei of Darmstadt, the oak and pine woods of Viernheim, the large 

 coppice in the Oldenwald now under conversion to high forests, and 

 some of the Heidelberg woods. Shorter excursions to forest areas in 

 England and Wales are frequent during the college year. 



The board of agricultural studies at Cambridge University reports 

 that the Worshipful Company of Drapers, to whom it is already 

 indebted for the endowment of the chair of agriculture, has offered 

 $25,000 toward the buildings required by the agricultural depart- 

 ment on condition that an equal sum be raised by the end of the year. 

 Pledges of $5,000 each have already been received from four persons. 



The University College of Reading maintains a poultry farm at 

 Theale. The farm consists of nearly 50 acres of land, and is pro- 

 vided with an excellent equipment, which is assembled in an incu- 

 bator house, a brooder house, scratching sheds, a cramming shed, 

 portable poultry houses, and a plucking and trussing shed. Six 

 breeds of chickens and one of ducks are raised. 



A recent description of agricultural education in Lancashire indi- 

 cates that this work is well organized in nearly all its different phases. 

 These include agricultural instruction at the Agricultural College of 

 the Harris Institute, Preston; instruction in dairying, both at the 

 permanent dairy school on the county council farm, Hutton, near 

 Preston, and also by means of migratory teachers; instruction in 

 poultry work at the poultry school on the county council farm and 

 by means of migratory teachers; lectures on agriculture, dairying, 

 poultry keeping, horticulture, veterinary science, and bee keeping at 

 various centers in the county; advisory agricultural work in the 

 county, and experimental work at the farm and elsewhere in the 

 county. 



All of the agricultural work is under the control of an agricultural 

 subcommittee, consisting of representatives elected by the education 

 committee of the Lancashire County council, by the council of the 

 Harris Institute, and by the council of the Royal Lancashire Agri- 

 cultural Society. The agricultural course at Harris Institute is 

 intended to prepare young men and women for the practical work of 



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