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ing, and farm macliinerv : dairying; horticulture and tree planting; 

 nature study, including biology and geology; chemistry; physics; 

 mathematics; and English. There will also be an extension depart- 

 ment, which will take over the work now carried on by the agricul- 

 tural societies, under the direction of the superintendent of fairs and 

 institutes. 



A department of forestry has been established in the University of 

 Xew Brunswick, at Ferdericton. with a four-vear course leading to a 

 bachelor's degree. 



GERMANY. 



A new horticultural winter school has been opened at Elmshorn, 

 under the direction of Dr. Ludwig Rabe. The school was founded 

 by the Association of Commercial Horticulturists of Germany, and 

 receives additional aid from the state, the District Pomological 

 Society of Pinneberg, and the Chamber of Agriculture of Schleswig- 

 Holstein. It is the first elementary horticultural school to be devoted 

 especially to commercial horticulture. The course will extend 

 through two winter terms, from December 1 to March 1, the first 

 year's work including soils, drawing, survejdng, horticultural plant 

 production with special attention to the nursery industry and po- 

 mology, forestry, and chemistry in its relation to fertilizers and plant 

 production, while the second year includes in addition fertilizers, 

 bookkeeping, and plant diseases. 



The first trade high school for southern Germany was opened in 

 Mannheim, on May 1, 1908. It is under the direction of the minister 

 of justice and public instruction of the Duchy of Baden, and has 

 for its object the provision of instruction in political economy, 

 sociolog}', and agricultural science as they are related to trade and 

 manufacturing industries. The course consists of four semesters of 

 six months each, the hours of instruction being mostly in the evening, 

 as the school is intended to provide an education for those who can 

 not devote their whole time thereto. The subjects taught are as 

 follows: (1) Production and trade — hunting, hunting laws, and fur 

 trade, inland and sea fisheries and trade in fishery products, forestry 

 and lumber trade, stock raising, meat, dairy products, trade in stock, 

 wool, hides, leather, farm and grain production, grain trade, agri- 

 cultural by-products and distilling, plantations and sugar and cotton 

 trade; (2) mining and metal industries; (3) international economy 

 and colonial politics; (4) banks and banking; (5) science of finance; 

 (6) life insurance; (7) protection of lai)orers. Special lectures will 

 be given on state and private railway systems, the economic workings 

 of railways and railway traffic, fundamental principles of political 

 economy, securities, exchange and settlement of accounts, and similar 

 topics. 



