496 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Agricultural Research Institutions in Great Britain. — President Runciman, of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, has announced the selection of four 

 of the six research institutions in agriculture to be maintained by grants from 

 the Development Fund. Those for the study of plant breeding and animal 

 nutrition are to be located at Cambridge University, and the soil studies at 

 Kothamsted. The institution for dairy research is to be attached to the Uni- 

 versity College, Reading, and maintained at an estimated cost of about $18,000 

 per annum. Two-thirds of tliis amount will be met from the Development 

 Fund, which will also provide half the cost of the necessary buildings. 



Proposed Horticultural Institution in Wales. — The County Council in Carnar- 

 vonshire has recently acquired the estate of 2,500 acres at Madryn Castle, in- 

 cluding substantial buildings and several hundred acres of rich agricultural 

 land. It is proposed, with the approval of the commissioners under the De- 

 velopment Act, to transfoi-m the castle into a residential school of practical 

 horticulture, market gardening, and general farming. A park of 150 acres, 

 which surrounds the castle, is to be utilized as an exiierimental and demonstra- 

 tion area, special attention being given to methods of intensive culture. 



Demonstration Farms in Northern Italy. — A recent report of the British For- 

 eign Office on the trade of Venice gives data as to the demonstration farms in 

 the Provinces of Venetia. It is stated that all the schools of agriculture in 

 these Provinces have adopted the plan of equipping demonstration farms. 

 Among them is one at Gambarare of about 47 acres, small tracts of which are 

 leased to farmers for use according to directions from the school. Other 

 demonstration farms are maintained at the Lido, chiefly for the cultivation of 

 horticultural crops, at Binsegana in the Province of Padua, at Conegliano in 

 the Province of Verona, and at Sant' Osvaldo and Pozzuolo in the Province of 

 Udine. 



Demonstration Farms in Mississippi and Louisiana. — It is announced in 

 Breeder's Gazette that the Illinois Central Railway is to establish 15 demon- 

 stration farms along its lines in Mississippi and Louisiana. Each farm will 

 contain 40 acres, and will be worked by the owners under the supervision of 

 the agricultural colleges of the respective States. 



Agricultural Extension by Automobile. — An experiment in disseminating agri- 

 cultural information by automobile was inaugurated at Saluda, S. C, in 1911, 

 under the personal supervision of the state commissioner of agriculture. A 

 force of speakers and demonstrators from state and federal sources was sent 

 out, and in this way remote rural districts were reached with which the agri- 

 cultural trains, farmers' institutes, and similar agencies have previously been 

 unable to come into contact. 



The itinerary was arranged several days in advance and published in the 

 local papers. At the designated stops the party was met by farmers in num- 

 bers ranging from 25 to 300. The exercises were more or less informal, and 

 often supplemented by visits to individual farms and frequent demonstrations. 

 From two to four meetings were held daily, and a wide range of farm prob- 

 lems was considered. Great interest was manifested in the campaign and 

 many beneficial results are predicted. 



Farmers' Week at Lyndon Institute. — A farmers' week was recently held at 

 l^yndon Center, Vt.. under the auspices of the State Department of Agricultui'e 

 and the agricultural department of Lyndon Institute. The speakers were 

 drawn from the state institute force, the state universitvV, the Randolph State 

 School of Agriculture, and the Lyndon Center Agricultural School. The 

 average attendance for each evening session was 200, and for the forenoon and 

 afternoon sessions 175. 



Fruit Growing Clubs in Kentucky.— The State Normal School at Richmond, 

 Ky., is organizing fruit growing clubs in many counties of the eastern portion 



