700 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



La Vie Agricole et Rurale is a new farm weekly being published at Paris. 

 The initial number has an article by P. Diffloth on the sale of agricultural 

 products through associations. 



La Riqucza Agricola is a monthly illustrated review of agriculture, zootechny, 

 rural industries, and agricultural statistics in Peru. 



Necrology. — Dr. Gustav Pusch, director of animal husbandry in the Kingdom 

 of Saxony and professor of animal husbandry in the Veterinary High School 

 in Dresden since 1888, died February 1. 



For many years Dr. Pusch has been a successful writer, teacher, and popular 

 lecturer on matters relating to live stock, and has also had a leading part in 

 the practical work of improving live stock by better breeding and feeding. 

 His most important writings are Die Beurteilungslehre des Rindes, and Lehr- 

 buch der Allgemeinen Tierzucht. 



A committee has been formed to solicit funds for the erection of a monument 

 to the memory of A. Millardet, formerly professor of botany at the University 

 of Bordeaux. Professor Millardet was the first to recognize the value of copper 

 sulphate in combating the downy mildew and his investigations resulted in the 

 formulation of Bordeaux mixture, one of the most efficient and widely used 

 fungicides known. The treasurer of the committee is M. Andre Rozier, Gironde 

 Agricultural Society, Bordeaux, France. 



Miscellaneous. — The Country Gentleman of March 9 contains an illustrated 

 account, by E. K. Parkinson, of the equipment and work of the Royal Academy 

 for Agriculture and Brewing, including the experiment station, at Weihen- 

 stephan, in Bavaria, describing the various courses in land working or fann 

 department. The academy has a staff of 30 teachers and. the same number of 

 assistants, and an attendance of 225 students. 



It is announced that Prince v. Liechtenstein is establishing an institute for 

 plant breeding at Eisgrub, in Moravia. The buildings are to be begun in a short 

 time. Prof. Erich v. Tschermak, professor of plant breeding at the Agricultural 

 High School at Vienna, will be director of the institute. 



A tract of land in the Tenango Valley has been ceded by the State of Mexico 

 to the Federal Government for the purpose of establishing an agricultural ex- 

 periment station. There is a building on the land which was erected and used 

 as an agricultural school during the centennial celebration. 



L. H. Dennis, a graduate of the Pennsylvania State College and for ten years 

 a teacher in the public schools of the State, has been appointed expert assistant 

 in agricultural education in the state department of public instiiiction, to 

 supervise the introduction of agriculture into the township high schools. 



A. D. Hall, director of the Rothamsted Station since 1902, has resigned to 

 devote his attention entirely to the work of the Development Commission, of 

 which he has been agricultural representative since its inception two years ago. 

 His resignation becomes effective in September. 



Dr. J. C. Willis has resigned as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, to accept the directorship of the Botanic Gardens at Rio 

 Janeiro. 



Dr. William Trelease, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden since 1889, 

 has resigned, and has been succeeded by Dr. George T. Moore, formerly of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department. 



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