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schools, especially those located iu country districts, in agricultural subjects, 

 and (3) for winter classes for farmers. 



A Training Farm for Boys in South Australia.— The minister of industries 

 and agriculture in South Australia has announced that arrangements have 

 been completed for the establishment of a training farm for boys who wish to 

 go on the farm but who have not the means to fit themselves for this work. 

 This farm is to be located at Booborowie. Boys from 14 to 16 years of age 

 are eligible for admission and may stay on the farm for two years or until 

 they are 17 years of age. During this time they will receive an elementary 

 training in all branches of farm work, and will receive a small allowance in 

 addition to board and lodging. 



Instruction in the Wool Industry. — A department for special instruction in 

 the wool and sheep industry has been recently added to the curriculum of the 

 Sydney Technical College, New South Wales. The course continues from the 

 first of February to the end of July, and embraces both sheep growing and 

 sheep shearing, and the grading and marketing of the fleece. 



Forestry Instruction in South Australia.— The government of South Australia 

 has appointed N. W. Jolly instructor in forestry and has decided to establish a 

 two-year course in forestry to consist of university training, together with 

 practical instruction in the forests for from nine to twelve months. The course 

 will include physics, botany, physiography, biology and entomology, surveying, 

 chemistry, and forestry. A forestry diploma will be awarded to students who 

 pass the examinations in the forest subjects, and they will then become eligible 

 to appointment in the woods and forests department. 



Technical Advice in Forestry in England and V/ales.— The Treasury, on the 

 recommendation of the Development Commissioners, has sanctioned the pay- 

 ment from the Development Fund of $12,12.5 annually for three years, begin- 

 ning October 1, 1912, to be distributed by the Board of Agriculture and Fish- 

 eries as grants to two universities and three colleges with forestry departments, 

 to enable them to give technical advice to landowners and others interested 

 in forestry. Thus far these institutions, owing to lack of funds, have given 

 their attention for the most part to the instruction of students iu forestry. This 

 appropriation will provide for the salary and traveling expenses of a forest 

 expert or advisory officer. 



A number of experimental plats dealing with the thinning, planting, and 

 regeneration of woods are to be established by the board, with the cooperation 

 of landowners, the advisory officers to assist in the selection, treatment, and 

 supervision of these plats. They may undertake a limited amount of teaching 

 on condition that other members of the staff give an approximately equivalent 

 time to advisory work. If it is found desirable an institution may charge a fee 

 not to exceed $5 a day for work in the field. 



New Journals.— Two new journals of interest to mycologists have recently 

 made their appearance. Mycologisches CeittralNatt, published under the di- 

 rection of Dr. C. Wehmer, is devoted to general mycology, including morphology, 

 physiology, biology, pathology, and chemistry of fungi, and to fermentation and 

 technical mycology. The other publication, Zcitschrift fiir Garungsplujsiologie, 

 is issued under the direction of Dr. A. Kossowicz and is devoted to general, 

 agricultural, and technical mycology. Both journals will publish original arti- 

 cles and also give abstracts of literature published elsewhere. 



The State Commission of Horticulture of California is publishing a Monthly 

 Bulletin, with E. O. Essig as editor-in-chief. The publication is to be devoted 

 to descriptions, life habits, and methods of control of insects, fungus pests, and 

 noxious weeds and animals, especially in their relations to agriculture and horti- 

 culture. The leading article in the initial number is a preliminary report on 



