598 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



tlio extensive exhibit ut iilustr.itivc malori.il by the Minnesota College and 

 School of Agriculture and the station, the various l)Ooths of which were in 

 chartre of students. 



Railroad Demonstration Farms. — It is annouced that the New York Central 

 and Hudson Kiver Kailroad has completed jtlans for the purchase and ojiera- 

 tion of three large farms in different sections of the State, as a demonstration 

 of what can be accomplished for the rejuvenation of " run-down " farm prop- 

 erties by the application of modern scientific and business methods. These 

 enterprises are to be managed strictly for profit, but it is intended to use no 

 methods that are not equally available to neighboring farmers. 



The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Kailroad is contenii)lating the pur- 

 chase of one or more farms along its line, with a view to turning them over to 

 the agricultural colleges or other agricultural institutions for maintenance as 

 demonstration farms. 



Announcement is made that the Great Northern Railway will institute a 

 series of cooperative farm experiments in conjunction with various develoi)ment 

 and commercial clubs in the towns along its line. One farmer is to be selected 

 near each town who will be paid at the rate of $10 per acre annually, in addi- 

 tion to his crop, for cultivating and cropping not less than 6 acres of ground 

 mider directions to be supplied. 



Brooklyn Botanic Garden. — In cooperation with the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences, the City of New York has established a botanic garden in 

 Brooklyn. A tract of about 30 acres of land in close proximity to the institute 

 has been acquired for the purpose and the city has appropriated $100,000 for 

 the construction of a laboratory building for investigation and instruction pur- 

 poses and a range of experimental and public greenhouses. An endowment of 

 $50,000 has also l>een secured from private sources, the income of which will be 

 used for equipment. 



In addition to research, instruction in botany is to be offered to botli ele- 

 mentary and advanced classes, in close cooperation with existing educational 

 agencies in Brooklyn. Dr. C. Stuart Gager, professor of botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri and botanist in the Missouri Station, has been appointed 

 director and will enter upon his duties July 1. 



Agriculture at Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory. — For the first time 

 a course for teachers on the principles of agriculture is to be included in the 

 instruction offered by the Biological Laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences, at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, during the forthcoming 

 session beginning July G. The course will be under the direction of Prof. H. H. 

 Laughlin, of the Missouri State Normal School, at Kirksville. and will continue 

 six weeks. 



Agricultural Libraries Round Table at the American Library Association. — ■ 

 The American Library xVssociation, which is to meet at Mackinac Island, ]Mich., 

 from June 30 to July 6, is to include in its program a round table conference, 

 to be devoted to the consideration of the special work and problems of agricul- 

 tural libraries. It is believed that this will be the first meeting of workers 

 in agricultural libraries to be held in this country. 



Michigan Society for Promotion of Agricultural Education. — The teachers of 

 agriculture in several Michigan high schools have recently organized a Society 

 for the Promotion of Agricultural Education in the Public Schools, with R. G. 

 Carr, of North Adams, as president, and C. L. Nash of Lawton, as secretary. 

 The association is open to all teachers of agriculture in the State, and it is 

 intended to hold at least two meetings each year for the discussion of methods 

 of promoting the school study of agriculture. 



