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Rions. and observation trips to important centers of veterinary work. Instruc- 

 tion is also triven in ttie s[)ecific duties of the various officials. 



As the facilities improve, it is intended so to expand the course as to make it 

 more closely resemble the postgraduate training courses of the army and navy 

 medical schools and the laboratory training course of the United States Public 

 Health and Marine-Hospital Service. Other more elementary work is under 

 consideration, including the training of the Filijnno assistants. 



Agriculture at Syracuse University. — A bulletin has boon issued by Syracuse 

 University announcing (1) a four-year course in agriculture, lending to the 

 B. S. degree, and entitling graduates to the special certificate authorizing them 

 to conduct agricultural courses in high schools subsidized by the State; (2) 

 agricultural instruction in the university summer school for 1911; and (3) 

 short winter courses in dairy husbandry and agriculture, beginning January 

 4, 1911. 



The college courses will be available in September, 1911, but according to the 

 announcement the work to be provided at that time is considered merely a pre- 

 liminary step toward the establishment of a regular agricultural course. In 

 this preliminary work the present facilities of the university will be utilized 

 in conducting courses " leading to specialization in agriculture with the aim of 

 preparation for practical farm management or for teaching agriculture in the 

 high school or other schools." The courses offered are in agricultural bac- 

 teriology, agricultural botany, animal breeding, animal nutrition, agricultural 

 chemistry, agricultural economics, rural social conditions, agricultural engineer- 

 ing, rural architecture and landscape design, economic entomology, agricultural 

 geology, and meteorology, with field laboratory work and practical studies in 

 farm management. 



Progress at the Saskatchewan Agiicultural College. — Tho buildings of the 

 college will not be fully completed this fall, but it is hoped that a few students 

 may be accepted. Work on the central building has been in progress for over a 

 year; the stock-judging building, the agricultural engineering l)uilding. and the 

 power plant are practically completed, and a dormitory, a horse and cattle barn, 

 and a sheep barn will be built this summer. 



The judging pavilion, which will cost $42,000, is a fireproof brick and cement 

 structure, having a judging ring 90 feet long by 25 feet wide, and seating about 

 500 people. There is also a slaughter room with a seating capacity of 125, with 

 a cooling room on one side and immediately adjoining it a large refrigerating 

 room. A room for smoking meats is also provided. 



The agricultural engineering building is 125 feet long by 75 feet wide and 

 will cost about $60,000. A complete course in farm engineering for the agricul- 

 tural students is being outlined. Agricultural extension work is under way, and 

 experimental work is being organized as a part of the college work. 



A New College of Agriculture in the Cape of Good Hope. — A new college of 

 agriculture, known as the Grootfontein College of Agriculture, has recently been 

 opened at Middleburg, on a site until recently occupied by a military remount 

 station. This location is especially adapted to the purpose of agricultural 

 instruction and demonstrations because it is typical of a vast area and is 

 suitable for practical and scientific instruction in the bkfeeding and manage- 

 ment of ostriches, cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs, and in dry-land farm- 

 ing, irrigation, and dairying. A research branch of the Cape agricultural 

 department is also to be established. 



R. W. Thornton has been appointed principal of the college. Eventually 

 there is to be accommodation for 150 students, but at present only 50 will be 

 admitted. The course of study, which extends over 2 years and leads to a 

 diploma, comprises instruction in agriculture and live stock, veterinary science. 



