500 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



ISoard of Agriculture and Fisheries was recently announced, to l)e Gilhey lec- 

 turer on the history of economics in agriculture. 



The Deutsche Laiiclicirtschafiliche Prcsse reports the death of Prof. Albrecht 

 Konrad Thaer, of Giessen, on November 14, 1906. He was bom in 1828 at 

 Liidersdorf, in the province of Brandenburg, and was a nephew of the renowned 

 " father of rational agriculture.'' In 18G0 he was appointed professor of agri- 

 culture at the University of Berlin. From 1871 until his retirement in 1001 

 he was director of the agricultural institute, laboratory and experiment field 

 at Giessen. 



W. R. Buttenshaw, a scientific assistant in the imperial department of agri- 

 culture for the British West Indies, has accepted an appointment as botanist 

 in the agricultural department of India. 



A recent number of the Deutsche Landicirtschaftliche Presse states that von 

 Arnim-Criewen will succeed von Podbielski as State minister and minister of 

 agriculture, domains, and forestry of Prussia. 



A. C. Seward, well known for his research into the structure and affinities 

 of fossil plants, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the professorship of 

 botany at Cambridge, occasioned by the death of Marshall Ward. 



A recent issue of Science states that Dr. M. T. Cook has resigned his position 

 as cliief of the department of plant pathology of the Central Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of Cuba, and expects to devote several months to studies at the 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



The Harvard Gi'aduate School of Applied Science, which was established last 

 spring, announces degree courses in landscape architecture and forestry. A 

 bachelor's degree is required for admission to this school, and provision will be 

 made for original work. 



Armstrong College is the recipient of a legacy which will eventually amount to 

 $22.'j.000. A portion of this fund must be used for increased compensation of 

 the instructor in agriculture. 



The agricultural school at Cawnpore is now in process of development into a 

 college, and will henceforth have a three-year course, instead of a two-year 

 course, as formerly. A number of residences for members of the faculty have 

 recently been erected, and plans for the extension of other buildings are under 

 consideration. 



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