NOTES. 599 



tlie sclidols 1)0 14 yo:irs for l)oys and 1.". years for sirls; that the course of study 

 Ik' limited to 4 years, one of wbieh shall include conuiion school or elementary 

 studies, and lliat the scliolastic year he 40 weeks. A mininuuu of 'A hours of 

 class-room \v(»rl< in aLcri<nltnrc and related sciences, English, mathematics, and 

 history, and :; hours on the farm, in the shop, or the laboratory was decided 

 upon. One-fourth of the students will be required to remain on the farm during 

 the sununer vacation and will rec(Mve compensation for their work. A course of 

 stud.v preiiai'cd by Trof. J. S. Stewart, of the State university, and I). J. Crosby, 

 of this Ollice. was recommended. 



Rothamsted Station. — The following note regarding the station is copied from 

 'I'lic Gardeners' Chronicle : "The Itothamsted l<].\i)erimental Station (Laws Agri- 

 cultural Trust) has received a donation of £2,000 from the I'ermauent Nitrate 

 Counnittee. to be invested and added to the general endowment fund of the sta- 

 tion. A donation of 100 guineas [about .$.jOOJ has also been received from the 

 Fertilizer Manufacturers' Association. 



" Durin.g the i)ast sununer the station entered into occupation of the ' .James 

 Mason ' Bacteriological Laboratory, the gift of Mr. J. F. Mason, M.P. The 

 society for extending the Rothamsted experiments, which was formed to obtain 

 funds wherewith the experimental station might enlarge the scope of its work 

 and initiate further agricultural investigations, has further received during 

 the past year subscriptions and donations amounting to £240. Further sub- 

 scriptions are still urgently needed to secure a more adequate staff, and may 

 be addressed to the secretary of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, Har- 

 penden. Hertfordshire." 



Agricultural Measures before Congress. — A bill has been recently introduced 

 by Senator Clay and Representative Adamson, providing an annual appropri- 

 ation of .$2,500 for branch agricultural experiment stations. These stations are 

 to be established under the direction of the stations now in existence, and the 

 appropriation can be applied only to the expenses of conducting or verifying 

 experiments bearing directly on agricultural industry. 



A similar bill has been introduced by Representative Davis, which incfudes 

 in addition an annual appropriati(m for industrial education in agricultural 

 high schools and in city high schools. 



Other measures recently introduced include bills authorizing experimentation 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture in reference to cotton bolhvorm and cotton wilt 

 disease ; to prohibit the transmissi(m of interstate or foreign messages regard- 

 ing the buying or selling of " futures " in agricultural products or commodities; 

 to provide for a soil survey in Hawaii ; to establish a National wood-testing 

 laboratory ; to provide for the investigation of the water resources of the United 

 States; to appropriate .$1(10,000 for the establishment of demonstration farms, 

 for the investigation of farm practice, and the inauguration of systems of farm 

 management : to provide for fixing uniform standards of classification and 

 grading of grain; to ])rovide for the estaldishment of an agricultural bank in 

 the I'hiliiipines; to refund .'50 per cent of all money received from forest reserves 

 to the respective States or Territories, for the benefit of the imblic schools 

 and roads; to prevent the sale of adulterated and misbranded seed; to pro- 

 vide for the printing of 2.".(>,()(io copies of the special report on the diseases of the 

 horse; to aid in the settlement and irrigation of lands included in National 

 reclamation i)rojects, by setting aside 40 acres of land in each case for experi- 

 ments in irri.gation and drainage; and providing for the control of grazing 

 uiH)n the imblic lands. 



Rosenbaum Live Stock Prizes. — Special prizes offered at the International 

 Live Stock Exposition by Rosenbaum P.rothers & Co., of Chicago, have been 

 awarded, according to the winnings at the exposition of exhibitors from the 



