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of study for the agricultural schools, and draw up regulations for the control 

 of animal and plant diseases. 



Investigation of Agricultural Instruction in Great Britain. — The president of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has, according to 'Nature, appointed a 

 committee to inquire whether the provisions now made for scientific and tech- 

 nical instruction in agriculture in England and Wales ai"e satisfactory and 

 sufficient, and if not. in what manner they may with advantage be modified 

 or extended. Prof. T. II. Middleton and Prof. W. Somerville are members of 

 the committee. 



Agricultural Students in German Universities. — Cltemiker Zeitung states that 

 the total number of matriculated students in the German universities is 44,942, 

 of whom 985 or about 2 per cent are enrolled in agricultural science courses. 

 Of these 573 or 58 per cent are from foreign countries, although the foreign 

 students constitute but 9 per cent of the total enrollment. 



Agricultural Education in Chile. — A practical school of agriculture was opened 

 at Talca June 29, 1900, under the directorship of Carlos Echeverria Cazotte. 

 The school was started with an appropriation of $71,000 for land and $28,000 

 for equipment and maintenance. The director is also professor of agriculture 

 and zootechny, and is assisted by professors of forestry, physical and natural 

 sciences, engineering, viticulture, and the common elementary branches. 

 Twenty-four students were enrolled at the opening of the school. 



Schools of Agriculture in Servia. — The consul at Belgrade, Servia, repprts in 

 the MonthJy Consular and Trade Reports for February as follows: 



"There are, in addition to the experimental farms at which instruction in 

 agricultural subjects is given, three agricultural schools in Servia, as follows: 

 (1) School of general agriculture at Kraljevo, (2) school of viticulture and 

 arboriciilture at Bukovo, and (3) school of agriculture at Sabac. Near Bel- 

 grade the government has a model farm, on which the best methods of farming 

 are shown to the peasants and experiments are made as to the best grains, etc. 

 In 1902 an experimental farm was established at Dorbricevo for the purpose of 

 breeding animals. The government gave 1,000 hectares for this farm. After 

 the almost total destruction of the vineyards by the phylloxera in 1882 the 

 government established vineyards in order to restore this industry by experi- 

 menting. There wei'e in 1905 six of these experimental vineyards. A con- 

 siderable quantity of vines are given gratis to the cultivators, and those vine- 

 yards that resist the phylloxera are exempt from taxes for ten years." 



At Sniederevo (Semendria) there is also a dairy farm, established in 1903, 

 which manufactures three grades of excellent cheese and offers special courses 

 of instruction annually. 



Agricultural Education Abroad. — According to the annual report of the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries, during the fiscal year 190G the grants to agricul- 

 tural education in Great Britain aggregated about $420,000. The number of 

 students has increased from 23,000 to .34,000 in the last two years. A widening 

 of public interest in the study of agriculture is reported, and it is stated that 

 farmers are coming to rely more and more upon the agricultural institutions for 

 assistance in the solution of their problems. 



According to the A^e;^ Zealand Official Yearbook for 1906, the Canterburj 

 Agricultural College, at Lincoln, now has an endowment of 02,000 acres of land, 

 which has a rental value of $7,290, and possesses extensive buildings and an 

 experimental farm. The institution offers a good course in the science and 

 practice of agriculture, which is accepted as a part of the curriculum leading to 

 the degree of B. S. in agriculture at the University of New Zealand. The 

 college accommodates 40 students. A report on the public schools for 1904 

 shows that 47 out of 725 schools gave instruction in elementary agriculture. 



