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the policy of the National forest adiuinistratiou, the organization of the admin- 

 istrative force, the construction of rangers' headquarters, roads, trails, bridges 

 and telephone lines, the protection of National foi-ests from fire, the sale and 

 cutting of National timber, including a discussion of the forestry methods 

 which have been found applicable, the administration of grazing lands and use 

 of stock ranges within the National forests, special uses of National forest land 

 for home building and commercial enterprises, tree planting on the National 

 forests, the handling of claims and entries under the public land laws, and the 

 lu'eparation of National forest records and accounts. These lectures will be 

 supplemented by two hours a week of consultation between small groups of 

 students and the instructor, by which the student will be given first-hand ac- 

 quaintance with typical administrative cases and methods. 



The February number of Forestry and Irrigation gives a brief account of the 

 work of the Summer School of Forestry at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 

 Ohio. The course was conducted by Prof. J. J. Crumley of the college. 



Hugo A. Winkenwerder, who has been in charge of the section of education 

 in the Forest Service, has accepted a position with Colorado College as pro- 

 fessor of forestry, vice .J. Fred Baker. 



Measures before Congress. — A bill has been recently introduced authorizing the 

 Commissioner of Education, upon the ai)proval of the Secrej:ary of the Interior, 

 to conduct special investigations respecting industrial education, rural schools, 

 agricultural and mechanical colleges, higher education, the construction and 

 etiuipment of school buildings, the hygiene of education, the welfare of children 

 as affecting educational efficiency, educational legislation, the records and ac- 

 countiHg of educational systems and institutions, and other subjects in educa- 

 tion, and appropriating $40,000 for the purpose. Another l)ill seeks to extend 

 the franking privilege, under certain restrictions, to include any printed letters, 

 circulars, documents, pamphlets, or literature relating exclusively to agriculture 

 which may be issued by or under the authority of any agricultural college or 

 agricultural experiment station in any State or Territory of the United States. 



Among other measures are bills to establish an agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion at Dickinson, N. Dak. ; certifying 7,682 acres of public lands in Kansas to 

 that State for the use of the agricultural college in lieu of a previous selection 

 of that amount which was found to lie within the limits of a railroad grant; 

 for the erection of a cold storage building for this Department ; providing rules 

 and regulations govei'uing the importation of niu'sery stock and fruits into the 

 T7nited States, and for the inspection of nursery stock destined for interstate 

 commerce or export ; for the extension of the work of the Office of Public 

 Koads and the Bureau of Soils; and appropriating $1,750,000 for an addition 

 to the new agricultural building of this Department. 



New Journals. — The Weather Bureau of this Department has begun issuing a 

 quarterly. Bulletin of the Mount Weather Ohservatopy, to contain accounts of 

 its researches at ]Mount Weather, Va. Volume 1, part 1, contains an announce- 

 ment as to the scope of the pu))lication. a statement as to the origin and pur- 

 pose of the Mount Weather Observatory, and illustrated articles on the methods 

 and apparatus used in obtaining upper-air observations, numerical results of 

 kite flights, and the use of upper-air data in weather forecasting. 



Iowa Hortieulture, "a monthly bulletin of plant life," is being issued by the 

 Iowa State Horticultural Society. The initial number contains addresses pre- 

 sented befoi'e a number of horticultural societies, and brief articles and notes 

 on a variety of horticultural topics. 



L'Amuteur de Chdinitifnioiis has been established as a nontechnical journal 

 on mushrooms and mushroom growing. Eight numbers are to be issued yearly. 



