900 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Agricultural Work in the British West Indies. — West Indian Bulletin (8 

 (1907), No. 3), contaiias the following interesting articles on agricultural educa- 

 tion in the British West Indies : Agricultural and Scientific Teaching in the 

 Secondary Schools of Jamaica, by Rev. Canon Simms; Agricultural Education 

 at Barbados, by the Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands; Agricul- 

 tural Education in Secondary Schools at Barbados, by Rev. H. A. Dalton ; 

 Some Problems of Agricultural Education at Jamaica, by Hon. H. H. Cousins; 

 General Science in Elementary Schools of Jamaica, by E. J. Wortley; Agricul- 

 ture in Elementary Schools of Jamaica, by Hon. T. Capper; Agricultural 

 Teaching in Elementary Schools of Barbados, by Rev. J. E. Reece; An Agri- 

 cultural and Industrial Experiment, by Rev. Father Collins; School Gardens 

 as an Educational Medium, by P. W. Murray; and Agricultural Instructors 

 and their Work, by J. Thomas Palache. 



Satisfactory results are reported by the director of the i:»ublic gardens and 

 plantations in Jamaica from the instruction of small land holders by traveling 

 instructors. In this way, and also by the establishment of agricultural banks 

 and prize-holding schemes, the farmers are developing an iuci'eased appreciation 

 for improved methods of cultivation. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations in Germany. — An illustrated account is 

 given in Deutsche LandioirtschaftUchc Presse for February 8 of the work and 

 equipment of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Agriculture which was opened at 

 Bromberg in 1906 with Doctor Gerlach as dii'ector. The institute is organized 

 into divisions of agricultural chemistry, bacteriology and field crops, farm re- 

 clamation, plant diseases, and animal hygiene. The equipment is unusually com- 

 plete with about 19 acres of land for plat work and 11 large buildings, including 

 a main building with spacious lecture rooms and offices, several laboratory 

 buildings, greenhouses, etc. 



In connection with an article commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of 

 the founding of the moor-culture societies in Germany recent numbers of Illus- 

 trierte LandwirtschaftUche Zeitung and Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Presse 

 give illustrated accounts of the history, work, and equipment of the Moor Ex- 

 periment Station at Bremen. 



Experiment Farms in the Gold Coast. — The experimental cotton farm at Labo- 

 labo of which a previous note has been given (E. S. R., 17, p. 724) was trans- 

 ferred to the British Cotton Growing Association in June, 1906. An agricul- 

 tural station was established at Kumasi in March of the same year with K. G. 

 Burbridge in charge. Fifty acres of land have since been cleared, and experi- 

 ments begun with rubber and fiber plants, cotton, and jute. 



Encouragement to Cultivation of Native Plants in Tunis. — An annual appro- 

 priation of $97,000 has been placed at the disposal of the Director of Agricul- 

 ture of Tunis for the impx'ovement and encouragement of the cultivation of 

 native plants. A part of this fund is to be used immediately for the establish- 

 ment of experiment fields. 



Necrology. — Sir John Eliot, for many years (1886-1903) head of the Indian 

 Meteorological Service, died in France March IS, 1908, age 09 years. Sir John 

 made large and important contributions to the meteorology of India, his climato- 

 logical atlas of India (E. S. R., 18, p. 526) being considered by the distinguished 

 Austrian meteorologist, J. Hanu, the most comprehensive statistical and scien- 

 tific meteorological record in the world. In his studies of air movements on a 

 large scale he also made important contributions to world meteorology and to 

 the practical work of forecasting the weather. 



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