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farm of about 200 acres and 60 small holdings of about 35 acres each. On each 

 of these holdings, a cottage and the necessary farm buildings will be built, 

 while the central farm will be equipped with machinery, horses, etc., which 

 may be hired by the settlers. 



Applicants will receive training when necessary on the central farm until 

 fitted to take up a holding independently. Cooperative methods are to be fol- 

 lowed in the purchase of supplies and the disposal of produce for the entire 

 tract. The enterprise is said to be the first of its kind in Great Britain. R. N. 

 Dowling, organizer of agricultural education to the Lindsey County Council of 

 Lincolnshire, has been appointed director of the colony. 



Miscellaneous. — Following the death of Hon. James S. Duff, Minister of Agri- 

 culture for Ontario, the Prime Minister, Hon. W. H. Hearst, has taken charge 

 of that department in addition to his other duties. President G. C. Creelman 

 of the Ontario Agricultural College has also been appointed commissioner of 

 agriculture for the Province, a new position in which he will act as chief ad- 

 viser to the Prime Minister on matters of agricultural policy. 



The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal of the First Class, conferred for public services in 

 India, was bestowed on New Year's Day upon Dr. H. H. Mann, principal of the 

 Agricultural College of Poona and agricultural chemist to the Government of 

 Bombay. 



William Marriott, assistant secretary of the Royal Meteorological Society 

 from 1872 to 1915, and editor of the Meteorological Record from 1881 to 1911, 

 as well as a frequent contributor to other meteorological publications, died at 

 Dulwich, England, December 28, 1916, at the age of 68 years. 



Valparaiso University, located at Valparaiso, Ind., has received a gift of 

 400 acres of land, valued at over $50,000, from AVilliam F. Pinney and Miss 

 Myra Pinney for the use of its department of agriculture. 



J. A. McLean, formerly of the Massachusetts College, has been appointed 

 professor of animal husbandry iu the University of British Columbia, and has 

 entered upon his duties. 



Plans are under consideration for the establishment by the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries and the Board of Development Commissioners of Great 

 Britain of a research institute for problems relating to agricultural machinery 

 at Cambridge University in connection wuth the existing schools of agriculture 

 and engineering. 



Officers for the current year were elected by the American Phytopathological 

 Society at its New York City meeting, December 27-30, 1916, as follows : Presi- 

 dent, M. T. Cook of the Delaware station ; vice president, Charles Brooks, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture ; councilor, H. S. Jackson of the Indiana station. 



F. A. Stockdale, director of agriculture in Mauritius, has been appointed di- 

 rector of agriculture in Ceylon and has been succeeded by Dr. H. A. Tempany, 

 chemist and superintendent of agriculture in the Leeward Islands. 



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