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three or more acres and demonstration areas of suitable extent, and that the neces- 

 sary expense be defrayed by the county councils on the basis of their respective 

 ratable values, the whole amount now asked for not to exceed £5,000. 



Agriculture in Union Academy. — A four-year agricultural course is now offered by 

 Union Academy, Belleville, X. Y. This is done at the request of George and Win. W. 

 Mather, who, in 1901, gave Union Academy $10,000 for the support of a school of 

 agriculture. The course in agriculture includes two terms each of instruction in draft- 

 ing plans for farm buildings, entomology, soils and fertilizers, horticulture, plant life, 

 economics of agriculture, animal husbandry, poultry keeping and zootechny, and one 

 year of agriculture (agronomy). Lyman Carrier, who had charge of chemistry and 

 agriculture in the Elyria, Ohio, High School last year, has been elected vice-principal 

 of Union Academy, and will teach science and agriculture. 



New Journal of Agricultural Science. — The. prospectus has been issued of a Journal 

 of Agricultural Science, the publication of which is to be commenced at Cambridge, 

 England, with the beginning of the year. The new journal will be edited 1 >v Messrs. 

 T. H. Middleton, T. B. Wood, R. H. Biffin, and A. D. Hall, in consultation with 

 W. Bateson, J. R. Campbell, and W. Somerville. The cooperation of a long list of 

 gentlemen engaged in work in agricultural science has been promised. 



The .prospectus points out that there are now about 25 agricultural colleges in Eng- 

 land, the larger number of which have been established during the past decade. 

 Many of these institutions are equipped with permanent laboratories and experi- 

 mental farms, and are beginning to devote their attention to definite scientific work 

 in chemistry, botany, and other sciences bearing on agriculture. At present there 

 appears to be no way of getting the results of their scientific work before the proper 

 audience. It is the purpose of the new journal to publish only distinctly scientific 

 work in agricultural science, and it will not include the results of the ordinary trials 

 of manures and varieties for demonstration or commercial purposes. 



New Veterinary Journal. — The first number of a new veterinary journal, entitled 

 Western Veterinarian, was issued in July. This journal is to be published quarterly as 

 the official organ of the California State Veterinary Medical Association, as a continu- 

 ation of the quarterly bulletin of that association. The purpose of the change of name 

 and appearance is to admit of an enlargement of the scope of the journal. The 

 Western Veterinarian will contain a record of the proceedings of the California Veteri- 

 nary Medical Association, news items, and original articles relating to veterinary 

 science and practice. 



Miscellaneous. — The Higher Education Subcommittee of the Lancashire Education 

 Committee has issued a series of circulars describing the provisions made in the 

 county for instruction in agriculture. Full particulars are given of courses in agri- 

 culture to be carried out at the County Council Farm at Hutton and the Harris Insti- 

 tute at Preston, as well as in other parts of the county. At the Harris Institute the 

 course extends over four years, and is intended to prepare young men for the prac- 

 tical work of farm life. The subcommittee has also made arrangements to consider 

 applications from local committees, agricultural societies, and farmers' associations 

 for euurses of lectures by members of the staff of the Harris Institute. 



We learn from Nature that the Indian Tea Association is contemplating the estab- 

 lishment of an experiment station in Assam. The scientific advisor of the associa- 

 tion has explained his plan for the permanent location of his assistant in Assam, the 

 provision of a laboratory for him, and the initiation of experiments in tea culture 

 under his direct supervision and control. An offer has been made by the agents of 

 the Scottish Assam Tea Company to provide a small bungalow and tea for experi- 

 ment in the immediate neighborhood of the bungalow, and further land for experi- 

 ments as required. This offer was accepted, and arrangements have been made for 

 the erection of a laboratorv. 



