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which have submitted to the control. This inspection is extended to butter sent out 

 by these manufacturers or merchants, and the control may also include a guarantee 

 as to water content as well as purity of ingredients. The government regulations 

 provide for the use of a stamp upon the product of the factories or sa'es rooms which 

 have placed themselves under the control of these stations, which is equivalent to a 

 "mark of guarantee." Paper stamped with this guarantee is to be obtained under 

 certain conditions, and penalties are provided for the use of this guarantee except 

 on a product which has been produced or sold under the control of the stations. 



Elementary Agriculture. — Elementary agriculture and horticulture are being intro- 

 duced into the public school at Westbury Station, N. Y. This school has an enroll- 

 ment of 250 pupils, and the faculty of 7 teachers has been selected with a view of 

 securing those familiar with manual training methods and school garden work. The 

 school grounds, which contained originally over 70 shade trees, have been planted 

 with about 80 shrubs, 50 vines, and 500 herbaceous plants. 



The Territorial Board of Education of Oklahoma is preparing a course of studs to 

 be used in the rural schools, and is planning "to give such a place as is wise ami 

 practicable to instruction in agricultural education in these schools." 



Course of Lectures on Poultry Raising. — A " Poultry School," including lectures and 

 practical demonstrations on profitable poultry raising, has been inaugurated by the 

 Young Men's Christian Association of Brockton, Mass. The course includes seven 

 lectures, and is given as a part of the educational work of that association. Among 

 the lecturers are Dr. A. A. Brigham, of the Columbia School of Poultry Culture, and 

 Dr. Cooper Curtice, of the Rhode Island College and Station. "The course is 

 planned to fit the needs of all who keep fowl, whether the number be large or small, 

 and will, therefore, be of interest to women as well as men, young people or those 

 further along in years." 



American Forest Congress. — A call has been issued for an American Forest Congress 

 to be held in Washington, January 2-6, 1905, under the auspices of the American 

 Forestry Association. The purpose of this congress is to establish a broader under- 

 standing of the forest in its relation to the great industries depending upon it; to 

 advance the conservative use of forest resources for both present and future needs of 

 these industries, and to stimulate and unite all efforts to perpetuate the forest as a 

 permanent resource of the nation. The subjects to be considered, each of which 

 will receive attention of a separate session, are as follows: (1) Relation of the public 

 forest lands to irrigation; (2) relation of the public forest lands to grazing; (3) the 

 lumber industry and the forest; (4) importance of the public forest lands to mining; 

 (5) forestry in relation to railroad supplies; (6) national forest policy, and (7) State 

 forest policy. The president of the congress is the Hon. James Wilson, and the 

 secretary of the committee of arrangements is Mr. William L. Hall, Atlantic Build- 

 ing, Washington, D. C. The President of the United States will address the congress 

 at a special meeting to be held in the Lafayette Theater, and will receive the delegates 

 in a body at the New Year's reception at the White House. The congress will 

 include delegates from a large number of organizations and bodies representing 

 interests related to forestry, but all who are interested in the ends which it aims to 

 secure are urged to attend the meetings. 



Conference of Horticulturists. — A national conference of officers and workers of State 

 horticultural societies was held in the rooms of the Palace of Horticulture on the 

 Exposition Grounds at St. Louis, October 26. The purpose of the conference was the 

 organization of a society which should have the business end of the horticultural 

 interests of the State and Nation in view. A permanent organization was effected, 

 and an executive committee appointed to formulate a constitution and by-laws for 

 the society, to arrange a programme, and to fix upon a date and place for the next 

 meeting. It was suggested that the society meet in a body with the American Poino- 

 logical Society at its biennial convention, and this suggestion met with general 

 approval. 



