704 EXPERIMENT STATIOIST RECORD. 



A summer term has been added to the mstruction given at the Wisconsin Dairy- 

 School. Students are admitted to this course at any time during the spring and 

 summer after March 1, 1902. They are expected to remain at least ten weeks, 

 although the}' may continue the work longer if desired. No previous experience in 

 dairy work is required for admission to this course, which is intended for beginners 

 or for persons with little practical knowledge of creamery or dairy work. AVhile 

 some lectures will be given, nearly all of the students' time will be occupied in the 

 work of the various departments under the supervision of the instructors. Students 

 will assist in the different factory operations, and learn to operate the various machines 

 used in the manufacturing processes. Quizzes and examinations will be held to 

 determine the progress being made. 



A summer school of chemistry and biology, to be held at Wesleyan University, 

 Middletown, Conn., during the month of July, has been announced. The pro- 

 gram includes a course of lectures by Prof. W. O. Atwater on methods and results 

 of investigations regarding food and nutrition, a short course in food analysis, a prac- 

 tical course in methods of dietary studies; lectures by Prof. H. W. Conn on bacteria 

 with special reference to hygiene of the house, the dairy, and the farm, and a labo- 

 ratory course in bacteriology by W. M. Esten. Other laboratory courses in chemistry 

 will be given, if desired. 



"We note from Nature that a memorial tablet is about to be placed in Harpenden 

 Parish Church, bearing the following inscription: "In affectionate memory of Sir John 

 Bennet Lawes, Bart., F. R. S. ; born at Rothamsted, December 28, 1814; died at 

 Rothamsted, August 31, 1900. lie used his long life and his great knowledge and 

 experience as an agricultural chemist and as a practical and scientific farmer in the 

 pursuit of truth and for the benefit of his fellow-men in his own country and in all 

 parts of the world. This tablet is erected by the parishioners of Harpenden and 

 others who deeply feel his loss as an example and friend." 



Xuture states that the late Sir J. Henry Gilbert bequeathed the portrait of himself, 

 by his brother, Joseph Gilbert, to the University of Oxford, to be placed in the 

 library of the Sibthorpian professor of rural economy. 



Steps have been taken looking to the establishment of a lalwratory for the exami- 

 nati<jn of food materials at Vienna, Austria. 



At the annual meeting of the Association of Directors and Organizing Secretaries 

 for Technical Education in England, held the latter part of January, ]\Ir. A. Keen, 

 the president, delivered an address dealing with the question of rural education. 

 Among the institutions, needed he mentioned that there should be in every large 

 county and in every group of smaller ones a farm school or an agricultural school or 

 college for boys of 15 to 16 years of age and upward, providing a course of instruction 

 for two or three years of a thoroughly practical character. These schools are intended 

 primarily for boys who are to become farm bailiffs, agents, stewards, farmers, or 

 market gardeners, and especially those who have had no suital^le means of acquiring 

 at home an intimate knowledge of farm and garden work and general practical 

 ex})erience. 



The following in regard to drying beet leaves for feed in Germany is taken from 

 the Consular Reports for February: "A j^lant for drying the leaves of the sugar beet 

 has been erected near Gottingen. The factor}^ began to be worked at the opening of 

 the beet season and is proving very satisfactory. The fodder obtained is excellent, 

 contains much nutritive property, is very dry, and is eaten readily by cattle. It has 

 also a pleasant smell, similar to that of fresh sweetbread. The Government and 

 agricultural authorities are taking much interest in this invention, which will nota- 

 bly increase the profits of the beet industry." 



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