700 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



International Scientific Congress at Buenos Aires. — The International Scientifie 

 Congress, held at Buenos Aires, from July 11 to 25, under the auspices and 

 direct management of the Argentine Scientific Society, was well attended and 

 considered very successful. 



Agricultural science received much attention, constituting one of the 11 

 sections of the congress. A large number of papers were presented in this 

 section, among them one by Juan A. Devoto on his investigations of the micro- 

 organisms of milk, one by Doctor Wolffhiigel on the zooparasites of the domestic 

 animals of Argentina, and one on the degeneration of the malbek, by Sefior 

 Suarez. Two sessions were also devoted in the engineering section to irriga- 

 tion questions, especially the laws and systems in Argentina and their better- 

 ment. 



Resolutions were adopted advocating the formation of agrarian societies 

 patterned after those in France, the greater use of agricultural machinery and 

 additional instruction in the subject, the development of the sugar-beet and 

 cotton-growing industries, and the adoption of uniform' regulations in all 

 American countries as to the importation and exportation of animals. 



Poultry Demonstration Train in Wales. — A poultry demonstration train, fitted 

 up with improved poultry appliances and other illustrative material, was 

 recently sent out for eight days in Wales. Lectures and demonstrations were 

 given along the route, the advantages of cooperation in marketing receiving 

 particular emphasis. The train is believed to have been the first of the sort in 

 Great Britain, but it is reported that it was very favorably received and that 

 the plan will be given an extended trial in other sections. 



National Agricultural Boards in Mexico. — A recent law provides for the estab- 

 lishment of national agricultural boards, the object of which is to develop agri- 

 culture, and especially stock raising, forestry, and related industries. They will 

 encourage the holding of agricultural expositions and will keep in touch with 

 domestic and foreign boards of the same class. One feature of their work will 

 be the publication of reports for the information and instruction of agriculturists, 

 the awarding of prizes for treatises on agriculture, the establishment of agri- 

 cultural schools, and the creating of scholarships to aid in the study of 

 agriculture. 



National College of Agriculture at Pretoria. — According to a note in ?s(tture, the 

 Transvaal (iovernment is considering the establishment of a national college of 

 agricultui'e at Pretoria, with an initial endowment of $500,000. An area com- 

 prising 3,681 acres, and including a large plantation and both arable and pasture 

 land, has been offerwl by the town council as a site. 



Agricultural Instruction in the University of Toulouse. — An agricultural 

 institute has been annexed to the faculty of sciences of the University of 

 Toulouse. The course of study extends through two years, leads to the diploma 

 of agriculture, and includes theoretical and practical instruction in the following 

 subjects : General agriculture, agricultural botany, agricultui-al chemistry, agri- 

 cultural engineering, rural economy, geology, agricultural zoology, and animal 

 breeding. In addition there is a series of weekly lectures on horticulture, 

 silviculture, viticulture and enology, rural architecture, agricultural hydraulics, 

 agricultural hygiene, meteorology, apiculture, etc. 



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