500 expp:riment statiox record. 



notal)l.v at Farrugiit and Benton. The agriciiltunil- work will be begun at ou<'e 

 but the home eeononiit-s work will be delayed until next year in order that 

 plans can be more carelully niaturetl. 



Government Aid to Agriculture in Greek Macedonia. — During 1914 the Minis- 

 try of National Economy of (ireece exi)en(led more than .$lt;.<XX) for repairing 

 jind equipping the model farm of Saloniki, which is to be designated the 

 principal agricultural school in New Greece. This school, which was estab- 

 lished 20 years ago under the Turkish regime, has three buildings for schol.istic 

 purposes (one of which contains a museum and also a chemical laboratory), a 

 station for breeding i)urposes, etc. The Greek government expects to com- 

 plete the construction of a large new school building which was started before 

 the Balkan wars. The farm is devoted to the growing of cotton, tobacci). 

 sesame, sorghum, barley, o-ats, beets, and other plants and vegetables, and 

 there is also a modern dairy and cheese house. Modern agricultural ma- 

 chinery and chemical fertilizers are used, and a nursery with about 10(),n(X) 

 trees of various kinds, including a large number of fruit trees, is exi)ected to 

 be of service in replanting the deforested sections of Macedonia. Improved 

 methods of silk culture have given very satisfactory results during the past 

 year. A farm viticulturist visits the various villages to give advice to vine 

 growers. 



Agricultural Instruction in Ceylon. — In 1913 there were in Ceylon 2S2 govern- 

 ment school gardens and 47 aided schools registered for the grants payable by 

 the education department, viz, $16.22 for a garden of an acre or more and 

 $9.73 for one not less than one-third of an acre in extent ; 8.288 packets of .seed 

 and 4,496 plants were distributed to school gardens, seeds were tested for the 

 agricultural society, and 4 hives of bees were stocked and supplied to appli- 

 cants. A prize fund of $811 was available, half the sum awarded to each 

 garden being divided among five students showing the best work in both school 

 and home gardening. A junior agricultural reader was prepared by the sui)er- 

 intendent of school gardens, and a senior reader was in course of preparation. 

 A circular containing instructions on the planting of school gardens was issued 

 to teachers. Two assistant teachers of government vernacular schools ;ind 

 three probationary agricultural instructors were given training at the stock 

 garden. A central agricultural school is to be established at Peradeuiya. 



Miscellaneous. — The death in the European War is reported of the Pru.ssian 

 Conservator of Forests. Professor Karl Fricke, director of the Forest Academy 

 of Miincheu. 



The King of England has given permission for the u.se of a portion of the 

 royal estate by the school of forestry of Cambridge University, for purposes of 

 experimentation and demonstration. 



A convention was held in Chicago, February 12 and 13. of representative^ of 

 six of the agricultural magazines published by the agricultural colleges. Con- 

 siderable progress is reported in the standardization of the size of publication, 

 number of issues, advertising rates, etc. 



A gift by Theodore N. Vail has been accepted by the Vermont legislature of 

 the agricultural school at Lyndon and other land and equipment. The gift is 

 estimated at about $150,000. 



The next annual meeting of the American Association of Farmers' Institute 

 Workers has been fixed for August 13 and 14 at the University of California. 



The new agricultural buildings of Oxford University, costing about .$30.iX)«), 

 have recently been occupied. 



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