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A board of agriculture has been organized in the Department of Zacapa, in 

 Guatemala, with Federico Castafieda, president, and Antonio E. Lima, secre- 

 tary. A similar board has been organized at El Progreso with Jose MariS, 

 Calderon, president, and Pedro Archila, secretary. 



A practical school for girls was opened in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 1915, 

 with instruction in various branches of home economics. 



On the recommendation of a number of agricultiiral students of ilerida, pre- 

 liminary steps have been taken by several prominent citizens of the State of 

 Yucatan, Mexico, to establish an agricultural experiment station, the Mexican 

 agronomist, Francisco Vega y Loyo, being one of the leaders in the undertaking. 

 It is proposed to get into communication with the principal Mexican experiment 

 stations as well as those of the United States and Europe. 



A rural normal school, the second of its kind established in Paraguay, was 

 inaugurated in 1915. Stock raising is to be included in the subjects of instruc- 

 tion. The agricultural school at Asuncion has aided greatly in the introduction 

 of improved methods concerning the feeding and breeding of stock in the more 

 thickly populated sections of the Republic, and particularly in influencing small 

 farmers to give attention to the forage questions by recommending the cultiva- 

 tion of suitable grasses and legumes for feeding purposes. 



Graduate School of Agriculture. — The program of the seventh session of the 

 Graduate School of Agriculture, under the auspices of the Association of Amer- 

 ican Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, to be held at the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass., July 3-28, 1916, will include 

 courses on the fundamental factors of the growth of plants and animals from 

 physical, chemical, and biological vieu-points, agricultural and economic prob- 

 lems of production and distribution, land problems, rural organization, and 

 principles and methods of teaching. There will also be conferences on the 

 scientific basis of agriculture, making the farm pay, farm finance, social factors 

 of rural progress, and training of men for agricultural service. Opportunities 

 for inspection and study of features of the intensive agriculture of New Eng- 

 land will be offered through excursions under expert guidance during and after 

 the session of the school. 



Miscellaneous. — The incoming officers of the American Phytopathological 

 Society, elected at the Columbus meeting, December 28-31. 1915. are as follows: 

 President. Dr. E. F. Smith, of this Department ; vice-president. Dr. M. T. Cook, 

 of the New Jersey College and Station ; secretary-treasurer, Dr. C. L. Shear, 

 of this Department ; and members of the council. Dr. F. D. Kern, of the Penn- 

 sylvania College and Station, and Dr. E. C. Staknian, of the Minnesota University 

 and Station. Dr. W. A. Orton was elected one of the chief editors of Phyto- 

 pathology and H. T. Gussow, Dr. C. W. Edgerton, Dr. Stakman, and Dr. V. B. 

 Stewart, associate editors. 



George L. Fawcett, from 1908 to February, 1915. plant pathologist at the 

 Porto Rico Federal Station, has been appointed professor of mycology and 

 bacteriology at the University of Tucuman, Argentina. 



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