200 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. fVol. 41 



Dr. J. I. Hardy, associate wool specialist of the station, lias accepted a posi- 

 tion in connection with the sheep and wool investigations of the Bureau of 

 -Ynimal Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Ontario Agricultural College. — A niemorial hall is projected in commemora- 

 tion of the former students of the college, numbering over one hundred, who 

 lost their lives in the war. This building will contain an assembly hall seating 

 at least 800 and will cost about $100,000. The government has appropriated 

 $40,000 for the purpose, and it is planned to raise the remaining sum by sub- 

 scription from the alumni and others interested. 



Soldier Training at Canadian Experimental Stations. — Arrangements have 

 been made for giving agricultural instruction to returned soldiers at the Do- 

 minion Experimental Farms at Fredericton, New Brunsvvick, and Lennoxville, 

 Quebec. The object will be to qualify returned soldiers as farmers under the 

 Soldiers' Land Settlement Act. An instruction staff and such additional equip- 

 ment as is found necessary will be furnished by the Soldiers' Settlement Board. 

 The work will be under the direction of the superintendent of the station, and 

 will be so arranged as to interfere as little as possible with the regujar experi- 

 mental work under way. 



Agricultural Education for Ex-service Hen in Great Britain, — The Depart- 

 ment of Demobilization and Resettlement of the IMinistry of Labor announces 

 that the British Government has decided to provide assistance to ex-service 

 men, irrespective of their military rank, who desire to continue their education 

 and training but are financially unable to do so. The types of training for 

 which assistance may be granted include courses in both higher education in 

 agriculture and practical training on farms, either in institutions approved by 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries of Great Britain or the corresponding 

 boards in Scotland and Ireland. 



Sugar Beet Growing Work of British Board of Agriculture. — An estate of 

 5,600 acres has been purchased by the British Sugar Beet Growers' Society with 

 the financial assistance of the government at Kelham near Nev/ark. It is 

 planned to develop this estate as a test of commercial beet growing on a large 

 scale. 



Agricultural Encouragement in France. — An annual appropriation of $250,000 

 has been made to stimulate improved methods in agriculture following the 

 war. This sum wiU be expended through committees representing the various 

 departments and serving without pay. It is planned to purchase high grade 

 cattle of from 7 to 8 years of age, which now are frequently marketed, and to 

 resell them to farmers in order to demonstrate their value for breeding pur- 

 poses. It is also planned to purchase American farm machinery for resale to 

 demonstrate its ultimate economy in tei'ms of service. Agricultural fairs are 

 to be further developed and seed grain stocks purchased and distributed at 

 nominal sums for demonstration pui'poses. 



Miscellaneous. — An animal husbandry class in Aberdeen University, Scotland, 

 was opened last April for soldier students of the Canadian, Australian, and 

 South African expeditionary forces with an enrollment of about 100. Visits to 

 leading herds in the vicinity were a noteworthy feature of the course. 



The American Association of Agricultural College Editors held its seventh 

 annual meeting at Columbus, Ohio, June 25 to 27. The officers elected for the 

 ensuing year include F. H. Jeter of North Carolina, president ; F. C. Dean of 

 Ohio State University, vice-president ; and M. V. Atwood of Cornell University, 

 secretary-treasurer. The next meeting will Le held at the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, 



