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principal, to cover southern Alberta and deal with education best suited under 

 dry farming and irrigation conditions; at Olds, with W. J. Elliott, principal, 

 which will look after the interests of central Alberta where the soil is a heavy 

 black loam; and at Vermilion, with A. E. Howes, principal, to deal with northern 

 conditions. Tuition in these schools will be free and the 2-j^ear course will 

 approximate very closely to the first 2 years of the regular agricultural college 

 course for the degree of B. S. in Agr. Domestic science courses will also be 

 oflfered. In addition to the principal there will be at least two professors at 

 each school whose time during the summer will be devoted to extension work 

 and getting in touch with the farm homes. The schools will be operated under 

 a board composed of a body of practical farmers. 



An act has been passed providing for the establishment of agricultural schools 

 at such places in the Province of New Brunswick as may be decided uiK)n by 

 the Tiieutenant-Governor-in-Council, who is also authorized to purchase such 

 lands and erect such buildings as he may deem necessary for the purpose. The 

 curriculum of the schools will include agriculture, horticulture, forestry, care 

 and management >f farm animals, butter and cheese making, manual training, 

 and kindred sub3-»cts, as well as the elements of sciences bearing on these 

 subjects. The schools will be largely under the management of the New Bruns- 

 wick department of agriculture, which will regulate the conditions of admission, 

 fix tuition fees, arrange courses of study, supervise the conduct and work of 

 students, grant certificates of proficiency or other awards, etc. The Lieutenant- 

 Governor will appoint the staffs of the schools and authorize the expenditures 

 to be made by the department of agriculture for these schools. 



The Province of Prince Edward Islnnd has provided a summer school of 

 agriculture and nature study for the teachers in its rural schools. The courses 

 are given in the building of the Prince of Wales College at Charlottetown, and 

 are of two weeks' duration. An attendance of over 250 was enrolled in 1913, 

 out of a total of 590 teachers on the Island. The traveling expenses and a 

 portion of the living expenses of these students were borne by the Province. 



New Journals. — The American Journal of Tropical Diseases and Preventive 

 Medicine is being published monthly at New Orleans as the official organ of the 

 American Society of Tropical Medicine. The initial number contains, among 

 other original articles, an account of The Species of Anophelines Concerned in 

 the Transmission of Human Malaria by F. Knab, and one On the Adult Forms 

 of Trypanosoma americanum, in Naturally Infected Animals by F. M. Johns. 

 It also contains reviews, notes, etc. 



The Indian Journal of Medical Research is being published quarterly as the 

 official organ of the Indian Research Fund Association. It is to contain original 

 papers and notes on various topics directly or indirectly connected with medical 

 and sanitary science, including hygiene, sanitary engineering, sanitary laws, 

 statistics, bacteriology, parasitology, entomology, etc. Several of the articles 

 In the initial number are of particular interest to entomologists. 



The Canadian Department of Agriculture is publishing the Agricultural 

 Gazette of Canada with J. B. Spencer as editor. This will be the official organ 

 of the department and will be issued monthly in both English and French 

 editions. The initial number contains an account of the department and its 

 work, the text and other data regarding the agricultural instruction act of 

 June 6, 1913. short accounts of the various provincial departments of agriculture, 

 statistics as to the attendance of students in agriculture and veterinary courses 

 for the current year, etc. 



Bolctim do Ministerio da Agricultura, Industria, e Gommercio is being pub- 

 lished at Rio de Janeiro and will contain official announcements of the Brazilian 



