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bers each of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Members of Con- 

 gress who have been designated ai'e Honorables Jacob H. Gallinger, of New 

 Hampshire, and John Walter Smith, of Maryland, from the Senate, and Willis C. 

 Hawley, of Oregon, and Gordon Lee, of Georgia, from the House. An appro- 

 priation of $25,000 annually is available for the expenses of the commission. 



Other legislation enacted included the adoption of a resolution providing for 

 the reprinting of 100.000 copies each of the special reports on the diseases of 

 the horse and of cattle. In the Indian appropriation act the usual appropria- 

 tion of $5,000 for conducting experiments at the Indian school and agency 

 farms as to the adaptability of various crops was continued. A lump fund 

 appropriation of $6,000 was made to the Bureau of Education for the first time 

 lor investigations of rural education, industrial education, and school hj'giene. 



The appointment of a salaried delegate to the International Institute of 

 Agriculture was also authorized, for the first time, in the diplomatic and con- 

 sular appropriation act, $3,G00 being allotted in addition to $4,800 as the quota 

 of the United States for the support of the institute. A deficiency appropria- 

 tion of $10,000 for the payment of expenses of delegates to the institute in 1911 

 was likewise granted. 



Bequest for Agricultural Advancement in Hardwick, Mass. — A bequest of 

 $100,000 to the town of Hardwick, Mass., to further agricultural, horticultural, 

 and rural interests, has recently become available from the estate of the late 

 Calvin Paige, a former resident of the town. A portion of this fund has been 

 expended in the purchase of two parcels of land. Only the income from the 

 bequest is available for maintenance, and it is proposed to utilize this in 

 carrying on demonstration work illustrative of experiment station results 

 along lines adapted to local needs. There is an old apple orchard of 5 acres 

 on one of the tracts purchased, which will receive attention as to pruning, 

 cultivation, spraying, etc., and it is also hoped to engage in forestry work. 

 Charles O. Flagg, formerly director of the Rhode Island Station, has accepted 

 the position of superintendent of the enterprise. 



National School of Agriculture, Montpellier, France. — A letter recently received 

 from Dean Hunt, of the Pennsylvania College and Station, now on leave of 

 absence in Europe, contains an account of the recent erection of a monument 

 at this school in recognition of the work of the late Gustave Foex, a former 

 president of the school, in improving the culture of grapes in Europe. The 

 monument was erected by a popular subscription of about $3,000, contributed 

 by people of France, Austria, Italy, Egypt, and Greece, and symbolizes the 

 encouragement rendered to European grape culture b.v the introduction of 

 American grapes. The dedication of the monument is to take place this spring. 



Normal School Agriculture. — The State Normal and Training School at Cort- 

 land, N. Y., announces agricultural courses for teachers beginning with the fall 

 of 1911. 



Two courses will be available, (1) a two-year course open to men at least 

 16 years of age who have had farm experience and the necessary training to 

 admit them to the regular normal school courses, and (2) a one-year course 

 oi>en to young men who are high school graduates or have had equivalent edu- 

 cation, have had farm experience, hold a life certificate valid in New York, 

 and have had at least one year of successful experience in teaching. Both 

 courses are primarily scientific and agricultural, but the two-year course 

 includes one unit of psychology, one of the history of education, two-fifths of 

 a unit of school economy, one unit in manual training, one of grammar methods, 

 and two each of observation and teaching. The work in science and agri- 

 culture, which is common to both courses, includes agricultural physics, farm 

 mechanics, horticulture, farm crops, animal husbandry, dairying, farm man- 



