800 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Dairying has been reintroduced into tlie code as a special subject for which 

 grants may be given. It is loolced upon as a subject especially valuable for 

 girls, not only as an important branch of domestic work, but also as a means of 

 education and as a practical means of giving instruction in the principles of 

 hygiene. - 



Agricultural Education in Scotland. — A lecturer on agriculture and rural 

 economy has been appointed in the United College of St. Salvator and St. 

 Leonard of St. Andrews University, the oldest university in Scotland. A course 

 of 50 lectures on the principles of agriculture will be given during the 1908-9 

 session. The course has been arranged to meet the requirements of candidates 

 for the national diploma in agriculture, and will consist of illustrated lectures 

 supplemented by demonstrations in the field, practical work in the laboratory, 

 and in excursions to some of the best farms in the neighborhood. 



A German Trade High School. — The Trade High School opened in Mannheim 

 on May 1, 190S, is the first of such technical institutions for southern Germany. 

 It is under the direction of the minister of justice and public instruction of the 

 Duchy of Baden, and has for its object the provision of instruction in political 

 economy, sociology, and agricultural science as they are related to trade and 

 manufacturing industries. 



The course consists of 4 semesters of 6 months each, the hours of instruction 

 being mostly in the evening, as the school is intended to provide an education 

 for those who can not devote their whole time thereto. The subjects taught 

 are as follows: (1) Production and trade — hunting, hunting laws, and fur trade, 

 inland and sea fisheries and trade in fishery products, forestry and lumber 

 trade, stock raising, meat, dairy products, trade in stock, wool, hides, leather, 

 farm and grain production, grain trade, agricultural by-products and distilling, 

 plantations and sugar and cotton trade; (2) mining and metal industries; 

 (3) international economy and colonial politics; (4) banks and banking; (5) 

 science of finance; (6) life insurance; (7) protection of laborers. Special 

 lectures will be given on State and private railway systems, the economic 

 workings of railways and railway traffic, fundamental principles of political 

 economy, securities, exchange and settlement of accounts, etc. 



Miscellaneous. — Dr. Eric A. Nobbs, agricultural assistant to the Cape Govern- 

 ment, has been appointed director of agriculture in Rhodesia. 



The death is noted on June 3 of Dr. J. Hazard, agronomist at the Royal 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at M(ickern. 



A brief description of the equipment and work of the Menominee County 

 School of Agriculture, Menominee, Mich., is given in the 'Northwestern Farmer 

 for October. 



Farm Life (London) of August 1 contains a brief description of the location, 

 equipment, and course of study of the Dookie Agricultural College, Dookie, 

 Victoria, Australia. 



A recent number of Wiener Landicirtschaftliche Zeitiing gives an illustrated 

 account of the machinery-testing station of the Agricultural High School of 

 Vienna. 



The New Brunswick legislature has established a commission consisting of 

 the commissioner of agriculture and two others to investigate agricultural 

 immigration and colonization conditions and possibilities of the province. 



An intercollegiate stock-judging contest held at the American Royal Live 

 Stock Show at Kansas City, Mo., was won by the Kansas College, with the Iowa 

 College second and the Missouri University third. 



