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industries. Dr. H. W. Wiley of tliis Depurtment is cliairuiaii of the American 

 committee, and its section on . agricultural chemistry is composed of C. G. 

 Hopkins, chairman, R. J. Davidson, J, G. Lipman, F. T. Shutt, and J. T. AVil- 

 lard. F. P. Veitch and P. H. Wallier are among the members of the section on 

 analytical chemistry, A. S. Cushman that of inorganic chemistry, A. H. Bryan 

 that of the industry and chemistry of sugar, and M. E. Jaffa that of the sub- 

 section on hygiene and medical chemistry. The subsection on bromatology is 

 made up of W. D. Bigelow. chairman, E. M. Chamot, C. F. Langworthy, Graham 

 Lusk, and W. W. Skinner. 



Fourth International Congress of Dairying. — The committee in charge of this 

 body announces that it will meet at Budapest, .June 6-10, 1909. The congress 

 will be organized in sections of dairy industries, dairy machinery and appa- 

 ratus, and scientific exhibits and methods of experimentation. Additional in- 

 formation may be obtained from the Deutschen Milchwirtschaftlichen Vereins, 

 Friedenau, Friedrich-Wilhelm — Platz 2. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science. — This organization is to 

 meet at Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 25 to September 1. Maj. P. G. Craigie is 

 to act as chairman of the subsection on agriculture. 



Opening of Wisley Laboratories. — A laboratory and research station at the 

 Wisley (iardens, Surrey, has recently been opened under the management of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society. A one-story building, fitted up with a stu- 

 dents' laboratory, a small research laboratory, a photographic room, and a 

 small glass annex for experiments in plant physiology and pathology has been 

 erected, together with a range of greenhouses, the total cost being about $8,000. 

 F. J. Chittenden has been appointed director. 



Agricultural Work in Portuguese East Africa. — E. C. Heron, formerly en- 

 gaged in experimental work in Australia and the Transvaal, has been appointed 

 bacteriologist in the department of agriculture of Portuguese East Africa, and 

 T. .R. Sim, ex-conservator of forests of Natal, has been temporarily engaged 

 to study the forests of the Inhambane and Zambesi districts. Laws have re- 

 cently been enacted regulating the importation of plants and animals, and 

 measures are in operation in the southern half of the country for the eradica- 

 tion of the cattle diseases which have seriously restricted the agricultural 

 development of the region. 



Italian Colleges of Agriculture. — A recent number of Cornell Countryman 

 contains an interesting interview with Professor John Craig, in which he de- 

 scribes the five colleges of agriculture in Italy, located respectively at Portici, 

 near Naples, Perugia, Pisa, Bologna, and Milan. Two of these institutions are 

 under the direction of the State Department of Public Instruction and three 

 under the Department of Agriculture. The entrance requirements to the 

 colleges of agriculture ai-e the same as to the universities. The enrollment of 

 students is relatively small, not more than 150 students being in attendance 

 at any institution. These students belong to two classes, the sons of land- 

 holders who wish to prepare themselves to manage their estates and those who 

 are preparing to teach agriculture. 



New Agriciiltural School in Venezuela. — The President of the State of Zulia 

 has authorized the establishment of the first school of agriculture in the State 

 to be located at Maracaibo. It will receive an appropriation of about $78 a 

 month and be under the supervision of the Association for the* Improvement of 

 Agriculture and Live Stock. 



A Home and Colonial Training School for Women. — Farm Life for January 2, 

 1909. contains a description of the eijuipment and course of study of Arlesey 

 College, Bedfordshire, England, which was opened at the beginning of 1908, 

 with Miss Turner as principal. The full course of training extends over two 



