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yoars, and inclndos housework in all its branches, the care of bees, pi^s, and 

 jtoiiltry, and simple fiardeiiin};. Durinf^ the first six months of the course 

 students do tlie cooking the first week, the housework the second, and the third 

 they >?o into the garden. Then they can go outside and specialize or work in 

 the house entirely. Not more than 8 students, between the ayes of is and .'5(», 

 are received for training at one time. 



Withdrawal of Phosphate Lands from Entry. — Following an estimate at a 

 nvent meeting of the National Conservation Connnission by the (Geological 

 Survey that at the present rate of production the known available sujiply 

 of high-grade phosi)hate rock will last only about 50 years longer, about 7,.jOO 

 square miles of public lands in Wyoming, Idaho, and T'tah believed to contain 

 phosphate deposits were on December 10 withdrawn from entry by the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior. It is expected that a further examination of these lands 

 will be undertaken by the Geological Survey as soon as possible, looking 

 toward their careful classification and the restoration to agricultural entry of 

 such iiortions as are found to contain no phosphates. 



New Journals. — The Porto Rico Jlorticultural Neios is being issued as the 

 otlicial organ of the Porto Rico Horticultural Society. Among the associate 

 editors is I). W. May, Director of the I'orto Kico Station, and a recent number 

 includes articles by M. J. lorns and II. C. Ilenricksen of the station staff. 



lioletin de la llnion Agricola dc Chiapas has been established as the monthly 

 official organ of the Agricultural, Union of Chiapas, Mexico. 



The initial number of Mitteilungen des Kaiser Wilhelms InsUtuts fiir Land- 

 tcirlschaff in Bromherg has been issued and contains an extended report by 

 the plant pathologist of the institute on plant diseases and insect pests in 

 Posen and West I'russia during 1907, together with several shorter conuiunii- 

 cations. It is expected to issue from 4 to 6 numbers of the publication annually. 



The Journal of Industrial and Enfjineeriny Chemistry is being published as 

 a monthly by the American Chemical Society, with W. D. Richardson as editor. 

 The initial number contains editorials, original articles and brief notes on topics 

 of interest to Industrial chemistry, quotations, book reviews, notes of the 

 meetings of scientific societies, trade and industrial notes, and official regula- 

 tions and rulings. 



The Journal of Home Economics has been established as the organ of the 

 American Home Economics Association with its secretary as editor. For 

 the*i»resent five numbiTS a year are to be issued. The initial number contains 

 an account of the formation and purpose of the association: a report of the 

 proceedings of the first convention and of the meeting of the teaching section of 

 the Lake Placid Conference which preceded it; papers on Cost of Board on 

 Minnesota F""arms, by T. P. Cooper ; Domestic Art Subject-Matter for Secondary 

 Schools, by Anna M. Cooley ; Training of Dietitians for Hospitals, by Florence 

 T{. Corbett: The Dietitian in Tubercular Sanitoria, by II. M. King; and The 

 Visiting Dietitian, by W. S. (Jibbs; notes on illustrative material for domestic 

 «<'i('iice and on domestic-science teaching in New York Citj' schools; brief 

 reviews of books and other literature; miscellaneous notes; the constitution of 

 the association; and a list of the original members. 



The Pacific Rural Press of December 19, lOOS, announces the opening early 

 In I)e<'ember of the Imperial Valley Collegiate Institute at Heber, Cal. Agrl- 

 cidture is to be one of the prominent departments of the Institute and has been 

 placed In charge of Charles J, Pooth, a l'.K)S graduate of tin- California 

 I'uivrrsity. 



Abstracts of English Experimental Work in Agriculture. — Peginning with the 

 SfplcnilM-r number, the Journal of lite Hoard of Af/rieullure is including each 

 month brief sunnnari«>s of exiteriuiental work recently re|tovttHl by the agri- 



