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with tho local supervision of the county faruiors' institutes. An annual ai)i)ro- 

 priation of .$40,000 is pmvided for this work. 



A similar law has been enacted by the Kansas legislature. Under this 

 measure, however, the county commissioners are to make application to the 

 board of regents of the Kansas College, and upon their approval the farms 

 may be established and conducted under their supervision. The county is to 

 provide the land necessary, which is not to exceed 40 acres. The cost of main- 

 tenancf is linilkHl to .$1,.")00 for the first year and ,$,")00 thereafter, together 

 with the receipts from farm products. A brief summary of each j'ear's opera- 

 tions is to be distributed to ejicli taxpayer of the county. 



Under the Missouri law of 1907, the first county demonstration farm in that 

 State is to be established in .Tas])cr ("ounty in the near future under the joint 

 supervision of the county court and the Missouri Station. The county con- 

 tributes $.')00 annually for 5 years and the State assumes the remaining 

 expense. 



A New Government Dairy Farm in South Australia. — The South Au.stralian 

 government lias imrcbased 1.(500 acres at Turretfield. chiefly for the purpose of 

 encouraging the keeping of improved breeds of milch cows and of demonstrat- 

 ing the best methods in up-to-date dairy practice. P. H. Suter, the government 

 dairy expert, will make the farm his headquarters and will give a special 

 course in dairying to a few students. 



New Buildings of West Java Sugar Station. — An elaborate set of buildings for 

 the sugar experiment station at I'ekalongan, West Java, has recently been com- 

 pleted. The buildings include several laboratories and offices, a libi'ary, and 

 a large museum. 



First International Domestic Science Congress. -r-An account of this congress, 

 which was held at Freiburg, Switzerland, September 2!) to October 1, 1908, is 

 given in a recent number of Mittcilungen der Fachberichterstatter des K. K. 

 Ackcrbaaiainisteriums. The attendance reached nearly TOO, and while the 

 majority of those present were interested in the organization and development 

 of domestic science instruction in city schools, agricultural instruction in the 

 rural domestic science schools was not overlooked, and at the second session 

 it was I'esoived that domestic science instruction in rural schools should be 

 given an agricultural trend. Brief notes are also given in the number concern- 

 ing agricultnr.il domestic science instruction in Ilung.-iry, (Jermany. Switzerland, 

 France. lOngland. Sweden, Norwa.v, and Belgium. 



The Automobile in Agriculture. — A recent number of T/Automobilc AgricoJc, a 

 journal established two years ago to promote the use of mechanical motors In 

 agriculture, announces that steps have been taken to organize an international 

 congress of the agricultural automobile ;ind the ajipHcation of mechanical 

 motors in agriculture. 



Prospective Agricultural and Educational Meetings. — Meetings of the follow- 

 ing oi'ganizat ions are announced: .Association of American Agricultural Colleges 

 and Kxiieriui'Mit Stations at Portland, Or.'g.. August 18-20; American Association 

 of Farmers" Institute Workers, at Portland, August 10 and 17; National Educa- 

 tion Association, at Denver, Colo.. July 5-9; Association of State and National 

 Dairy and Food Departments, at Denver, August 9; and National Irrigation 

 Congress, at SiM)kane, Wash., August 9-14. The National Corn Association is 

 to hold its tbird sliow .at Omaha, Xebr.. December G-IS. 



University of Virginia Summer School. — The University of \'irgiiiia ofiers a 

 summer term from June IS to July .'51. the courses including educ.-itional psy- 

 chology, rural school problems, history of education, agriculture, domestic 

 economy, manual training, natui-e study, school gardening, teachers' training 



