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At the recent julnlee <if tlie rnivcrsity of Wiscuiisin, the degree of doctor of laws 

 was conferred npon Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, and Dr. H. P. 

 Arnisby, director of the Pennsylvania Experiment Station. Secretary Wilson also 

 received the same degree from Cornell College, at Mount Vernon, Iowa. 



The honorary degree of doctor of engineering was conferre<l by Purdue Cniversity 

 upon Elwood Mead, Chief of Irrigation Investigations in this Oiiice and a graduate 

 of the university. 



Sir Henry Thompson, widely known for his work in dietetics, died at his home in 

 London, April 18, 1904. He was born in Framingham, Suffolk, August 0, 1820, and 

 was graduated in medicine with honors at the University College, London. He was 

 the author of numerous pajiers on scientific and surgical topics, and two of his works 

 on dietetics. Food and Feeding and Diet in Relation to Age and Activity, have gone 

 through numerous editions and been widely read. 



The agricultural and dairy building of the State Normal and Industrial School at 

 Tallahassee, Fla., was destroyed by fire m April, together with most of the dairy 

 equipment in the building. Plans are now being drawn for a more commodious and 

 modern building to replace the one burned. Zachary T. Hubert, of 3Iilledgeville, 

 Ga., who graduates from the Massachusetts Agricultural College this year, has l)een 

 elected professor of agriculture and science in the school. 



The Board of Agricultural Studies at Cambridge University reports, according to a 

 note in Xatnn', the continued jsrogress of the department, which last term had 40 

 students. A number of field experiments have been instituted and are in progress 

 on the university farm and in the adjoining counties, under the supervision of Pro- 

 fessor Middleton and his staff. 



According to a note in the Daily Telegraph, of Sydney, New South Wales, the 

 establishment of a chair of agriculture at Sydney University is being advocated, and 

 is under consideration by the minister of public instruction, the director of agricul- 

 ture, and other prominent officials. 



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