102 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The last legislature passed an act requiring that all stallions used for breeding pur- 

 poses in the State be registered and licensed by the department of horse breeding of 

 the College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin. The purport of the act is to 

 necessitate the standing of stallions for what they actually are as regards breeding, 

 and to weed out, so far as possible, sires that are notably unsound. It is expected 

 that the effect of this new law will he to encourage the use of sound, pure-bred, pedi- 

 greed sires and lead to the more general recording of eligible colts, while at the same 

 time discouraging the use of unsound, grade, "scrub," and crossbred sires. Theact 

 will take effect January 1. 1 ( .H)<>. Dr. A. S. Alexander has been placed in charge of 

 this department. 



Domestic Science Work in Great Britain.— In Great Britain cookery and other 

 branches of domestic science are attracting a good deal of attention, and work along 

 these lines is encouraged through state and municipal aid, by the county councils, 

 board of education, and in other ways. A large new wing, recently added to the 

 Gloucestershire School of Domestic Science at Gloucester, was formally opened 

 April 8. The board of education holds regular examinations in cookery, the chem- 

 istry of food, and the theory and practice of teaching nutrition. The interest in 

 work along these lines is shown by the attention attracted by the sixteenth annual 

 cookery and food exposition, which was opened May 2 by the Duke of Connaught, 

 at the hall of the Royal Agricultural Society, Westminster. This exhibition was 

 largely educational, and courses of lectures and demonstrations of the preparation of 

 foods were given. A collection of ancient culinary implements, old cookery books, 

 etc., was exhibited. The prize list was liberal, and the competitions arranged for 

 army and navy cooks and for school children excited much interest. 



Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists. — The twenty-first annual 

 meeting of this society was held in Washington, August 15 to 17, with about 3,000 

 delegates and visitors in attendance. Prof. B. T. Galloway, of this Department, gave 

 an illustrated lecture before the association in which lie described the work that the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry is doing along the lines of horticulture and agriculture in the 

 introduction of new fruits, trees, and plants, and in the fostering of public interest in 

 these subjects, both from an esthetic and industrial point of view. Miss Susan B. 

 Sipe described the work of the Bureau of Plant Industry in encouraging civic improve- 

 ment and the teaching of horticulture in the public schools of Washington. Other 

 important papers presented at the meeting were Helps to Floriculture in the South 

 and Southwest, by R. Nicholson, and The Ideal Country Home for the Man with a 

 Long Head and a Short Purse, by Oglesby Paul. A number of essays on the Ideal 

 Employer were submitted in competition for cash prizes. The first prize on this 

 subject was won by S. S. Skidelsky. A committee of five was appointed by the 

 president of the society to investigate the feasibility of preparing a text-book of horti- 

 culture for dissemination by florists' clubs and report at the next meeting. Dayton, 

 Ohio, was selected as the place for the next annual meeting. The following officers 

 were elected: President, W. F. Kasting; vice-president, H. L. Altick; secretary, W. J. 

 Stewart. II. P>. Beatty was continued as treasurer. 



Dunn County School of Agriculture. — A recent bulletin of this school announces sev- 

 eral lines of work which the school is prepared to do for the farmers of the country 

 free of charge. This work includes testing of milk and seeds; inoculation of clover 

 and other legumes; treatment of oats for smut and potatoes for scab; grafting of 

 apple trees; planning of roads, barns, silos, poultry and milk houses, water systems, 

 and drainage and sewage systems; selecting of pure-bred stock, and giving informa- 

 tion regarding feeds, stock, crops, diseases, insects, spraying, and other farm subjects. 



District Agricultural Schools of Alabama.— By recent action of the boards of control 

 of the nine district agricultural schools of Alabama each boy in attendance at these 

 schools will be required henceforth to work at least 2 hours a week at the school 



