622 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Madison, Wis.: foods and feeding stuffs, J. K. Haywood, Washington, D. C; food 

 adulteration, A. E. Leach, Boston, Mass.; sugar (special analytical methods), 

 C. A. Browne, jr., Audubon Park, New Orleans, La.; tannin, H. C. Reed, Stamford, 

 Conn.; insecticides, G. E. Colby, Berkeley, Cal. ; inorganic plant constituents, W. W. 

 Skinner, Washington, D. C; medicinal plants and drags, L. F. Kebler, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



The following are the associate referees: Phosphoric add, J. M. McCandless, 

 Atlanta, Ga. ; determination of nitrogen, C. L. Penny, Newark, Del.; separation of 

 nitrogenous b<>< lies— meed proteids, F. C. Cook, Washington, D. C, and vegetable pro- 

 teids, Harry Snyder, St. Paul, Minn.; potash, B. B. Ross, Auburn, Ala.; soils, J. H. 

 Pettit, Urbana, 111.; dairy products, J. M. Bartlett, Orono, Me.; foods and feeding 

 stuffs, John P. Street, New Brunswick, X. J.; food adulteration— colors, E. F. Ladd, 

 Agricultural College, N. Dak.; saccharine products, including confectionery, C. H. 

 Jones, Burlington, Vt.; fruit products, H. C. Lythgoe, Boston, Mass.; wine, Julius 

 Hortvet, St. Paul, Minn.; beer, H. E. Barnard, Indianapolis, Ind.; distilled liquors, 

 C. A. Crampton, Washington, D. C; vinegar, R. B. Fitz Randolph, Trenton, N. J.; 

 flavoring extracts, E. M. Chace, Washington, D. C; spices, A. L. Winton, New 

 Haven, Conn.; baking powder and baking chemicals, W. M. Allen, Raleigh, N. C; 

 meat and fish, E. L. Redfern, Lincoln, Nebr. ; fats and oils, L. M. Tolman, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; dairy products, A. E. Leach, Boston Mass.; cereal products, A. Mc- 

 ( rill, Ottawa, Canada; infants' and invalids' foods, W. D. Bigelow, Washington, D. C. ; 

 vegetables, H. V. Tartar, Portland, Oreg. ; condiments other than spices, R. E. 

 Doolittle, New York; cocoa and cocoa products, E. M. Bailey, New Haven, Conn.; 

 tea and coffee, C. D. Howard, Concord, N. H.; preservatives, W. L. Dubois, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; and determination of water in foods, F. C. Weber, Washington, D. C; 

 sugar — molasses methods, J. E. Halligan, Baton Rouge, La., and chemical methods, 

 L. S. Munson, Washington, D. C. ; tannin, F. P. Veitch, Washington, D. C. ; insect- 

 icides, W. B. Ellett, Blacksburg, Va. ; inorganic plant constituents, John W. Ames, 

 AVooster, Ohio; medicinal plants and drags, Charles H. La AVall, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Agricultural Education in France. — The French Ministry of Agriculture issued a 

 decree December 20, 1905, establishing a professional dairy school at Surgeres 

 (Charente-Inferieure), under the direction of M. Dornic, director of the dairy station 

 at that place. 



A winter school of agriculture has been established at Troves (Aube). The course 

 of study is to extend over 2 winter terms running from November to March. This 

 year, however, the school did not open until January 3. 



A poultry husbandry school has been established at Gambais (Seine-et-Oise), and 

 opened its doors for the first practical course of 3 months February 1. 



Agricultural Education in Germany. — The enrollment of students for 1905 in a num- 

 ber of German institutions shows a large increase over the enrollment for 1904. At 

 the Agricultural High School in Berlin there are enrolled for the winter term 893, as 

 compared with 865 in 1904; at the Agricultural Academy at Bonn 501, as compared 

 with 422 in 1904, and at the University of Breslau the agricultural students number 

 140, as compared with 129 in 1904. 



An agricultural winter school was opened December 1, 1905, at Seelow, under the 

 direction of Dr. Weiss. 



The Penn School.— This school for negroes, which was established in 1862, is located 

 on St. Helena Island, off the coast of South Carolina. At a recent farmers' confer- 

 ence held under its auspices attention was called to the important progress made by 

 the school in directing the farming and improving the agricultural conditions-of the 

 island and of adjacent territory in Beaufort County. P. W. Dawkins, a graduate of 

 Hampton, is in charge of the agricultural work. 



Agriculture in the Common Schools.— Nine hundred and two teachers in attendance 

 at the Michigan State Teachers' Association, December 29, adopted the following res- 



