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olution: This association heartily favors the incorporation of elemental*} agriculture 

 in the common school curriculum as rapidly ae possible and in so far a^ limiting con- 

 ditions may permit. Tins association believes that this is an available means to the 

 end of interesting the rising generation in the natural, mechanical, scientific, and 

 social inheritance of tin- greatesl industry; and thai by this means an increasing 

 number of the brightesl children will come to see in agriculture an attractive field 

 for the satisfaction of life's ambitions. The possibilities of agriculture as an industry 

 from which the educational process itself may be enriched are also recognized. 



Elementary Agriculture in the Common Schools of Ohio. — Prof. A. B. Graham, of Ohio 

 State University, states in the January number of the Agricultural Studenl thai over 

 250 townships have already adopted elementary agriculture as a pari of their course 



of study, and that about 10 high schools have taken similar action. The State com- 

 missioner of schools has considered this work of sufficient importance to ;_ r i\e credits 



for agriculture in his grading of the high schools. 



Boys' Corn-Growing Contest. —.More than 1(H) hoys have entered a corn-growing con- 

 test to be conducted in L906 in Laporte County, I ml., under the auspices of the County 

 Farmers' [nstitute Association. As a preliminary to this contest the contestai I 

 attended the local farmers' institute February 2 and 3, at which a corn school was 

 conducted. Each hoy will grow 1 acre of corn, and the contest will be closed with 

 the awarding of prizes aggregating $300 in value. 



Reading "University College Poultry Farm. — A description of the poultry farm at 

 Theale, carried on in conjunction with the University College of [leading, England, 

 is given in the December number of the Agricultural Economist. The farm consists 

 of nearly 50 acres of land and is provided with an excellent equipment, which is 

 assembled in an incubator house, a brooder house, scratching sheds, a cramming 

 shed, portable poultry houses, and a plucking and trussing shed, six breeds of 

 chickens and 1 of ducks are raised. 



Publication of Names of Dealers in Adulterated Seeds. — The Attorney-General lias 

 decided that the Secretary of Agriculture lias the right t" publish the names of seeds- 

 men who adulterate their product, and that such publication does not render him 

 liable for criminal libel. The Department has been publishing such information, and 

 the law providing for the seed inspection makes the publication mandatory. 



A New Food Journal. — The first number of a new monthly publication, entitled Th 

 American Food Journal, has just been published in Chicago. This has for its object 

 the dissemination of information regarding the state pure-food laws, investigations 

 which have a bearing on the effects of preservatives, coloring matters and similar 

 topics, and in general the publication of data which will serve to further the inter- 

 ests of officials in charge of the enforcement of pure-food laws, manufacturers who 

 are desirous of producing high-grade goods in compliance with legal requirements, 



and dealers who handle food products. A feature of the journal, it i- stated editori- 

 ally, will he the collection of data regarding Federal and State pure-food laws, the 

 publication of reports of conventions of pure-food chemists, and related material. 



New Poultry Journal. — A new poultry journal, entitled Poultry Husbandry, began 

 publication in January. The journal is to be a monthly and is published at Water- 



ville, N. V. Among it- contributors are several men now or formerly connected 

 with the experiment stations. 



Miscellaneous. — Prof. Samuel Fraser, of Cornell University and Station, has decided 

 not to accept the appointment in the Bureau of Soils, mentioned in the last issue. 

 He will take up the management of \\\ A. Wadsworth' s estate, :it Geneseo, N. V.. 



to can-y out some improvements outlined by him in a report to Mr. Wadsworth last 



summer, as the result of a thorough agricultural survey of the estate and the system 

 of management followed. 



Dr. W. Kriiger. vice-director of the agricultural chemical experiment station at. 

 Halle and chief of the bacteriological section, has been appointed director of the 



