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chemistry, soils, fertilizers, and feeding. It is planned to supplement the winter 

 courses by Sunday afternoon lectures during the summer months, and to keep some 

 oversight of the students in their practieal work at home. The school was opened 

 at the request of sons of property owners in Jessern and Goyatz, who also bore the 

 cost of instruction. 



School of Agriculture, Cedara, Natal. — The Cedara School of Agriculture, which was 

 opened to students in the spring of 1906, provides a 2-year practical course in which 

 students spend about 4 days a week in practical work in the field and workshop, and 

 the remainder of the time in the study of such subjects as forestry, horticulture, dai- 

 rying, veterinary science, entomology, agricultural chemistry, mathematics, book- 

 keeping, and surveying. The school is provided with a new building containing 2 

 stories and a basement, the latter devoted to laboratories, kitchen, etc., the first floor 

 to dining hall, library, and offices, and the second floor to dormitories and a large 

 lecture hall. 



Children's Corn and Cotton Contest in Georgia. — The Georgia State College of Agri- 

 culture and Mechanic Arts has arranged for children's contests in growing corn and 

 cotton during the summer of 1906. These contests are open to schools or to pupils 

 growing corn or cotton at home. County exhibits of the crops grown will be held 

 during the month of October prior to the State Fair, and the contestants winning 

 prizes in the county contests will be allowed to send their exhibits to the State Fair 

 to enter competition for State prizes. 



Irish Training School of Domestic Economy. — The Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland announces that in July, 1906, it will award 10 open 

 scholarships and 10 limited scholarships to assist domestic economy students at the 

 Irish Training School of Domestic Economy, Dublin. These scholarships will entitle 

 the holders to free admission to the full course of training for teachers of subjects in 

 domestic economy. Arrangements have also been made by the Department for the 

 reception of a small number of students at St. Mary's Convent of Mercy, Portumna, 

 to pursue studies in dairying, poultry keeping, horticulture, household management, 

 cookery, laundering, etc. 



Monthly Weather Review. — The editor of the Review, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, U. S. 

 Weather Bureau, invites librarians of agricultural institutions to inform him promptly 

 as to what numbers or volumes of the Review are needed to complete their sets of 

 this periodical. He will be glad to supply the necessary numbers and volumes as far 

 as possible. 



Miscellaneous. — A bill appropriating $80,000 to St. Lawrence University for the 

 establishment of an agricultural course and S12,000 for maintenance has been passed 

 by the Xew York legislature and signed by the governor. 



According to Mark Lane E.epress, the establishment of an agricultural college for 

 Devon (England) is being considered under the Seale Hayne bequest. 



Hon. W. T. Harris, commissioner of education, has resigned, and Dr. E. E. Brown, 

 professor of the theory and practice of education in the University of California, has 

 been appointed his successor. 



Director M. A. Scovell, of Kentucky received the degree of doctor of philosophy 

 from the University of Illinois at commencement. 



Dr. W. C. Sturgis, formerly botanist at the Connecticut State Station, has been 

 appointed dean of the new school of forestry, established in connection with Colo- 

 rado College, to which reference has previously been made (E. S. E., 17, p. 722). 



H. D. Hemenway, for a number of years director of the School of Horticulture, 

 Hartford, Conn., has severed his connection with that institution and during the 

 summer will conduct a course in nature study for teachers in the Woodland Farm 

 Camp School, at Westchester, Conn. 



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