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supplementary thereto," has been passed by 

 Congress and approved by the President. The 

 act makes available for the next nine fiscal 

 years an aggregate sum of $23,120,000 of 

 federal funds to be expended in instruction 

 and practical demonstrations in agriculture 

 and home economies. To obtain this total the 

 states must appropriate for like purposes a 

 total of $18,800,000. Thereafter the govern- 

 ment is to appropriate $4,580,000 annually, 

 and the states to take their full quota must 

 appropriate $4,100,000 annually. The pur- 

 poses for which the funds are to be expended 

 are defined by the act as follows : " That co- 

 operative agricultural extension work shall 

 consist of the giving of instruction and prac- 

 tical demonstrations in agriculture and home 

 economics to persons not attending or resident 

 in said colleges in the several communities, 

 and imparting to such persons information in 

 such subjects through field demonstrations, 

 publications and otherwise; and this work 

 shall be carried on in such manner as may be 

 mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture and the state agricultural college 

 or colleges receiving the benefits of this act." 

 Beginning with the year 1914^15 the act ap- 

 propriates $10,000 to each state as a basic fund 

 for each fiscal year. The act then appro- 

 priates additional federal moneys to be dis- 

 tributed among the states according to the per- 

 centage that the rural population of each state 

 bears to the total population of that state. To 

 share in the additional funds the state must 

 duplicate the money received from the govern- 

 ment in appropriations for the same purpose. 

 According to the Cornell Alumni News from 

 which the above is taken the amounts avail- 

 able to the College of Agriculture at Cornell, 

 based on the percentage of rural population 

 in New York State, will begin next year with 

 the basic $10,000 granted each year, and will 

 increase annually according to the following 

 table: 1915-16, $33,443; 1916-17, $52,979; 

 1917-18, $72,515; 1918-19, $92,051; 1919-20, 

 $111,587; 1920-21, $131,123; 1921-22, $150,- 

 659; 1922-23 and thereafter, $170,195. 



A Southern Geographic Society has been 

 established at Knoxville, Tenn., for the pur- 



pose of stimulating the interest of its mem- 

 bers and of the public in the study and appre- 

 ciation of the science of geography. It is 

 planned to hold monthly meetings, on the 

 second Friday evening, from October to May, 

 inclusive, at which addresses or lectures will 

 be given in which will be presented the results 

 of studies, travels and researches pertaining to 

 the science of geography, and related subjects. 

 From time to time excursions will be con- 

 ducted by the society for the study of features 

 of geographic interest. One of the features in 

 the plans of the society is that of a field 

 school of geography and nature study, which 

 it is proposed to conduct in connection with 

 the Summer School of the South. Beginning 

 with the summer of 1915 it is proposed to con- 

 duct at a suitable place in the mountains for 

 a period of four to six weeks, a camp school 

 for the study of geography and related sub- 

 jects, including plants, animals, physiography, 

 geology, forestry, etc. From day to day excur- 

 sions will be made under competent instruct- 

 ors for the study of the flora, the fauna and 

 the physical features of the region. 



Apter making investigations and collecting 

 data for the last 12 years, the Ohio State 

 Archeological and Historical Society has 

 published an Archeological Atlas of Ohio 

 which is the first book of this kind to be pub- 

 lished by any state. Dr. William C. MiUs, 

 the curator of the museum of the society which 

 is located on the campus of The Ohio State 

 University, is the author of the book. A 

 map of each county of the state, showing the 

 mounds, village sites, rock shelters and other 

 interesting archeological matter is the chief 

 feature of the new book. Opposite each map 

 is a description of the county. Other maps 

 show the early Indian trails and towns, and 

 the principal mounds and other earthworks 

 of the entire state. The frontispiece is a photo, 

 graph of the Serpent mound located in Adams 

 county. Other photographs are included of 

 the various forts, Indian trails and mounds 

 which are described by the author. 



In a report on the Museum-Gates Expedi- 

 tion which investigated the culture of the an- 

 cient pueblos of the upper Gila Eiver region 



