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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION OF THE 
SOLDIER. 
Мосн has been written of the arrangements 
for giving paima] саи s to the soldier 
a iy the of demobilisation, in order 
to fit Lig Ses a "fut ure c mra 
n no case of education in France has 
While demobilisation has been in progress, 
agricultural е Mares eiit усе have been set 
ed efforts of the Training 
of the Directorate 
ne ut France 
Director of Agricultural “Production, the 
Earl of Radnor, has insis isted T ctical instruc- 
tion eed given, and the sch cols pg for the 
most been so constitute io give this 
чәге aeg 
A typical agricultural school is hereafter 
described, and the rng may be found 
OTEA especially as the students attona 
the classes are all given a certificate as Мт 
TH. E GARDEN ERS я 
CH. RON I CLE. 
Close by, camps which had held troops were 
RAE for tne accommodation of the Борн, 
taff of instructors was selected 
rately vo the work of instruction. “Baeation 
viia given both by y 
means of lectures in the following subjects, a 
the instruct these. subjects 
follows Agriculture, Capt. D 
Eu M 
eein e ей: P: 
Classes under selected also 
held in the following subjects анар, 
Saddlery, Кое, =з Ironwo 
Lieut, Robs r the Eia dairy herd 
f the farm, consisting of 
Under his instruction 
i e h 
ade by prisoners of war, and. the 
гет of he Peas: меге узе the officers 
esses of the вш 
п over, repaired 
farm. were 
purchase 
pratica] Passus in the management of à 
piggery 
2 “ 
FIG. 78.—ARMY SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE АТ ETRUN, 
r Arras, was one of the first schools to be 
inaugurated, ( e fig. 78), as it was. recognised 
е great advance commenced, 
gust, 
Forrester rie Deputy Director of Agriculture 
n Franc а ee ERE D. Davidson, 
mms E Grice ул y los 
for 
prs e Meus selec 
the foundation о ап ки лү, schol, tt was 
е owner of 
aim re war, 
carry on the work of the 
ough the ped ea suffered som 
shell fire, sufficient houses an 
ct to ensure accommodation 
animals 
The owner of the welcom the 
establishment of the ues iad рта у өк! 
at the disp f ectorate the 
land, Mos оу» an 
Ixbour and feeding v ‘the cattle afforded 1 oe Peni 
NEAR ARRAS, FRANCE. 
The lec hall e ted up and lighted 
with electricity, deni ding com: Se 
ER room for the hup s ni evenings, 
and lantern. lectures were given there weekly on 
сата subjects. 
nen ede ш chase office 
vad реп this 
and for 
— Mi D is асе о Pha i£ there has been 
eat, d 
2 gr demand and competition to obtain an 
allotmen vaéancies for the courses which 
were held. 
coe school, under the тт ч demobili- 
close, but 
fig how: 
panic age ra the second. co 
— 
nesium Carbonate geom to Plants.— 
carbonat Rem to be harmless 
to pla H. Coupin, howéver, finds that 
except in some рис! ме for ех эро the 
Stone Pine, the esium carbonat 
is harmful to t Senden of seeds, the 
growth of the root and rootlets is checked and 
e stems are also in m dts f The 
кы is probably due to magnes carbonate 
ing into ааба in water vitta an 
ess of carbonic acid. 
: [ATE 12, 1919, 
HOME : CORRESPONDENCE. 
(Ihe rat do not id th npa M Jor 
nions express corresponden 
EI 
ing my question as worthy of notice and support; 
and it only remains for the commit of the 
Gardeners' oyal nevolent Institution and 
the Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund to formulate 
a scheme and method of а v: see more i 
P Oe ‘gardener, and I shi 
Ge aias a DC . Üranstone 
ision of tig 
of "lonis is purely botan 
шы It is, therefo: 
e to horticulturists 
taie index to figures 
in intention and 
mu i 
to Y g 
revision by t yal Horticultural 
Society, or any other horticultural y. The 
ed for the figures in Р not 
a 1 u 
to be admitted? When we get down to varie- 
ties, kinds, and sorts of garden plants, p zi 
th 
thing rather Da it pd 
cultural papers would each issue a со plete 
index of saberla and pictures of plants pub- 
lished in their pages, from the co ent, 
rd Meat uu of wading through the 
for vo 
thing, but the proprietor: rs W 
the game уша топ, {һе expens 
matters of Тие: maler 
v 
Potato Spraying.—I was intereste hs the 
marks on [o aying made by Me arpe Grower in 
ssue of Marc - " s 
apsac 
ver y 
in the hands of the текей, 
SN infer tive. In haa Potato carts z trials in 
Domek Тшей а Инш and Flete er 12. gallon 
The | a Ф р Уу терине 
т trials, ubli ed i s The Board of Ag 
ife al zu ue ; ne trial Т worked 
s 
th luti hee ea upper кты, of the leav 
ye 2 ne s Co por cils Me in vested ун 
ШИ 
зрази 
much aid aoe and fruit à 
ive. mac a is suitabl Ei 
other spraying, Ыл К е addition o ppt 
taller t - As t es are : 
would be encour 
to the greai eat "benefit of the nation Mt 
system of spraying is insti tituted t 
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