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Course for Migratory Teachers. [feb., 



In order to secure the circulation of certain of the Board's 

 publications in all parts of Wales, the Board have caused the 

 following leaflets to be translated into 



W tfo S ns T o r f a the a " Welsh ' and co P ies ma ^ be obtained for 

 Board's Leaflets, distribution among the Welsh-speaking 

 community on application to the Secretary, 

 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. : — Farmers and Local Rates 

 (No. 8), Farmers and Income Tax (No. 26), Anthrax (No. 28), 

 Swine Fever (No. 29), Sheep Scab (No. 61), Workmen's Compen- 

 sation Act (No. 66), Purchase of Artificial Manures (No. 72), 

 Purchase of Feeding Stuffs (No. 74), Fluke or Liver Rot in 

 Sheep (No. 89), Ringworm in Cattle (No. 95), Farmers' Co- 

 operative Societies (No. 97). Copies of a Notice to Pig-owners 

 in connection with the Swine Fever Order and of a Cautionary 

 Notice as to Anthrax can also be obtained in Welsh. 



A translation of the leaflet on the Feeding of Poultry is now 

 being made, and will be published in due course. 



A short course of lectures for migratory teachers and others 

 was held at Eisenach in April, 1904, under the auspices of 

 the German Agricultural Society. The 

 Course for course was designed to provide a general 



TeachersTn view of recent P ro S ress in a g ricultural 

 Germany. science, and was attended by 272 migra- 

 tory teachers and 52 other persons. It 

 comprised fourteen lectures, whilst at the evening meetings 

 papers were read and explanations given of an exhibition of 

 apparatus for agricultural instruction, such as collections of 

 injurious insects, models of fruit and animals, diagrams, &c. 



The subjects dealt with in the lectures included the laying 

 down of land to grass, the use of various plants and grasses, 

 their duration and effect on the herbage ; nitrogen, the 

 transformations it undergoes, and its use in agriculture; and 

 the simple methods at the disposal of the farmer for enabling 

 him to ascertain the manurial requirements of his land. On 

 this point, Dr. Gerlach observed that it was too difficult a 

 matter for the farmer to take into account all the factors 

 connected with the chemistry, geology, mineralogy, and 



