1907.1 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



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agricultural machinery imported from abroad — a task for which 

 they often prove themselves unfitted. There seemed, therefore, 

 to be an opening for a useful form of technical education, 

 which would be of benefit both to the men themselves and 

 to the agricultural community. The course includes the ele- 

 ments of agriculture, physics and mechanics in their relation to 

 machinery ; the materials employed ; the different classes of 

 machines and methods of working, motive power, &c. The 

 practical instruction deals with the making of rough drawings 

 and plans ; the use of tools ; and the repair, maintenance, and 

 management of machinery. 



The course extends over three months in the winter for three 

 days in each week, the afternoons of the days when lectures are 

 given being devoted to instruction in drawing and in the work- 

 shop, while practical training in using ploughing, sowing and 

 reaping machines is also given in the summer. The instruction 

 is given gratuitously, and a certificate is conferred upon those 

 students who show themselves capable and possess sufficient 

 practical knowledge. 



It is proposed to establish a course of instruction of a more 

 advanced type in the construction of agricultural machinery. 



[Annales de Gembioiix, October 1st, 1906.] 



Committee of the Meteorological Office. — The Lords Com- 

 missioners of H.M. Treasury, at the suggestion of the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, have appointed 



Miscellaneous Mr. T. H. Middleton, M.A., M.Sc, as the 

 Notes 



Board's representative on the Committee of 

 the Meteorological Office, in the place of Dr. W. Somerville, 

 resigned. 



Export of Russian Flour to the United Kingdom.— Th^ Board 

 are informed through the Foreign Office that a proposal is to 

 be laid before the Russian Millers' General Conference to estab- 

 lish an agency for the sale of Russian flour in England, and to 

 assign a sum of ^1,052 annually for expenses in connection 

 therewith. 



The total export of Russian wheat flour is about 2,000,000 

 cwt, most of which goes to Turkey and Finland, about 115,000 

 cwt. coming to this country. 



