tions of matingland laying eggs. These moths are called "dusk-flies" because they fly only in late afternoon and early evening. Each female deposits 300 to 500 eggs, taking probably a week or ten days in which to do it.

REMEDY.

Reprint from the Agricultural News Vol. II., p. 362.

In a previous number of the Agricultural News (Vol. II., p. 330), the use of Paris green as a dry mixture with finely sifted dry, airslaked lime has been recommended. The dry mixture has been the more strongly advocated because it requires no expensive apparatus for its application and because there are so few spraying outfits in these islands. While the cotton worm occurred only sparingly, as was the case at the beginning of the season, 1 lb of Paris green in 5) to 100lbs of dry lime seemed to be sufficient, but now that every field attacked soon comes to have enormous numbers of caterpillars, this mixture is found to be too dilute.

Recent trials of a mixture at the rate of 1 to 10 seem to give good results; while the Hon'ble F. Watts and Mr. W. N. Sands write that in Antigua the mixture is most successfully used a the rate of 1 to 6. The amount necessary per acre varies, of course, according to the size of the plants, but in Antigua 1 lb of Paris green has been found to serve for one application for to 1 acre. An experiment, conducted at the Botanic Station, Barbados, has indicated that mixed in the proportion of 1 to 10, a pound of Paris green will be sufficient to dust toacre.

Used as a spray, Paris green has been recommended in a mixture at the rate of 1 lb to 150 gallons of water with two or three times its own weight of lime. This mixture may be made stronger-1 lb to 100 gallons of water-if a proportionate increase in the amount of lime be made. In preparing a Paris green mixture for spraying, the poison should first be mixed with a small quantity of water ani then added the full amount, otherwise there is a possibility of its not getting thoroughly mixed.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT GUELPH.

The Agricultural College at Guelph, Canada, has a two years' course intended specially as a preparation for work and life on the farm. This course is the most important feature of the College as its design is to lay a scientific foundation on which the young farmers of the country may build up their practice, when working their own farms. The scientific basis is partly theoretical and partly practical. The practical side is considered all important; the scientific teaching throws light on the other, gives a rational explanation of operations, and teaches the youths to observe and to reason from their observations. Manual training in ordinary farm operations, such as harnessing and driving horses, ploughing, harrowing, &c., must be learnt before admission to the College and a certificate must be produced that at least one year has been spent at work on a farm. Having ensured that a youth is

capable of hard work and has done it, the College authorities take care that the bent of the mind and interest in farm work is maintained and increased. An Apprenticeship Course must be taken at the same time as the Course of Study, and every alternate afternoon and some mornings are entirely devoted to work in the outside departments, of which there are seven, viz., Farm, Live Stock, Dairy, Poultry, Horticultural, Mechanical and Experimental. The students are sent in rotation to these departments, and are required to take their turn at a variety of jobs, clean and dirty, easy and difficult-whatever is to be done-without favour or distinction. In addition to this provision for making practical application of all the scientific studies that are taken in the class-room and laboratory, the students spend the summer at their own homes, helping their fathers in the farm work at the busiest time of the year.

Those who have gone through this two years' training to the satisfaction of the College authorities, and wish to pursue their studies further, can take another two years' course,* at the termination of which time the University of Toronto examines them and confers the title of Bachelor of the Science of Agriculture (B.S. A.)

The third year's course is the same for all,-English, French or German, Physics, Ch mistry, Geology, Botany, Entomology and Nature Study. During the fourth year the Students specialize, choosing a particular branch from amongst the following:-Agriculture, Dairy, Horticulture, Biology, Bacteriology, Physics and Chemistry.

However, before admission to the Course for the Dairy Option candidates must present satisfactory evidence of having spent one season at practical work in a cheese factory and one in a creamery, or have spent one season in a cheese factory and have taken the full course (cheese and butter) in a Dairy School; those entering for the Agriculture Option must have spent at least two years at practical work with a good farmer; those entering for the Horticultural Option must have spent at least one year at practical work with a good fruitgrower, market gardener, or florist.

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A record is kept of each student's practical work throughout the Each student is required to prepare a Thesis on some branch or department of the work in his special course. It must be based chiefly on original investigation.

EQUIPMENT FOR WORK.

The large amount of practical work and instruction in, or in connection with, the outside departments has an important bearing on the work and life of those who intend to follow agricultural pursuits. Hence, among the appliances possessed by the College for giving young men a practical education and fitting them for the life on the farm, we may refer to the equipment in some of the departments, and also to the Library and Reading Room.

FARM.

The farm proper of 345 acres is in good shape, well tilled and well managed, under the control of a good farmer.

*Or, a one-year's course for a Certificate in Agriculture or Horticulture.

EXPERIMENTS.

Forty-three acres of the 550 owned by the College have been laid out in small plots; and a series of experiments with cereals, roots, grasses, manures, and various modes of cultivation and management, is regularly and systematically carried on from year to year. Besides the field experiments, others in the feeding of live stock are made, to test the several breeds of animals and the comparative values of different kinds of feed.

LIVE STOCK.

The equipment in live stock is also fairly good. There are seven breeds of cattle, four of sheep, and three of swine, kept from year to year, that the students may acquire a broad and thoroughly practical knowledge of this important branch of farming; and to this end, are provided not only the animals, but also a special class room and a livestock pavilion for practical demonstrations in the handling and judging of cattle, sheep and swine. Practical work in these rooms is carried on by the Professor of Agriculture and his Assistant systematically throughout the fall and winter terms, and at such other times as may be necessary.

CARPENTER SHOP.

There is a large carpenter shop, provided with benches and tools for plain work and general repairs In this shop students are taught the use of carpenter's tools, and are shown how to do such work as is commonly needed on a farm. Under this head, they may learn many things that will be of use to them in after life.

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

This department is furnished with a skeleton of a horse and a full supply of the bones of ordinary farm animals for illustration of the veterinary lectures; and the live-stock class-room is used by the veterinary surgeon for demonstrations in "practical horse," that is, for handling horses in the presence of the class, judging them by point, examining them as to soundness and freedom from blemishes, administering medicine, and showing students how to perform various surgical operations, &c. A large amount of valuable work on these lines is done every year; and when an animal dies from disease or injury, it is dissected and the cause or causes of death sought for and pointed out in the presence of the students.

POULTRY

In the Poultry Department there are good buildings and yards, constructed according to the most approved plans and furnished with incubators, brooders, and everything else required for convenience and efficient work in the management of poultry. The stock in the building consists of 25 varieties of hens, representing 15 or 16 breeds, which are kept for breeding, for illustrating the lectures on poultry, and for practical instruction of the students sent to the department from day to day.

THE DAIRY.

The Dairy Department is fully equipped with men, buildings, and appliances for giving instruction in milk-testing, butter-making,

cheese-making, the running of cream separators, and the pasteurization of milk. Nothing is licking that is necessary to give the broadest and most thorough training in every branch of the dairy business on a large scale suited to factory and creamery men, and on a small scale adapted to the circumstances of those who may have to handle milk or cream and make butter on the farm.

APICULTURE.

An experienced apiculturist lectures on bee-keeping throughout the Fall Term, illustrating his lectures by appliances in the class-room and by the use of colonies of bees brought here for the purpose.

HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

In this department there is a large laboratory, with a complete set of green-houses, a six-acre kitchen garden, a vinery, a plot of small fruits, a thirty-acre lawn, an arboretum, a large variety of fruit and ornamental trees-everything necessary for first-class work in Botany and Horticulture.

LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.

The Library contains over 12,000 volumes on the different subjects embraced in the course of study; also a good selection of history, poetry, biography, and travels, and some fiction by a few of the best authors. The card catalogue system is used in the library, giving satisfactory reference, not only to authors and subjects, but also to articles indexed from the reports of the leading agricultural and scientific societies of the old world. A card indexed catalogue of all the reports and bulletins of the U. S. agricultural experiment stations is also placed in the Library.

The College Reading Rooms are furnished with from 60 to 70 of the leading papers and periodicals on agriculture, dairying, horticulture, poultry, apiculture, and scientific subjects; and a number of magazines provided by the Literary Society are also kept on file.

ADVANTAGES OF THE COURSE.

From the outlines given above, it is clear that the course of study and apprenticeship is especially adapted to the wants of young men who intend to be farmers. It includes what they require and nothing more. The lectures in the class-room, the work in the outside depart ments and the laboratories of the institution, the experimental work, the debates in the College Literary Society, the surroundings, the atmosphere of the College life, all tend to awaken, stimulate, develop, and brighten the students; to teach them the use of their eyes and hands, give them a taste for reading, increase their respect for farmers and farming, and make them more intelligent workers and better citizens.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

A Meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held at Head Quarter House on Tuesday, 15th December, at 9 o'clock a m. Present: the Hon. Colonial Secretaryin the chair, His Grace the Archbishop, the Hon. Director of Public Gardens, the Island Chemist, Messrs C. A T. Fursdon, C. E. de Mercado and John Barclay, the Secretary.

The Secretary read the Minutes of the last Meeting which were confirmed.

The Chairman read a Minute regarding the position and emoluments of the Chemist, a letter from Mr. Cousins on the subject, and a memorandum from the Colonial Secretary to the Governor. It was resolved to recommend that the Chemist be offered £600 a year, be placed on the fixed establishment and given a personal allowance of £250 per annum in lieu of pensionable interest.

After con siderable discussion on the subject it was resolved by the Board to express the opinion that it was necessary to have a Director of Agriculture, as soon as possible, as a general head of all agricultural work.

With reference to the Imperial grant of £10,000 it was acknowledged that this could only be used for the benefit of the Sugar Industry but a decision as to the exact manner in which it was to be utilized was postponed for further consideration.

The following Committee was appointed: Mr. C. A. T. Fursdon, the Island Chemist, Hon. J. V. Calder, and Hon. Sydney Olivier, the chairman, to report on a site for an Experiment Station and Stock Farm. The state of the Parade Gardens having been brought before the Board, it was agreed to recommend a special vote of £35 for improving the water supply, and for reforming the paths.

The Director of Public Gardens having represented that it would be necessary to give up that portion of Castleton Gardens lying between the Main Road and the Wag Water and devote the whole of the funds to the remainder, the reduced grant allowed being found insufficient for the whole, it was resolved to recommend an addition to the annual grant of £25.

Mr. C. A. T. Fursdon asked if some representa ion from the Board could not be sent to the Director of the Railway to provide a better system for the landing of cattle from the Cattle Docks, as at present owing to the inconvenience and danger of the landing, cattle owners preferred to send their stock round by the road It was agreed to do this.

A letter from Mr. C L. A. Rennalls, teacher, Mavis Bank, asking the Board for a grant towards the better fencing of the School Garden there, was submitted and the Secretary was instructed to reply that there were no funds available for the purpose.

A Minute from the Director of Public Gardens suggesting the reappointment of the former Committee of the Experiment Station which had been circulated for the comments of the Board was submitted.. It was resolved to let the matter remain as at present.

It was agreed that in consideration of the use of grass and