Eleventh Annual Report of the College in Nanking The 11th annual report of the College of Agriculture and Forestry, and its Experiment Station-of the University of Nanking shows the development which, during the yet 1924-1925, have been made ible through the ce-operative arrangement entered into with the New York State College of Agricul-' ture at Cornell University. and the International Education Board in a five to ten year plant improvement] programme.
The first representative to arrive in Nanking from the United States} for the purpose of installing arrangement was Professor H. H. Love, whose work has terminated during the year of the report, and has since been taken up by another Cornell professor.
Other developments listed in the survey include the completion of Bailie Hall, the Rural Normal School and the Taiping Gate Experiment Station buildings. Active progress has been noted in the research department of the College, and two generous gifts from the Silk Association of America have made possible a development along sericultural lines. An active extension service has been inaugurated well a3 a ce-operative plant, exchange arrangement with the U. '8. National Mugeum of the Smith-soniou Institute in Washington and continued progress in the various projects of the Famine Prevention Programme.
gradual increase in the student} body of the College of Agriculture j,|and Forestry is shown for the past] three years when in the autumn, 1925 there were 110 students enrolled for the full college course against 67 in the 1923-24 session.
An Important Appointment The appointment of Mr. T. S. Kuo, as Ca-Dean of the College and Ca-Director of the Experiment station is of especial interest to agriculturists who recognize his value to the institution, No attempt has been made in the bulletin to separate those parts of the report which deal particularly with the work of the college of Agriculture and Forestry taken on famine funds. vice, however, is incorpor the general report and shows the development of rural economi studies, the work of plant improvement, studies in the control of;|animal and plant diseases, exten work among the farmers, forest! research and extension and the work of the Department of Rural Education, including the one year short course in agriculture and the rural normal school and research Reports are maida in detail of the various division pertaining to agrijeulture and forestry methods of the college, together with data supplied by research into matters relevant to rural communities China, marketing conditiong, rural credit' societies and similar agricultural subject. The Department. Agronomy's report is of particular interest in showing the work done with plant breeding. Ca-operative! plant improvement stations of the University are noted in Kaifeng, Honan province; Nanbsuchow, Anhwei; Yihsien, Shantung; Wuchang, Hupeh; Weihsien, Shantung; Wei teh, Honan; Soochow and Wusih. The work of the Department of Bacteriology is shown as_ closely allied with that of plant. improveent and the results of investigations of various plant discases are recorded.
JAPANESE NEW SERVICES "An interesting development at the College of Agriculture and Forestry is the department. news-Paper which has a paid circulation It hac Leen offciaily, announced} ®f about 1,800 subscriptions, and acts as an' extension agent. IL is estimated that each issue reaches approximately 40,000 people and tee it is published twice a month at present, although plan: are going] forward t> have it published every, its importance in the work better agricultural and. forestry conditions in China is at which will be taken over by. the Nippon Shimbun Rengosha—Eastern N.
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