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THE annual report of the Transvaal Department of Agriculture for 1903-4 is a volume of more than 400 pages, which contains, in addition to an introduction by the director, reports on the fourteen sections into which the work of the department falls. In discussing the personnel of the department, the director refers to the difficulty of obtaining expert assistants, a difficulty which, so far as agriculture is concerned, exists in all countries supplied from Britain, and even in such countries as the United States, where the training of the expert receives more attention than it does here. Many of the chief positions in the Transvaal department have now been filled up, but assistants are still required, and as the work expands it is probable that a considerable number will be engaged. The report states that men for scientific work “will doubtless best be obtained from amongst students who have had good careers at one or other of the universi ties, and who have done a certain amount of research after taking their degree. A. thorough grounding in pure science is a sine qua non, and if they are not acquainted with the applied side of Science, this knowledge will have to be acquired in our laboratories whilst acting as assistants to the Chief of their particular Division.”
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Agricultural Notes . Nature 72, 138 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072138a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/072138a0