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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



August 30, 1902. 



EDUCATIONAL 



Examinations of Agricultural Schools. 



The lialf'-yc.uly exaiiiiiiatii)ns in tln'(ii-ctical and 

 practical siil)ject.s of tb.o ])upil.s of t\u) Agricultural 

 .Sclio )l.s at Ht. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica liave 

 recently Leen lield. 



The questions were (li;i\vn up under the (lirecti<in 

 of the Connnissionor of Agriculture and fniwarded in 

 sealed packet.s to the presiding officers in each case. 



•ST. VINCENT. 



Nine Ixn-s, — Glasgow, McMaster, (.'ai-r, Trotnian, 

 Thomas, Wright, Derrick, H. Browne and Haines were 

 placed in the First Rank, and fifteen boys, — D. Browne. 

 Warner, Placi<l, Olivierre, Yorke, Durrant, George, 

 Ramirez, Yearwood, Rankin, Lougheed, B^ain, Edghill, 

 Cordice and Peters in the Second Rank. In Agricul- 

 ture and Botany the exandner reports that more than 

 one-half the bo3s scored high maiks. In .some cases 

 weakness was show'n on the practical side. In 

 Chemistry seven candidates sent up good ])apers. In 

 Arithmetic, Composition and Geography th(^ examiner 

 reconnnends that the examples should, in ev(;rv case, 

 have a practical trend and refer to m.atters closelv 

 associated with the daily life of the planter. 



ST. IJ'CI.\. 



As this school was only ojjcned in Gctohrr J 1)01, it 

 is not possible to draw more than genera,! conclusions 

 from the examinations just hold. One boy, Demay, 

 was i)laced in the First Rank and Flavien and Goring 

 at the head of the Second Rank. The examiner rej)oits 

 that the answers in Agriculture, Botany and Chemistry 

 were on the whole fairly accurate ; liut the standard of 

 attainment generally, was lower than at the St. Vincent 

 and Dominica schools. 



l):)iM!N'ICA. 



Elc\en boys were placed in th<' First Rank: — 

 H. D. Shilliiigford, I'^hvin, Sen-aid,, Nicholas, Leslie, 

 Watty, RoUe, Alhyne, Etiemie, Winston, and Wayland; 

 and niiie boys in the Second Rank : — Richards, Green, 

 Josse, Bruney, Lawrence, P. Shilliiigford, Gachette, 

 La Roc(jue, and 'i'heodore. 



The examiner reports that in Agriculture the 

 practical (piestions were \ery well answered and the 

 results retiect great credil on th(^ teacher. The bearing 

 of the elementary facts of botany on agriculture ha(l 

 been well grasped by many of the pupils. The answers 

 in Chemistry were not so go(jd as in the jjreceding 

 subjects. Arithmetic was weak and Comjmsition fair. 

 The most satisfactory feature of the Dominica school 

 was the effort that had evidently been made to render 

 the ind'iiT studies of real value to the students in after 

 lift'. 



The next half-yearly examination of I he pupils .-it 

 the Agricultural Schools will be h.ld in Deceiubi'r 

 next. 



Jamaica. 



A<iK [CULTURAL INSTRUCTION' To T'KACHERS. 



In a previous number of XXw Af/ricultural Xeioa (p. 75) 

 attention was drawn to the foitlicoiiiing couisc of ]iiactienl 

 instruction in agriculture to teachers at the Mico Training 



College, Kingston, Jamaica. A large number of teachers- 

 have ai-rangcd to attend the course. 

 The Time Table i.s as follow.s : — 



I>.\ILy — MOND.tY TO FRn)AV. 



7-9.30 a.m.- -Practical work at HnpL' Gardens under 

 Messrs. C'radwiuk and T. J. Harris. 



11-11.45 a.m. — Lectiu-e on uleinL'iitar}- jdiysics and 

 cliumi.stry, or on animal life, lij' Mv. Kiittcnsh.iw. 



l:i-12.4r> ji.m. — Lecture on jilant life and gruivth, liy 

 Mr. liutteiishaw. 



1.1.^-:J ji. 111. Lecture on suits, liy Mr. Uutteiishaw. 



.SATCIIDAV. 

 wiirk at Hope as usual ; writing up notes ; 



Practical 

 Ixiok .study. 



ADDITIOSAL LECTIRES. 



On three afternoons eacli week (Tuesday, Thursday and 

 Friday) Luctui-es on special .sulijeets will be given as follows 

 cuniniencing at i.'.'M jlui. : — 



July -I-l, Tuesday ; The fertility of the soil, H. H. 

 Cousins, E.s(|. 



Julj' 24, Thursday : Tlio pri/i>anition of ]iioducf for 

 market, C. E. deMercado, Esip 



July 2.">, Friday : Bee-keeping, H. C. Burnet, Esip 



July 2'.l, Tuesday ; Cultivation of pine-a]iples, C. Eugene 

 Smitli, Esq. 



July .">1, Thursday : Cultivation of citrus ]ilants, Hon. 

 T. H. ShariK 



August I, Fri<lay : The relations of teachers to the 

 general agricultural (tcvelopiueiit of the Island, 4 p. in.. His 

 tirace tlie Archl)isho|i. 



August 1, Friday : Bee-keeping, H. C. Burnet, Esip 



August .">, Tuesday : Dairying, C. A. T. Fursdeii. Escp 



August 7, Thursday : How Jamaica was made, His 

 E.\celleiicy the .\cting Governor. 



Augu.st S, Fridaj- : Grajjc vines, Uev. \V. (irittitli. 



August 12, Tuesday: Co-operation of tlu' farm. .1. T. 

 Palache, Esij. 



August 14, Thursday : How to make the most of small 

 holdings without liorrowiug cajiital, Hon. H. Cork. 



August 1.5, Friday : Jveceiit ch.niges iu the Code, Hon. 

 T. Caliper. 



Tlie afternoon lectures will be ojien to the public, but 

 seats will be specially reserveil fur the sclioolteachurs. 



In addition to the foi'egoing courses Mr. Peet and 

 Mr. Skyers will hold evening c!as.ses in Manual work as 

 prescribed in the Code. 



It is gratifying to note that in Jamaica the value of 

 Agricultural Eihu-ation is appreciated to .sncli an extent that 

 at the teaciuM's' courses .some of the leading personages of the 

 island attend and give addresses, in addition to the regular 

 Icctni-frs. 



Stock at the Agricultural School, Dominica. 



-Ml. D.ivid Tannock, the t)tficer-in-charge, reports an 

 increase in the stoi'k kept at the Agricultural .School, 

 I )oiniiii(a, liy the introduction of the following animals by 

 the Imperial J_)e|iartinent of Agriculture, namely, three 

 Taniworlh pig.s, (one boar and two sows) purclia.sed from the 

 (Joveniiuent Kami, Trinidad; live wool less slice] i, (four rams 

 and one ewe) of a breed highly ap[>i'eciated in liarbados ; also 

 a trio of I'ckin ducks, from the Government Farm, Trinidad. 

 'J'lie jiigs will be kept and bred pure, as in the case of the 

 Poland China breed already at the scliool, and the young 

 ones sold to planters and stock keepers in tlie ).sland. The 

 Tamwortli jiigs are rcddi.sh-brown in colour. This is 

 probably the first introduction of animals of this breed into 

 J)oininica, and it will be interesting to note if they thrive 

 as well as the black Folaiul China and licrksliire. 



