300 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



(2) Socoiuliirv a<iri('iiltural I'tliicnlion, dealing ^^•ith secondary 

 schools of agiicnllure, courses of agriculture in general educational 

 institutions, and i)ractical professional courses. 



C'^) Popular agricultural education, including i)rofessional train- 

 ing for boys and girls in primary schools, movable schools of agri- 

 culture, courses in agronomy for adults, soldiers, etc. 



(4) Miscellaneous methods of poi)ularizing agriculture and dis- 

 seminating agricultural information, including correspondence 

 courses, distribution of ]K)j)ulai" ])nblications, agricultural ])ress, 

 journals of agricultural education, permanent and circulating libra- 

 ries, etc. 



General sessions of all sections were held in the morning or after- 

 noon as seemed convenient, and the dilferent sections also held separ- 

 ate meetings. The delegate of the Dei^artment of Agriculture 

 attended the general meetings and the sessions of the first section, of 

 Avhich M. Edmond Leplae, professor in the agronomic institute of 

 the University of Louvain, was president, as well as sessions of the 

 other sections as far as Avas possible. All proceedings Avere in French 

 with occasional (explanations in English by the president of the 

 section." About 150 delegates, representing 12 different countries, 

 were actually in attendance at the congress (all sections), although 

 about 500 delegates were enrolled in its membership. Four Ameri- 

 cans were present: J. T. Willard, of Kansas; L. H. Smith, of Illi- 

 nois; AA\ L. Jepson, of California ; and the writer. 



A number of papers were presented. Printed copies of these in the 

 original language in Avhicli they were presented, with French trans- 

 lations, were distributed for the use of the delegates. 



The papers covered a wide range of topics bearing upon agricul- 

 tural education of all gi'ades in the various countries of the world, 

 and many of them were freely discussed by the representatives of 

 different countries present. They were thus considered from a variety 

 of points of view. Among the papers presented in the first section 

 were one by C. S. Plumb on Methods of Instruction in Zootechny; 

 and one by A. C. True and I). J. Crosby on Agricultural Education 

 in the United States. 



Professor Plumb's paper was presented in summary by the Depart- 

 ment delegate with the help of M. de Vuyst. In this summary atten- 

 tion was called to the work of the committee of the Association of 

 American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations on methods 

 of teaching agriculture, and to the fact that the course of instruction 

 in zootechny at the Ohio State University, of which Professor Plumb 

 has charge, and which he describes in his paper, is modeled to a con- 



"Tbe thanks of the writer are due M. P. De Vuyst, inspector of agriculture, 

 for much assistance in following and understanding the proceedings of the 

 congress. 



