31() UKl'OKT OV OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



with (1) oxporiiiKMit harns and othoi' moans for study and research 

 work in :i<rricultui-(': (2) research lal)orat()ries in clienustrv. hotany, 

 zoology, physics, bacteriology, mechanics, etc.; (.'. ) a botanical gar- 

 den; (4) a nmsenni and a librai-y. 



It is necessary to j)rovide with tlii'se moans of investigation and 

 instruction all institutions which are not as yet thus pi'ovided, to 

 im])rove and extend them in those which liaNo already made a begin- 

 ning in this line, and to make adequate apjjropriations for maintain- 

 ing and carrying on the work. 



It is advisable to draw into closei- relations with each other the 

 higher schools of agriculture aiul the experiment stations or research 

 laboratories which serve to establish between the schools and the 

 agricultural i)ublic the desired and necessary cooperation. 



In the same connection it would be interesting to establish in the 

 higher schools courses of lectures on ]:)ractical subjects for farmers, 

 these lectures to be given at the time when large agricultural meetings 

 are held. 



It is desirable that the institutions of the higher grade receive as 

 students all the young people Avho are capable of being benefited by 

 the training offered. 



It would be very advantageous to establish in the agricultural 

 institutes, at the completion of the general course, another year for 

 postgraduate work to give the graduates an opportunity for special- 

 izing. Laboratory work and scientific practice should be developed 

 more and more, as this is the only line of work which the higher 

 institutions of agricultural education are capable of offering directly 

 to their students. 



It is advisable to allow candidates for admission to the schools of 

 agriculture special credit for previous experience in farm practice. 



That agricultural education in the colonies should receive more 

 attention for the purpose of greater development. 



That there be established, as complementary to higher agricultural 

 instruction, manual training schools in which special training in 

 irrigation, drainage, and other lines of rural engineering be given. 



That the course of instruction of a certain number of practical 

 schools of agriculture be modified in order to furnish students in these 

 schools the necesary elementary instruction. 



Second International Co?igress, Liege, 1905. — It is considered in- 

 dispensable to give greater importance to practical instruction, under 

 one or two permanent professors, both by means of experimental 

 farms and farms operated normally. The natural sciences related 

 to agriculture should be taught in the field as well as in the labora- 

 tory. The question of giving more distinctive degrees for courses in 

 agriculture was proposed for consideration at the next congress. In- 

 struction in colonial agriculture should receive more attention. 



