324 liKl'OKT OF OFFICE OF FXl'EltlMENT STATIONS. 



a;:;ririiK'nt l)oiii<; .si<;iii'<| I»y tlicii- jjurcnls or ^iiardinns (o allow the 

 boys to iviiiaiii uiKJisturhed a( tlic school for a period of llirce or four 

 years, diirin*; which time they not only receive free iiistriietioii hut 

 are lod<;ed, boarded, and clothed free of exjM'iise to their i)areiits. 



There are now 'M winter schools under the control of the Khine 

 l*rovince Chamber of A<^ricnlture, 4 of which last year completed 

 their twenty-fifth year. At that time the total attendance at the 

 winter schools had been ll.Kw piij)ils, .'J,t)l)8 of whom had attended 

 two winter terms. A feature of these schools is the variety of special 

 courses, which include horticulture, the utilization of fruit, vine 

 culture, bee culture, feeding, fertilizers, bookkeeping, and domestic 

 economy. 



A school of agriculture, with a farm attached, has been organized 

 at Maison-Carree, in Algeria. The number of students is limited 

 to 25, and these will be chosen from candidates 17 years old or older 

 who pass satisfactory examinations in mathematics, chemistry, and 

 natural science. 



The Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute has been 

 organized at Salonica, Turkey, under the control of an undenomina- 

 tional board of 12 directors, incorporated under the laws of the State 

 of New York. The school is on a 52-acre fann, 5 miles from Salonica, 

 and has been in operation about a year and a half. Its work is 

 similar to that of the Hampton and Tuskegee institutes. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AGRI- 

 CULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



At the nineteenth annual convention of this association, held at 

 Washington, I). C, November 14-lG, 1905, cpiestions relating to agri- 

 cultural education were discussed, especially in the section on college 

 Mork. 



Prof. F. W. Kane, in his discussion of Courses in Agriculture, Hor- 

 ticulture, and Allied Subjects, confined his remarks mainly to horti- 

 culture. In his scheme for utilizing the 150 hours assigned to 

 horticultural courses, 20 hours were given to the study of propagation, 

 50 to pomology, 50 to olericulture, and 30 to floriculture. Charts were 

 also exhibited which showed a syllabus of a separate course in horti- 

 culture, and of horticulture as it is now given in several States. 



In a paper on The Nornuil School, President K. C. Babcock brought 

 out the fact that comparatively little is now being done to train teach- 

 ers for small towns, villages, and rural communities. He urged that 

 the land-grant colleges should help the normal schools by offering 

 short courses for teachers, holding institutes, and sending out their 

 officers to give courses and lectures in normal schools. The same 

 general conception of the duty of the land-grant colleges in the move- 



