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Numerous conferences and large agricultural gatherings have been 

 attended, and at these and summer scJiools for teacJiers ad(h-e,sses on 

 the work of the department have been given. In this work the agi-i- 

 cultural education service of the ofl&ce has been assisted by the 

 Forest Service, the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Bureau of Plant 

 Industiy, and the Bureau of Soils. Such assistance is greatly appre- 

 ciated by the people who ask for it, and it contributes materially to 

 the advancement of agricultural education. 



RELATION TO FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS. 

 AFRICA. 



The three ways in which instruction in agriculture is being dissem- 

 inated in Africa are by schools, fairs, and agricultural demonstration 

 work. Two agricultural schools have been established recently in 

 Gambia and Sierra Leone. Agricultural shows were held in the Gold 

 Coast in 1909, and in Calabar in 1910. 



ARGENTINA. 



A consular report from South America announces the incorpora- 

 tion of the National Agronomic and Veterinary Institute of Argen- 

 tina with the University of Buenos Aires at La Plata. Previous to tliis 

 time there has been an agronomic and veterinary faculty in the 

 university, and the consolidation with the institute, which was estab- 

 lished in 1904, with the consequent strengthening of the teaching 

 staff, is expected to produce a very complete course of instruction. 

 The total attendance in the university now reaches 4,364, divided 

 between the faculties of law and social science, philosophy and let- 

 ters, medicine, and the physical and natural sciences. 



AUSTRALIA. 



The minister of agriculture of South Australia has practically com- 

 pleted arrangements for the establishment of a training farm for 

 boys, not as a rival establishment to Roseworthy CoUege, but to pro- 

 vide elementary education in agriculture for boys who sell newspa- 

 pers and do odd jobs about the city streets, and who can not afford 

 to go to college. It is believed that 12 months' training on 'the pro- 

 posed farm will build them up physically, mentally, and morally, and 

 give them sufficient experience to make them acceptable to farmers 

 who need assistance on tlieir farms. Board and lodging, clothing 

 and boots, as may be decided upon, will be supplied in return for the 

 labor of tlie boy. Premiums will be awarded to encourage boys to do 

 well and to provide them with funds when they leave the institution. 



