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the fall. The 56 reports received were quite satisfactory. Twenty- 

 two schools made application for the teachers' experimental material, 

 which was accompanied by instructions for conducting the work and 

 outlining a course of instruction in elementary agriculture through 

 lessons based on the pupils' practical work. Six schools have 

 reported satisfactory experiments, several noting an improvement in 

 the school spirit and discipline. 



CENTRAL AMERICA. 



Consul A. T. Haeberle, of Tegucigalpa, announced that an agricul- 

 tural school has been established in the Episcopal Palace at Sigua- 

 tepeque, in the Republic of Honduras, under the direction of H. A. 

 Owen, an American. The municipality gave 130 acres, and 50 acres 

 and buildings have been leased, making altogether 180 acres at the 

 disposal of the school. 



There will be on the farm a sufficient number of cattle and horses 

 and the boys will be taught to handle modern farm implements. 

 Foodstuffs will be raised for the consumption of the school and 

 experiments will be made with different grasses and wheat. It is 

 stated that a number of people in the United States are interested in 

 the school, and that several men of practical experience have offered 

 their services, among others a wealthy cattleman who intends to 

 send cattle for breeding purposes. 



FRANCE. 



The course of study in the agricultural institute recently annexed 

 to the faculty of sciences of the University of Toulouse extends 

 through two years, leads to the diploma of agriculture, and includes 

 theoretical and practical instruction in the following subjects: Gen- 

 eral agriculture, agricultural botany, agricultural chemistry, agricul- 

 tural engineering, rural economy, geology, agricultural zoology, and 

 animal breeding. In addition there is a series of weekly lectures on 

 horticulture, silviculture, viticulture and enology, rural architecture, 

 agricultural hydraulics, agricultural hygiene, meteorology, apicul- 

 ture, etc. 



A monument was erected at the National School of Agriculture, 

 Montpellier, in recognition of the work of the late Gustave Foex, a 

 former president of the school, in improving the culture of grapes m 

 Europe. The monument was erected by a popular subscription of 

 about $3,000, contributed by people of Franco, Austria, Italy, Egypt, 

 and Greece, and symbolizes the encouragement rendered to Euro- 

 pean grape culture by the introduction of American grapes. The 

 dedication of the monument is to take place this spriug. 



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