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Ellis, of the Forest Service, gave an illustrated lecture on the "Rela- 

 tion of our forests to wealth and life," and called particular attention 

 to the need of instruction concerning these matters in the pubUc 

 schools. 



At a meeting of southern State superintendents, Supt. Joe Cook, 

 of Columbus, ]\iiss., read a "Review of progress in southern educa- 

 tion," calling attention briefly to features of progress in each of the 

 Southern States. Among the more important items relating to coun- 

 try-life education were mentioned legislation permitting consoli- 

 dation by transportation in Arkansas; the organization of a con- 

 ference on education in Florida to consider departments of manual 

 training, agriculture, business, and home economics in pubhc high 

 schools; the increase in the annual income of Georgia agricultural 

 schools to $10,000 for each school; the maintenance of 5 summer 

 schools for white teachers and 2 for colored teachers, and the estab- 

 Hshment of 17 departments of agriculture in county liigh schools in 

 Louisiana, each school receiving an equal share of $25,000 from the 

 State; the estabhshment of a State normal school and of 23 State- 

 aided county agricultural schools in JVIississippi ; legislation in North 

 Carohna for the establishment of State-aided farm-life schools, an 

 increase in taxation for elementary public schools, and an increase in 

 the appropriation for rural high schools ; the stimulation of agricultural 

 education in South Carolina by the organization of boys' corn clubs, 

 and of home-economics instruction by the organization of tomato 

 clubs among the girls; the organization in Texas of State-aided 

 departments of agriculture, home economics, and manual training in 

 10 public high schools, and of similar departments for teachers in four 

 State normal schools and the State university, and the addition of 

 $10,000 to the total appropriations for departments of agriculture 

 and home economics in Virginia high schools. State rural-school 

 sur)ervisors are now employed in nearly all of the Southern States. 



At an afternoon conference on " Education for larger productiveness 

 on the farm," with President A. M. Soule presiding. President J. C. 

 Hardy discussed the functions of the agricultural college; H. A. Mor- 

 gan, of Tennessee, spoke on the training of teachers of agriculture 

 and the development of short courses to take the place of farmers' 

 institutes, and J. F. Duggar emphasized the importance of cooperation 

 among all the southern educational agencies. The work of the 

 consohdated Farragut School, at Concord, Tenn., in teaching agri- 

 culture and home economics, conducting demonstration plats, and 

 affording social entertainment for the people of the community was 

 described by its principal, Adam Philhps. 



There was also a conference on "Education for better living in the 

 country home," which was led by Airs. W. N. Hutt, of North Carolina. 

 Among other topics of importance that were discussed either at con- 



