PEOGRESS IN AGRICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 317 



colleges. The vital relation of the proper development of this branch 

 of agricultural education to the general success of the colleges was 

 clearly brought out. There was also a much more definite realization 

 of the tremendous extent and importance of the extension movement 

 in its relations to the permanent success of American agriculture and 

 the welfare of our rural people. 



Secondary education in agriculture occupied a new and important 

 place in this session of the graduate school. There was a relatively 

 large attendance of men engaged in agricultural instruction in the 

 special agricultural schools, public high schools, and normal schools 

 in different parts of the country. One formal conference on secondary 

 agricultural education was held, at which Prof. Warren, of Cornell 

 University, discussed where and how to teach agriculture, Mr. D. J. 

 Crosby, of this office, gave a review of the present status of agriculture 

 in secondary schools, and Prof. Davis, of Miami University, Ohio, dis- 

 cussed the training of teachers of agriculture. A number of more 

 informal conferences were also held, at which the work in secondary 

 education in agriculture in different States was described, and ques- 

 tions relating to organization, courses of study, equipment, and 

 methods of teaching were earnestly discussed. 



Interesting conferences were held on agricultural journalism and 

 the relation of agricultural education to the business of farming. At 

 the former the qualifications necessary for success in agricultural 

 journalism were discussed by Mr. Henry Wallace, and college courses 

 in this subject were described by Prof. Marquis, of the University of 

 Wisconsin, and Prof. Gregory, of Iowa State College. At the latter 

 Dr. William Hill, of the University of Chicago, called attention to the 

 difficulties encountered by the agricultural colleges in devising sys- 

 tems of farm accounting and in training farm managers, and described 

 two enterprises inaugurated under his direction to overcome some of 

 these difficulties. Dr. Ewart spoke very briefly of the work of schools 

 and boards of agriculture in Scotland and Ireland, and Mr. Crosby 

 gave an illustrated address on the practical features of high-school 

 instruction in agriculture. 



A general excursion was given to Odebolt, Iowa, where the party 

 was met by farmers and other citizens with about 30 automobiles, 

 and thus were enabled to visit a number of large estates within a 

 range of 40 miles, where different forms of management of large crop- 

 ping areas were illustrated. A general view of Iowa agriculture was 

 also obtained en route under most favorable conditions, and the 

 generous hospitality of the people of this region was amply demon- 

 strated. The members of the school interested in agronomy also 

 visited a fine farm largely devoted to the growing of seed grains near 

 Marshalltown, Iowa. Smaller parties of botanists and others made 

 excursions to various points in the vicinity of Ames. The Inter- 



