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the Forest Service a Farmers' Bulletin on Forest Nurseries for 

 Scl ools was published, and a short course in forestry was conducted 

 at the Agricultural School of Baltimore County, Md. A contour map 

 of the grounds of this school was also made, and with the assist- 

 ance of the Bureau of Plant Industry a planting plan combining the 

 elements of a botanic garden and an ornamental plantation was 

 prepared. 



Studies of American and foreign agricultural schools have been 

 continued. The card index of foreign schools now contains over 

 6,500 cards, and that of American schools over 8,600 cards of insti- 

 tutions and 900 cards of teachers of agriculture. A list of American 

 colleges and schools teaching home economics was prepared and pub- 

 lished in the Journal of Home Economics. The card directory of 

 American teachers and investigators in agriculture has been revised 

 and now contains about 2,400 names. This directory is maintained 

 for the convenience of agricultural colleges and other institutions 

 seeking trained teachers and investigators. 



Cooperation with the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations has been continued. The Director 

 of this office has continued to act as bibliographer of the association, 

 as chairman of its committees on instruction in agriculture, and on 

 the history of agricultural education, and as dean of the Graduate 

 School of Agriculture, the fifth session of which is to be held at the 

 Michigan Agricultural College during July, 1912. The specialist in 

 agricultural education helped to organize an association known as 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural 

 Teaching, which will hold its second meeting at Columbus, Ohio, 

 November 14, 1911. 



Numerous conferences and large agricultural gatherings have been 

 attended, and at these and summer schools for teachers addresses on 

 the work of the department have been given. In this work the agri- 

 cultural education service of the office has been assisted by the For- 

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

 Industr}', 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. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK IN 1911-12. 



It is proposed to continue the work of the agricultural education 

 service along the same general lines. Plans have been made to co- 

 operate with the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations in making further studies of college courses in 

 agriculture, and with the American Home Economics Association in 

 formulating courses in home economics for colleges and schools. 

 Plans have also been made to cooperate with the Forest Service in 

 making additional investigations on forestry instruction, particularly 

 with reference to courses in farm forestry in connection with agri- 

 cultural courses in secondary schools, as well as in preparing educa- 

 tional publications relating to forestry. It is hoped that there may 

 also be a considerable development of cooperation with the other 

 bureaus of the department in educational work. 



