PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 219 



RELATION TO FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS. 

 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The proceedings of the Second International Congress of Agricul- 

 tural Education have been published in two volumes. In the first 

 volume there are reports and preliminary documents relating to the 

 work of the four sections: (1) Higher agricultural education, (2) sec- 

 ondary agricultural education, (3) popular agricultural education, and 

 (4) various means of disseminating information concerning agricul- 

 tural science. In the first and third sections are given reports, opinions, 

 and resolutions presented or adopted at seven preceding international 

 congresses of agriculture and at the First International Congress of 

 Agricultural Education, held at Paris in 1904. In the section on 

 higher agricultural education thirty-five papers were presented by 

 delegates representing fourteen countries of Europe, the United States, 

 Japan, and the German colonies. In these papers are discussed systems 

 of agricultural education, the work of particular agricultural insti- 

 tutions, agricultural courses in general, and particular phases of 

 instruction in agriculture, such as agricultural mechanics, economic 

 entomology, zootechny, tropical agriculture, rural economy, zoology 

 as applied to agriculture, etc. 



The papers presented at the section on secondary agricultural 

 education differ materially from those presented at the first section, 

 in that only one of the eleven papers discusses the work of a particular 

 institution (the Provincial School of Agriculture, Barcelona, Spain). 

 The other papers are taken up with discussions of the educational 

 value of secondary courses in agriculture, desirable features of such 

 courses, qualifications of teachers, agricultural schools for women, etc. 



At the section on popular education twenty papers were presented. 

 These discuss such topics as traveling schools, agricultural instruction 

 in primary schools, courses for farmers, courses in agriculture for 

 soldiers, and the service of agronomes. The papers presented at the 

 fourth section are devoted to such subjects as reading circles, agricul- 

 tural libraries, agricultural journals, lantern slides, lectures, and other 

 means of disseminating information. 



Volume 2 of the report is taken up with the proceedings of the 

 congress. 



INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. 



Concerning the establishment of the International Agricultural 

 Institute at Rome a recent number of Revue Scientifique states that 

 in spite of pessimistic predictions the future of this institute is assured, 

 since the following countries have signified their intention to cooperate 

 in its establishment: Italy, France, England, Russia, Germany, 

 Austria-Hungary, United States, Japan, Belgium, Holland, Switzer- 

 land, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Luxemburg, Servia, 



