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MEXICO. 



The Mexican Herald reports that the results of the first year's 

 work under the new regime in the National School of Agriculture 

 and Veterinary Surgery, at San Jacinto, as well as of the Central 

 Agricultural Station, were very satisfactory. At the school of agri- 

 culture the second scholastic year under this management opened 

 with a roster of 400 students, and it was necessary to restrict many 

 applications for scholarships. 



NEW ZEALAND. 



In Xew Zealand the government has begun to publish in its official 

 educational journal simple school exj)eriments intended to aid teach- 

 ers in giving instruction in elementary agriculture. It is recom- 

 mended that one hour a week be devoted to this work, giving one- 

 third of the time to indoor experiments with plants, one-third to 

 outdoor experiments with plants, and one-third to experiments with 

 soils or milk or other phases of agriculture. Twelve exercises re- 

 lating to germination are given for indoor work during the first year, 

 and 12 exercises dealing with seedlings for the second year's work. 

 The outdoor experiments are to be conducted in the school garden, 

 and relate to tillage, manures, commercial fertilizers, and the culti- 

 vation of particular crops, such as potatoes. Ten experiments with 

 soils are outlined, and 11 with milk. Lists of apparatus and ma- 

 terial necessary for these exercises are given. A large number of 

 simple experiments in nature study have also been published on such 

 topics as the composition of air and water, experiments with hydro- 

 gen, ammonia, starch and sugar, germinating seeds, roots, stems, 

 leaves, flowers, and fruits. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



The Louis Queiros School of Agriculture, located at Piracicaba, 

 State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been reorganized under the director- 

 ship of C. D. Smith, formerly director of the Michigan Station. Au- 

 thority is now concentrated almost entirely in the director, with thu 

 general supervision of the secretary of agriculture. The regular 

 course of study is modeled in a general way after that at the Mich- 

 igan College. It covers three j'ears, with a preparatory year of 

 arithmetic, Portuguese, French, geography, and history, and a subse- 

 quent year of special elective work in any of the sciences or in 

 practical agriculture. The three-year course includes three semesters 

 each of botany, chemistry, and biology, and one semester each of 

 stock judging, soils and plantations, harvest and seed selection, 

 veterinary clinics, and carpenter and blacksmith work. The equip- 



