390 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



number of holdings, their size, and the number owned and tenanted ; the num- 

 ber, liind, age, etc., of live stock ; together with other detailed data pertaining 

 to agriculture. 



The acreage under " corn crops," which includes wheat, oats, barley, rye, 

 beans, and peas, has decreased from 3,099,401 acres in 1851 to 1,300,079 acres 

 in 1910, or 58.1 per cent. " Green crops " (potatoes, root crops, vetches, cabbage, 

 rape, etc.) and flax show a decrease of 501,055 acres or 33.1 per cent, while hay 

 shows an increase of 1,175,179 acres or 94.3 per cent within the same period. 

 The net decrease represents approximately the increase in area of pasture land. 



The number of holdings not exceeding 1 acre increased from 37,728 in 1851 

 to 86,131 in 1910, with a total area estimated to amount approximately to 39,800 

 acres and a population of 84,799. Of the 555,125 persons holding land it is 

 shown that about 15 per cent occupy plats of less than 1 acre, 10 per cent areas 

 containing from 1 to 5 acres, 24 per cent areas containing from 5 to 15 acres, 

 22 per cent areas containing from 15 to 30 acres, 12 per cent areas containing 

 from 30 to 50 acres, 10 per cent areas containing from 50 to 100 acres, and 4 

 per cent areas containing from 100 to 200 acres. In 1910 there were 350,794 

 holdings owned and 255,102 tenanted, an increase of 13,499 of the former and 

 1,430 of the latter over 1909. 



[Agricultural data] (Anw. Statis. Egypte, 3 {1911), pp. 253-28^).— This 

 report of the minister of finance gives notes and statistical data as to the area 

 and production of cotton grown in Egypt from 1895-96 to 1908-9, together with 

 tables showing the number of natives and aliens occupying farms ranging from 

 about 5 to 50 acres and over, the tillable area and amount cultivated, and the 

 area, yield, etc., of the leading farm crops. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



High school agriculture without state subsidy, W. H. French {Moderator- 

 Topics, 32 {1911), No. 15, pp. 311-314)- — The purpose of this paper is largely 

 to describe what has already been done in agricultural education in those States 

 which do not grant a special subsidy to individual schools for the introduction 

 of such courses. The States considered are Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, 

 and Michigan. 



The author concludes that secondary agriculture has hardly gone far enough 

 for drawing definite conclusions, but that enough has been done to demonstrate 

 certain things. Among these it has been clearly shown in each State that (1) 

 there is an interest on the part of the people in agriculture as a subject of 

 study, (2) agriculture correlates well with other science subjects, (3) intel- 

 lectual power cau be developed thi-ough it, (4) the lives of many young men are 

 redirected and turned toward agriculture, and (5) practical results in farming 

 processes in the community are secured. 



The agricultural high school legislation needed, G. C. Round {South. 

 Planter, 12 {1911), No. 12, pp. 1376, 1378-1382).— In this article the writer 

 points out some of the difiiculties encountered in organizing an agricultural 

 high school at Manassas, Va., and makes some suggestions for bringing about 

 better conditions, particularly with reference to the administrative features of 

 such schools. 



The place of the special secondary schools of agriculture in the educational 

 system of the State of New York, H. J. Webber {N. Y. Tribune Farmer, 10 

 {1911), No. 501, pp. //, 6).— The present system of agricultural instruction in 

 New York and the ideal state system are here discussed. 



The author holds that the most fundamental steps in agricultural education in 

 New York at present are to see that agriculture is introduced as rapidly as possi- 



