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be erected in the near future. Some of the buildings, notably the poultry 

 houses, are to be constructed by the students. They will also be given an 

 opportunity to participate in the farm operations. 



Agriculture in Secondary Schools in California. — During 1911 the Imperial 

 County Union High School, the Oxuard Union High School, the Kern County 

 Union High School, and the Hanford High School established agricultural 

 courses. There are at least five other high schools in which agriculture is 

 being definitely taught as correlated or applied science, viz, those at Gardena, 

 Glendale, Ventura, Santa Cruz, and Yreda. These schools are well distributed 

 over the State and, together with the University Farm School at Davis and 

 the State Polytechnic School at San Luis Obispo, form the basis of a well- 

 organized system of secondary agricultural instruction. 



Agricultural High Schools in New York. — It is reported that 17 high schools 

 in Now York have now met the requirements of the State Department of Edu- 

 cation as to course of study, equipment, and teachers, entitling them to state aid 

 for agriculture, home economics, and manual training, and that 23 other high 

 schools have inaugurated agricultural work without state aid. 



The state legislature of New York at its last session appropriated $50,000 

 for a state school of agriculture at Cobleskill, and the govei-nor appointed a 

 board of trustees, but as yet the school has not been organized. The State 

 School of Agriculture at Morrisville now has an enrollment of 64, of whom 13 

 are girls. 



A New School of Agriculture in Mexico. — A recent number of the Boletin de 

 la Sociedad Agncola Mexicana announces the establishment of a new school of 

 agriculture at San Francisco de Borja, in Lower California, by the Brothers of 

 Christian Schools. The instruction will be theoretical and practical and will 

 extend through four years. 



Agricultural School in Morocco. — An agricultural school is to be established 

 in Melilla, Morocco, under Spanish auspices. This school will have for its ob- 

 jects the disseminating of practical instruction regarding improved methods, and 

 their demonstration upon the estate, which will be conducted as a model farm, 

 and also on demonstration fields in adjoining sections. It is estimated that 

 about $48,000 for buildings and equipment, and $21,000 annually for mainte- 

 nance, will be required. 



Farrer Research Scholarship in New South Wales. — A Farrer memorial fund 

 of about $5,000 has been subscribed by the public for the establishment of a 

 research scholarship, tenable for three years, at the Hawkesbury Agricultural 

 College. This scholarship is to be offered for competition among students de- 

 siring to undertake research work on wheat growing, both in Australia and 

 abroad. 



Society for the Improvement of Spanish Agriculture. — Under the name of the 

 Rural Spanish Society, an organization has been formed at Bilbao, Spain, for 

 the promotion of agriculture through the fostering of agricultural education, 

 the introduction of modern farm machinery, improved plants and seeds, com- 

 mercial fertilizers, insecticides, and fungicides, and the use of improved methods 

 of combating animal diseases. 



A large tract of land with extensive buildings has been acquired near 

 Guernica, which will be utilized for the establishment of an institute of agri- 

 cultural instruction. The instruction will be for the present of an elementary 

 nature, but will be both theoretical and practical in scope. Experimental work 

 is also contemplated. Funds will be provided in part by the development on a 

 commercial scale of the agricultural estate which forms a part of the proi>erty. 

 Conference on Agricultural Education for Dependent and Delinquent Boys. — 

 A meeting in New York City, January 26 and 27, of principals, superintendents, 



