798 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



State Superintendent of Public Instruction SchaeCfer, Sir Horace Plunliett, 

 (iifford Pincbot, and representatives of various agencies interested in different 

 phases of rural life. 



Agricultural School at San Cristobal, Santo Domingo. — ^A recent number of 

 Revista de Agricultura contains an account by Dr. A. E. Barthe, the director- 

 general of agriculture, of the first year's work of the agricultural school at San 

 Cristobal, which was officially inaugurated April 1, 1911. Of the 30 students 

 in attendance, 6 were admitted to the advanced three-year course, and 20 to 

 the lower two-year course. The advanced course, which leads to the " perito 

 agricola " diploma, or agricultural expert, trains young men for the public 

 service as itinerant instructors in the Provinces under the direction of agri- 

 cultural inspectors, as agricultural teachers in the schools, directors of large 

 estates, etc. The lower course is a practical course leading to the " jefe de 

 cultivo " diploma. 



Poultry School in Mexico. — ^A practical poultry school has been established 

 at Tacubaya. near the City of Mexico, under the direction of G. G. Prieto. 

 Three courses of three months each will be offered, beginning November 1, 

 February 1, and May 1, resiiectively. The instruction will be both theoretical 

 and practical and for men and women. Candidates must be 15 years of age 

 and must have completed the primary school or its equivalent. 



Practical School of Agriculture in Argentina. — A practical school of agri- 

 culture is to be established by the Federal Government on Chavigne Island, 

 opposite Rosario. One hundred hectares of land, part of which is under water, 

 will be available for the school. 



Agricultural Instruction in Norway. — In 1930-11 there were 40 elementary 

 agricultural schools with a total attendance of 1,857 pupils. These schools 

 include 8 horticultural schools with an attendance of 94 pupils, 5 forestry 

 schools with an attendance of 95, and 6 dairy and cheese schools with an attend- 

 ance of 71 pupils. There were also 22 home economics schools with an attend- 

 ance of 576 pupils. 



Agricultural Education in Italy. — By royal decree of December 21, 1911, the 

 higher council of agricultural, industrial, and commercial instruction is abol- 

 ished, and a council for agricultural instruction substituted. The new council 

 is to consist of fourteen members appointed by the minister of agriculture, and 

 is to give advice regarding proposed legislation and general provisions for 

 agricultural instruction, agricultural schools of any grade, aid to students, 

 and other questions relating to agricultural, forestry, and zootechnical studies 

 which he may refer to it. 



Itinerant Instruction in Agriculture in Italy. — A statement is given in a 

 recent number of //, Coltivatore showing the amounts appropriated by the State 

 to the various Provinces and by the Provinces themselves for itinerant instruc- 

 tion in agriculture. The largest state appropriation was $3,280 and the 

 smallest, $300; while the largest provincial appropriation was $15.5G0, the 

 next largest, $6,770, and the smallest, $260. 



Practical School of Agriculture in Spain.— A royal decree of February 14 

 l)rovides for a practical school of agriculture at Palma de Mallorca, Province of 

 Baleares. 



Agricultural High Schools in South Australia. — The February number of the 

 Journal of Agriculture of South Australia announces that on the advice of the 

 director of agriculture the governor has decided to establish 2 agricultural 

 high schools under the education department, one at North Bundaleer and the 

 other on the INIoorak homestead. These schools are to be utilized (1) as pre- 

 paratory schools to Roseworthy College, (2) for training teachers of primary 



