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as not only to seek to ameliorate the conditions of agriculture in different coun- 

 tries, but also to meet tlie dangers arising from the spread of plant and animal 

 diseases as a result of international traffic in agricultural products and to make 

 a comparative study of the economic, social, and financial institutions that 

 exist in various countries for the promotion of the interests of the • rural 

 population. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The duty of the agricultural college, H. J. Waters (Science, n. ser., 30 

 (1909), No. 778, pp. 777-789). — This is the inaugural address of the president 

 of the Kansas college, in which he deals with the various functions of the agri- 

 cultural college in relation to students enrolled in its courses, to agricultural 

 extension work, and to research work in agriculture and home economics. He 

 points out the necessity of conserving the natural resources of Kansas and the 

 duty of the agricultural college and experiment station in this work ; he favors 

 investigation not only to increase the quantity and quality of agricultural pro- 

 duction but also to provide means and encouragement for the manufacture of 

 agricultural products within the State; he advocates the teaching of vocational 

 subjects in the public schools and urges that greater attention be given to 

 training teachers for this work; and finally he directs attention to the need of 

 world leadership among men and women, and the duty of the college in pre- 

 paring leaders. 



Agricultural and forestry instruction and agricultural associations in 

 Italy, Belgium, and France, with notes on some agricultural institutions 

 in Great Britain, B,ussia, and Bulgaria, I. Giglioli and U. Rossi- Ferrini (In- 

 segnamcnto Agrario e Forestale cd Associazioni Agrarie nelVItalia, nel, Belgio, 

 nella Francia con notizie su alcune Istituzioni Agrarie dclla Gran Bretagna, 

 della Russia, dclla Bulgaria. Milan, 1909, pp. l-'/l). — In this report of the jury 

 of the Section on Agricultural and Forestry Instruction and Agricultural Asso- 

 ciations of the Exposition in Milan, 1906, descriptions in considerable detail 

 are given of the work of agricultural institutions for education and research in 

 Italy, and in less detail of those in Belgium, France, Great Britain, Russia, and 

 Bulgaria. In the case of Italian institutions the report deals with higher agri- 

 cultural schools and universities, agricultural and special experiment stations, 

 special and practical agricultural schools, itinerant and military instruction in 

 agriculture, instruction in agriculture in normal and elementary schools and 

 denominational seminaries, agricultural education for women, materials for 

 agricultural instruction, iiublications, and agricultural associations. 



Report of the agricultural department of Finland for 1907 {Landtbr. 

 Stu7\ Meddel., 1909, No. 61, pp. 77+229).— Reports of the work of the various 

 institutions engaged in the administration or teaching of agriculture or allied 

 branches are presented. 



Foreign veterinary schools and their plan of instruction, R. Coderque 

 (Gac. Med. Zooh, 33 (1909), Nos. 22, pp. 337-3.'/2; 23, pp. 355-359).— As the 

 result of a visit to the veterinary schools in Paris-AIfort, France; Berlin, 

 Hanover, Stuttgart, and Dresden, Germany ; Berne and Zurich, Switzerland ; 

 and Milan, Naples, Pisa, and Turin, Italy, the author makes brief observations 

 on veterinary instruction in these countries, with more detailed statements 

 regarding the organization of this instruction in the Berlin and Hanover schools. 



Annual of the Winnebago County schools, 1909, O. .J. Kern (Rockford, 

 III., 1909, pp. 96, figs. 82, dgm. 1, charts 8). — In addition to the usual statistics 

 of attendance and rural school improvement, this report presents the following 

 new features: The constitution of a "School Parents' Association," indoor 

 improvement for the rural school, improving the rural school course of study. 



