896 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



Annual report of the Agricultural Organization Society, Limited, for 

 the year ended December 31, 1910 (Ami. Rpt. Agr. Organ. Soc. [London], 

 1910, pp. 15S, figs. 26). — This report shows the progress of the Central Coopera- 

 tive Bank, founded in 1908 for the purpose of niakiug: advances at moderate 

 rates of interest to cooperative societies in England and Wales. The advances 

 made in 1910 nearly doubled those of 1909, and in many instances provided 

 funds which were not obtainable from any other source. 



The report shows that steady progi-ess is being made in the direction of co 

 operative insurance. The society, founded with funds of £20,000, now has avail- 

 able funds exceeding £27,000 to meet all claims, while bonuses at the rate of 

 25 per cent have been declared for the years 1909 and 1910. 



The progress of the affiliated societies is also summarized. 



Foreign crops, September, 1911, C. M. Daugherty (V. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Statis. Circ. 2-'}, pp. 15). — This circular summarizes data as to the condition of 

 farm crops in foreign countries in September, 1911, with estimates of yields 

 as compared with previous years. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Progress in agricultural education, 1910, D. J. Crosby {TJ. 8. Dept. Agr., 

 Office Expt. 8ias. Rpt. I'JIO, pp. 315-286, pis. 9, figs. 3).— This is a review for 

 1910 of the leading features of progress in agricultural education in this country 

 and abroad, including the educational work of this Department, the Association 

 of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, the National Educa- 

 tion Association, the fourth session of the Graduate School of Agriculture, the 

 principal developments in agricultural education in foreign countries, and the 

 leading items of interest concerning the colleges of agriculture in the United 

 States, normal schools, and secondary and elementary schools in which agri- 

 culture is taught. The data concerning the elementary schools contain plans 

 for a model rural school. 



Statistics of land-grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations, 

 1910, Marie T. Spethmann (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Ewpt. 8tas. Rpt. 1910, pp. 

 271-314). — A compilation from official sources of general statistics, courses of 

 study, attendance, value of funds and equipment, revenues, and additions to 

 equipment of the land-grant colleges, and of the lines of work, revenues, and 

 additions to equipment of the agricultural experiment stations in the United 

 States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. 



Correlating the work of agricultural instruction, A. C. True (8outh Ed. 

 Assoe. Jour, of Proc., 21 (1910), pp. 76-82).— It is stated in this paper that 

 " the settlement of the general limitations of the work of different grades of 

 schools will do much to clarify and improve our educational situation. This 

 is the task before our generation." The function as regards teaching agriculture 

 is discussed for elementary schools, high schools, the agricultural high school, 

 normal schools, and colleges and universities. The problem of so managing the 

 school farm that it will be the right kind of laboratory and demonstration 

 farm for a secondary school is deemed as yet an unsolved problem of very 

 great importance, and an earnest effort to solve this problem is considered more 

 to be commended than an attempt by the secondary school teacher to engage in 

 ordinary extension work or in so-called experiments. 



Preparing teachers to give instruction in agriculture, J. F. Dtjggae (South 

 Ed. Assoc. Jour, of Proc., 21 (1910), pp. 142-1^6) .—The agencies at work in 

 training teachers to give instruction in agriculture are enumerated, and it is 

 stated that in fitting the teacher there must be imparted 3 distinct elements 



