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of success: (1) inspiration and a reasonable confidence in the importance of 

 the end to be attained; (2) abundant subject-matter; and (3) some slight 

 instruction regarding methods of teaching agriculture. 



The author's recommendations as to the lines in which progress can best 

 be made are as follows: "(1) More universal inclusion in the curriculum of 

 normal schools of agricultural instruction, given by a specialist; (2) daily 

 instruction and demonstrations in agriculture in teachers' institutes; (3) 

 extension work in agriculture by universities and colleges for the special benefit 

 of teachers; and (4) the gradual introduction, first by the more progressive and 

 wealthier counties, of the system of employing supervisors of agricultural 

 instruction." 



The high school course in agriculture, K. L. Hatch (Bui. Univ. Wis., 1911, 

 No. JfJfl, pp. 40). — With the expectation that instruction in agriculture will 

 find its way into the high schools of Wisconsin this bulletin has been prepared 

 to suggest suitable plans for the carrying out of this work. It contains among 

 other things (1) a suggested arrangement of work in agriculture and related 

 sciences for each of the 4 years, (2) details of each unit of work, (3) a syl- 

 labus of a 4-year secondary course in agriculture as prepared by this Office, 

 (4) necessary laboratory supplies for a class of 12 with estimated price, (5) 

 text and reference books, including publishers' and list price, (6) a selected 

 list of btilletins of this Department recommended for school use, and (7) a 

 bibliography on agricultural education prepared by the U. S. Bureau of 

 Education. 



The farmers' institutes in the United States, 1910, J. Hamilton (U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1910, pp. 387-^24) .—This is the annual report 

 of the Farmers' Institute Specialist of this Office for 1910 concerning the work 

 of the Office in promoting farmers' institutes and the development of the 

 farmers' institute movement in the different States and Territories. It in- 

 cludes, among other things, a discussion of agricultural college and experi- 

 ment station aid to institutes, extension agencies, an account of the institutes 

 for women and young people, county fair associations, the principal points of 

 progress by States and Territories, an account of the annual meeting of the 

 American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers, and statistical tables 

 showing the number of institutes held, attendance, funds appropriated, cost, 

 and number of lecturers employed. 



Legislation relating to farmers' institutes in the United States, J. Hamil- 

 ton (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 241, pp. Jfl). — This is a revision 

 of Bulletin 135 of this Office (E. S. R., 17, p. 715), bringing information con- 

 cerning legislation on farmers' institutes up to April 1, 1911. 



What Purdue is doing for Indiana agriculture {Indiana St a. Circ. 28, pp. 

 52, figs. 45). — Information is here furnished concerning the work of the several 

 departments of the acricultural experiment station and the school of agriculture, 

 and of the department of agricultural extension. 



The results of agricultural extension in Belgium, J. M. Stedman (U. 8. 

 Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1910, pp. 425-447). — This is a translation 

 and summary of a monograph on agriculture in Belgium from 1885 to 1910, 

 prepared by the minister of agriculture of that country for the twenty-fifth 

 anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Extension Supervisors. The 

 report contains a statistical statement concerning the rise in price of agricul- 

 tural lands in Belgium and the increase in their productive power during the 

 last 25 years, and an account of the organization and work of the extension 

 supervisors and of the development of agriculture in each Province and the part 

 taken therein by the extension supervisors from 1885 to 1910. 



