1172 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



implements, -with detailed information regarding the 44!) threshing machines 

 OAA'ned in Uruguay. There were 22,593 farmers in 1906, of which 10,807 owned 

 and 11,786 rented the farms worked; 10.219 were natives and 9.374 foreigner-?. 



Season and crop report of the Bombay Presidency [and Sind] for the year 

 1905-6, P. J. Mead {Scasoit, and Crop Rpt. Bombay, 1905-6, pp. YI +68). —In 

 addition to statistics on rainfall this report discusses the agricultural conditions 

 of the presidency and the district of Sind for the year 1905-6. 



The total area under crops and In fallow was 39,097,000 acres, of which 

 20,730,000 acres were in food crops and 5,911,000 acres in nonfood crops. The 

 live stock numbered 13,849,000, and the cotton production was 1,232.000 bales. 

 On account of deficiency in rainfall crops were below the normal and prices were 

 generally high. Detailed statistical data are also presented on the number 

 of acres in cereals and pulse, irrigation, sources of water supply, and the 

 number of acres of uncultivated land. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Statistics of agricultural institutions in Prussia for 1903-1905 (Landw. 

 ■lahrh., 3'> (1!)06), t'^iip. .7, pp. XXI I -{-'fS-')}. — This report contains detailed state- 

 ments concerning the organization, faculty, income, courses of study, attendance, 

 etc.. of the agricultural institutions of different grades in Prussia. These 

 include (1) agricultural, forestry, and veterinary schools known as academies, 

 (2) secondary agricultural schools (Mittelschulen), (3) elementary agricultural 

 schools (niedere Scbulen), (4) special schools, such as schools of pomology, 

 horticulture, fruit growing, meadow culture, dairying, etc., (5) special courses 

 for adults, and (6) normal schools for the training of teachers of agriculture. 

 A taltular review is also given of the progress and present status of rural con- 

 tinuation schools. Twenty appendixes contain rules and decrees concerning 

 the qualifications of teachers, examinations, the inspection service, and other 

 matters relating to the institutions listed in the report. 



Agricultural education in England and Wales (Jour. Bd. Ayr. [Londo7i'\, 

 13 (1907), No. 11, pp. 6J1I-66O, map 1). — This is a very satisfactory brief sum- 

 mary of the educational institutions of different grades in England and Wales 

 which afford instruction in agriculture. An outline of the different lines of 

 instruction is first given, including courses for degrees in agriculture, diploma 

 courses, short courses, and the special instruction in dairying, horticultiu-e, 

 poultry keeping, and forestry. Then follows a description of the' different 

 institutions engaged in this work, the courses offered by each, the tuition fees 

 and other expenses, their land, buildings, and other' equipment, and in some 

 cases other details. 



Normal training in high, schools (Adraiicc paycs from tlic Bicn. Rpt. State 

 Supt. [Ptth. Instr.] Nebr. [1907], pp. 99-102). — This embodies an account of 

 the steps taken to inaugurate normal training courses in the high schools of 

 Nebraska after September 1. 1907, in accordance with the law enacted by the 

 State legislature in 1905. 



A committee of the State Association of Superintendents and Principals of 

 Accredited High Schools, appointed to formulate general requirements for nor- 

 mal training courses in high schools, decided that a high school, in order to be 

 approved for a normal training course, must be accredited by the University of 

 Nebraska, must have at least 3 teachers, normal training credits to be open only 

 to high school graduates, the course to include a review in the common branches 

 for at least 9 weeks not earlier than the eleventh grade, a study of American 

 history for at least 1 semester in the eleventh or twelfth grade, and at least 

 72 periods of professional training in the twelfth grade. Schools offering this 



