596 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD, 



The agriculture of Netherlands, 1813-1913 (De Nederlandsche Lcmdbotiw 

 in het Tijdvak 1813-1913, The Hague: Dept. Landh. [1913], pp. yiI+Jt65).— 

 This book contains a number of articles concerning the development of agricul- 

 ture in Netherlands during the last 100 years. Among the more important 

 articles are Legislation Concerning Agriculture, by L. E. J. F. Mollerus; Agri- 

 cultural Associations, by C. G. J. A. van Genderen Stort ; Agricultural Coopera- 

 tion, by G. J. Bieleman; The Cultivation of Field Crops and Grass Land, by 

 H. K. H. A. Mayer Gmelin and T. J. Mansholt; The Breeding of Cattle, by L. 

 Broekema ; The Breeding of Horses, by A, W. Heidema ; and The Breeding of 

 Small Animals, by F. B. Lohnis. 



Commerce in agricultural products, fruits, vegetables, and flowers, 

 E. PoHEB (Le Commerce des Produits Agricoles, Fruits, Legumes, Fleurs. 

 [Paris], 1912, pp. ^98, figs. 128). — The author gives a detailed description of 

 the organization of markets, cooperative selling, methods of packing, trans- 

 portation and rates, preservation, prevention of fraud, and international mar- 

 kets and French commerce. A large number of illustrations are given showing 

 various types of containers and other phases in the distribution of the aboye 

 products. 



Agricultural statistics of Denmark (Danmarks Statis. Meddel., 4- ser., ^2 

 (1914) f No. 1, pp. 63). — Contained in this report are statistical data showing 

 by minor subdivisions the total yield and value of farm crops. For Denmark 

 as a whole, comparative data are shown for earlier years. 



[The agriculture of the Belgian Congos], H. Buchel (Tropenpflmizer, 

 Beihefte, 15 {1914), No. 4-5, pp. 329-374)- — The author describes the Tarious 

 types of agricultural plants and animals found in this country and discusses 

 various phases of the trade in palm nuts and oil, India rubber, and ivory. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Report of the Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Technical 

 Education (Roy. Com. Indus. Training and Tech. Ed. [Canada], Rpt. 1913, pt. 

 1-2, pp. XIV+437; pt. 3, vols. 1, pp. XXlI+443-lOJl+XVIII, figs. 56; 2, pp. 

 XXIV+lOll-1633+XV, figs. 93; pt. 4, pp. XXV+1639-2354+XXIX).— This is 

 the report of the commission already discussed editorially (E. S. R., 31, p. 401). 



Among the provisions recommended by the commission as necessary in a sys- 

 tem ui- systems of industrial training and technical education for Canada are 

 tlie following for rural communities: (1) Intermediate rural classes or schools 

 with 2-year courses of from five to seven months each and the rest of the year at 

 a fax'm or home. (2) Rural high schools offering 4-year courses, the first two 

 of which would be similar to the intermediate rural school with the exception 

 that each school year might be longer. Science subjects should be taught par- 

 ticularly in relation to their application to rural work and problems and the 

 principles underlying the systems, methods, and operations of farming and 

 housekeeping. They should prepare students for engaging in rural occupations 

 and housekeeping and for admission to agricultural, housekeeping, and arts 

 ■colleges. In both these types of schools for pupils having completed the ele- 

 mentary school, the work should provide for a series of experiences in proper 

 sequence relating to the conditions of farming and housekeeping in the area 

 served. (3) Resident or traveling county or district instructors for farming 

 to act as advisers in coordinating the school work and farm projects carried on 

 at home by pupils attending the intermediate rural schools and rural high 

 schools; to arrange for short courses for young men not attending the.se schools; 

 to provide systematic short demonstration courses in soils, live stock, farm ma- 

 chinery, etc., for adults, and to become associated with tbe work of a neighbor- 



