94 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECOED. 



per ceut per annum. Loans have been made for tlie following purposes: 

 Liquidation of loans obtained at usurious rates; construction and repair of 

 dwellings; deposits on land; purchase of horses, cows, and farm implements; 

 and payments of university fees to enable students to complete their courses, 

 etc. It is stated that only one loss has been sustained. 



Insurance ag-ainst forest fires [in Germany] (Bui. Mens. Off. Renseig. Agr. 

 [Paris'l, 11 (1012), No. 2, pp. 212, 213). — The object of insurance against forest 

 fires is stated as to compensate the owner for forests burned or for the expense 

 of reforestation. The growing need for such insurance is said to be due to 

 the increased number of industrial establishments and railways in the vicinity 

 of forests, and the reforestation of uncultivated lands with such trees as the fir, 

 pine, or other conifers, which more easily talie fire than deciduous trees. The 

 premium is fixed according to the kind and age of trees, varying from 0.25 to 

 4 marlis per thousand. 



AGKICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Reorganization of agricultural education, R. J. Huergo (Reorganizacion 

 xlc la Envcnanza Agricula. Buenos Aires, WOS, pp. 2S6, figs. 9). — This is( a 

 report by the division of agi'icultural education to the minister of agriculture 

 of Argentina on the reorganization of the system of agricultural education 

 authorized December 27, 1907, and the work accomplished from January to 

 July, 1908. 



The new scheme includes higher instruction, special instruction of a tech- 

 nical-practical character adapted to local conditions, practical instruction for 

 future agriculturists and horticulturists, and extension work. The higher 

 instruction is now being offered by the Agricultural and Veterinary Institute 

 at Buenos Aires and the agricultural and veterinary faculty of the National 

 University at La Plata ; the special instruction by the School of Agriculture 

 and Husbandry at Cordoba, the School of Viticulture at Mendoza, and the 

 School of Arboriculture and Sugar Technology at Tucuman, with their experi- 

 ment stations; the practical instruction by the Practical School of Horticullure 

 and Arboriculture at Casilda, the Practical School of Dairying at Bell-Ville, 

 the Practical School of Forestry at Benitez, the Practical School of Subtropical 

 Agriculture at Posadas, and the Practical School of Fruit Culture at San 

 Juan, all offering 3-year courses. The extension work includes practical courses 

 for young people and adults, itinerant courses, correspondence, cooperative 

 experiments, local gatherings and expositions, encouragement to agricultural 

 associations and syndicates, and the organization of district agronomes. An 

 article on the object of practical schools of agriculture, by P. J. Iribarne, regu- 

 lations for various kinds of works, and data on the organization and courses 

 of study of the practical schools, are appended. 



Agricultural work in the schools of Pulaski County, H. L. Rogers (Purdue 

 Univ., Dcpt. Agr. Ext. Bui. 3, 1912, pp. 11, figs. iO).— This is an account of the 

 1909, 1910, and 1911 exhibits of the Pulaski County Corn Club, the results of 

 these exhibits, and particulars concerning the 1912 contest. 



French itinerant agricultural domestic science schools, A. Ducloux (Indus. 

 Lait. [Paris], 37 (1912), Xo. 10, pp. l-'j5-lG7). — The author gives a brief ac- 

 count of itinerant domestic science instruction in France, results obtained in 

 Oise, Pas-de-Calais, and Nord, the qualifications and preparation necessary in 

 the teaching staff, and the outlines of a 3 months' course. 



Organization of agricultural women in Belgium (Dept. Agr. and Tech. 

 Jnstr. Ireland Jour., 11 (1911), So. J. pp. 639-6'i't. pl^- .-').— This article dis- 

 cusses the economic importance of women's work on the farm, and shows to 



