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tural winter schools at Aalsmeer, Boskoop, Naaldwijk, anil Tiel, and the 

 Girard Adriaan van Swieten Forestry School at Fredericksoord ; elementary 

 instruction in special winter courses; special courses for adults; and courses 

 for public-school teachers. 



A new feature of agricultural instruction in Prussia (Land u. Forstto. 

 Unterrichts. Ztg., 2.5 (1911), No. 3-4, pp. 313-315).— An account is given of the 

 object, organization, admission requirements, curriculum, etc., of the seminars 

 for farmers being established by the chambers of agriculture in Prussia under 

 the control of the Ministry of Agriculture, Domains, and Forests. 



Statistics of education in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg for 1910 (Statis. 

 Unterr. u. Erziehungsic. Kgr. WuittemJ)., 1910, pp. 70). — This publication in- 

 cludes statistics of the agricultural institutions in the Kingdom of Wurttem- 

 berg, viz, the agricultural high school and stations at Hohenheim, veterinary 

 high school at Stuttgart, the farm schools at Ellwangeu, Kirchberg, and Och- 

 senhausen, the viticultural school at Weinsberg, 8 agricultural winter schools, 

 agricultural continuation schools, short courses, etc. 



[Agricultural and forestry education in Austria and other countries] 

 (Land u. Forstic. Vntcrrwhis. Ztg., 2o (1911), Xu. 3-'„ PP. V+221-381).— 

 In addition to several articles abstracted elsewhere in this issue, this report in- 

 cludes the following: The Problems of Moral and Religious Training in Ele- 

 mentary Forestry Instruction, by K. Pusch; Equipment and Profitableness of 

 the Farms of Agricultural Education Institutions in Austria ; Keview of Agri- 

 cultural Literature and of Annual Reports of Agricultural and Forestry Educa- 

 tion Institutions for 1910-11 ; and miscellaneous notes. 



The objects of the experiment farm of the Royal Imperial Agricultural 

 High School, Adolf Ritter von Liebknberg (Land ii. For.'itic. Unterrichts. Ztg., 

 25 (1911), Xo. 3--'{, pp. 229-240).— The author discusses the objects and work 

 of the experiment farm of the "N'ienna agricultural high school, which is located 

 at Grossenzersdorf, from the standpoint of a complete experimental farm as 

 distinguished from the demonstration fields of the majority of schools. 



A thirty-year cycle in agricultural school existence, F. Kozeschnik (Land 

 u. Forstw. Unterrichts. Ztg., 25 (1911), Xo. 3-4, pp. 254-269). — The author gives 

 an account of the begiimings of the farm and viticultural school at Feldsberg, 

 in Lower Austria, as showing the difficulties and requirements of teachers at 

 that time. 



The rural continuation school for boys and girls, Kerschexsteineb (Arb. 

 Dent. Landiv. Gesell., 1910, Xo. 167, pp. 130-195). — Of the 3 views current for 

 the development of the rural continuation school, viz, (1) that it should con- 

 tinue subjects of instruction given in the public elementary schools, (2) that it 

 should give theoretical instruction in agriculture, and (3) that it should give 

 practical instruction in agricultural subjects particularly adapted to its local- 

 ity, the author favors the latter and presents reasons therefor. An appendix 

 gives 32 suggestions concerning the organization of rural continuation schools 

 and the assistance of itinerant instructors in their development. 



Announcement of farmers' short courses for 1912 at the University Farm, 

 Davis, Cal. (California 8ta. Circ. 7S, pp. 23, figs. 12). 



