190 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



discussed with reference to contract I)realving. wliicli tlie statistics for several 

 years sliow to be on tlie increase, especially among foreign laborers. 



Agricultural credit, H. L. Rudloff (Wiener Landw. Zty., o!> (IDO!)), \o. 

 27, pp. 277, 27S). — The methods of securing credit from agricultural banks by 

 tenants and landowners in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France, Belgium, 

 and Denmark, and the legal limitations set by the various governments as to 

 the extent of indebtedness and the kinds of property that can be pledged as 

 security are discussed in this article. 



The agricultural bank of the Philippine Government, F. A. Bbanagan 

 {Philippine Af/r. Rer. \En(ilish Ed.^, 2 {1909), ^^o. 2, pp. 98-10',).— The author 

 briefly describes the organization and operation of agricultural banks in South 

 Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, Egypt, and Oklahoma, with a more 

 detailed account of the Philippine agricultui-al bank organized under the law 

 of June 18, 1908. The object of the bank is to enable farmers to borrow 

 money at a reasonable rate of interest (10 per cent), repayable at any time 

 within 10 years. The kinds of securities required and the purposes for which 

 loans can be made are described. 



Crop Reporter {U. .S'. Dept. Agr., Bur. *S'<a/i.s. Crop Reporter, 11 {1909), 

 Xo. -'/. /*//. 3S-'tO). — Statistical data on the condition and acreage of principal 

 crops in the United States and foreign countries, and the value and prices of 

 agricultural products are reported. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural instruction and its methods, 1". De Yuyst {UEnseignement 

 Agricole et ses Metliodes. Brussels, 1909, pp. A7/-f-35-)).— The information 

 brought together in this manual is intended for teachers of agriculture and. stu- 

 dents of education. It includes a systematic statement of the different agencies 

 for agricultural education in the princii)al countries of Europe and North 

 America, and a discussion of methods of teaching and other means of dissemi- 

 nating agricultural information. 



Part 1 of the book is devoted to agricultural instruction in general schools, 

 elementary, secondary, and collegiate; part 2. to instruction in technical agri- 

 cultural schools of different grades, and part 3, to the various agencies for 

 disseminating agricultural information, such as departments of agriculture, ex- 

 periment stations, conventions, institutes, reading circles, expositions, and agri- 

 cultural museums. 



In considering each of the different classes of schools the author discusses the 

 importance of agricultural education, the character of instruction in the class 

 room and out of it, the preparation of teachers, methods of teaching, apparatus 

 and illustrative material, and text-books and works of reference. There are 

 numerous references to the literature of agricultural education, and one chapter 

 is devoted entirely to bibliographies. 



Vocational possibilities in country schools, E. M. Rapp {Harrishiirg, 1909, 

 pp. l-'f). — In this address, delivered before the city, borough, and county super- 

 intendents of Pennsylvania, the author speaks from practical experience as to 

 the educational value of elementary agriculture in the rural schools. 



In developing the doctrine that education should prepare the child for bis 

 probable vocation he advocates "for city children manual training as a major 

 and agriculture as a minor ; for country children agriculture as a major and 

 manual training as a minor." " Instead of putting agriculture into the coun- 

 try school, let us put the school into agriculture; into right relation with its 

 environment." " The education that should be given to boys who are to be 

 farmers will make the best kind of foundations upon which to rear the struq- 



