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the organization, control, and operation of tlie suj^ar industry agricnltural bank 

 and its economic effects on tLie suj^ar industry in Barbados. 



The development of mutual agricultural fire insurance, Cassez {Senvaine 

 Agr. [Paris], 2S ilDO'J), Nos. 1J,56, pp. 133, I3J,; 1J,51, p. ^-^2).— This is a report 

 presented at the annual meeting of delegates held at Chaumont, April IS, 1909, 

 representing six provinces forming part of the department of the East. 



Statistics show that on December 1, 1905, the societies numbered 10, with 

 325 members and a capital insured of 3,350,000 francs ; while on April 1, 1909, 

 the societies numbered 590, with 18,000 members and a capital insured valued 

 at 180,000,000 francs. Other facts and figui'es bearing on the rapid progress 

 of the mutual fire insurance societies in these provinces are also presented and 

 discussed. 



Crop Beporter (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bar. Statis. Crop Reporter, 11 {1909), No. 

 '.I, pp. 57-64)- — Statistics on the condition of crops in the United States and 

 foreign countries, the farm values, and range of prices of agricultural products, 

 and the exports of domestic farm and forest products for the years ended June 

 30, 1908 and 1909, are presented and discussed. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Education for country life, W. M. Hays {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. 

 Circ. 84, pp. 40, figs. 13). — An address given before the INIinnesota Education 

 Association, Januai-y 2, 1908. 



The circular embodies suggestions for a systematic articulation of the work 

 of agricultural schools of all grades with each other and with the exist- 

 ing system of public schools. It gives special attention to the question of con- 

 solidation of rural schools and proposes and illustrates ways and means for 

 such consolidation, while still upholding the one-teacher school in localities 

 where consolidation is not advisable. It also suggests detailed courses of study 

 for the eight-year elementary rural school, for the agricultural high school, 

 and for the college of agriculture. The financing of the agricultural high school 

 and of consolidated rural schools in Minnesota is discussed, the work of the 

 district agricultural schools of Georgia is referred to, and the growing neces- 

 sity of vocational training for country life shown. 



The authority of science, W. H. Jordan {In Semi-Centennial Celebration of 

 Michigan State Agricultural College, 1S57-1907. Mich. Agr. Col, 1908, pp. 128- 

 l'i5). — This is the publication in full of an address previously noted (E. S. R., 

 18, pp. 1004, 1014). 



Development of agricultural education, E. E. Brown {In Semi-Centennial 

 Celebration of Michigan State Agricultural College, 1857-1907. Mich. Agr. Col., 

 1908, pp. 103-113). — This is a publication in full of an address previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 18, p. 1012). 



A course in agriculture for the high schools of Michigan {Mich. Agr. Col., 

 Dept. Agr. Ed. [Pamphlet], 1909, pp. J/S). — Following an introduction designed 

 to show the value and feasibility of an agricultural course in the high school 

 and its educational relation to the other sciences in the curriculum, the pam- 

 phlet furnishes syllabi of the work to be done in botany, prepared by W. J. 

 Beal; in farm crops, by F. W. Howe; in entomology, by R. H. Pettit; in soils 

 and farm management, by J. A. Jeflfery ; in horticulture, by C. P. Halligan; in 

 poultry, by J. G. Halpin ; and in dairying and live stock, by A. C. Anderson and 

 R. S. Shaw. These syllabi give lists of laboratory equipment required, with 

 suggestions for teaching, and the pamphlet closes with a bibliography of agri- 

 cultural reference books and lists of available Michigan Station bulletins and 

 Farmers' Bulletins of this Department. 



