798 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



population (less than 7 per cent of the total number of males). These counties 

 give on an average 15 per cent of their ' whiskey money ' for agricultural edu- 

 cation, or about $713 per 1,000 agriculturists." 



"In general terms it may be stated that partly because they are rich, partly 

 because the industrial classes were quicker to appreciate the value of technical 

 instruction, and thus set an example for their agricultural neighbors, and in not 

 a few cases because of the action in the earlier years of capable officials, the 

 industrial counties now possess organized systems of instruction in agriculture, 

 while agricultural education in the agricultural counties is, with a few marked 

 exceptions in the west of England, in a very unsatisfactory state." 



The supply and training of teachers and their salaries, the education of the 

 farmer, the need for special instructors for local work, the local administration 

 of agricultural education, and the special claim of agricultural education to 

 State assistance are discussed. There are also 2 appendixes, the first giving 

 detailed reports on the institutions receiving grants from the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries in 1907-8 and on agricultural instruction provided by county 

 councils in 1907-8, and the second giving reports and resolutions on agricul- 

 tural education adopted by different rural and agricultural organizations. 



The Illinois College of Agriculture: Something concerning its early strug- 

 gles and ideals, A. S. Draper {GoodalVs Farmer, 31 (1909), A^o, i2, pt. 2, p. 1, 

 fig. 1). — ^A brief sketch of the development of the Illinois College of Agriculture 

 since the beginning of the author's administration as president of the university. 



The place and function of agriculture in the curriculum, W. R. Hart 

 {Nature-Studij Rev., 5 {1909), No. 6, pp. 161-16J,) .—The author begins by point- 

 ing out the fact that the utility of a study depends entirely upon the student's 

 point of view and purpose. Thus. Latin is more utilitarian than science if it is 

 studied with a view to the better understanding of scientific terms and the latter 

 subject is pursued merely for cultural purposes. Agriculture is unique in the 

 fact that it may serve as the introduction to so many of its component sciences 

 while holding a large content of practical and cultural value on its own account. 

 " No other study has ever engaged the attention of scholars which has so 

 many different elements or aspects." Such considerations lead the author to 

 conclude that the place and function of agriculture in the school curriculum is 

 threefold: " (1) It furnishes a good body of material which may be used as a 

 point of departure for the study of other sciences, (2) it contains much material 

 identical with good material in other sciences, and (3) it also opens a vast 

 field for the application of the laws of other sciences." 



A course of study in nature study: Part I. Grades I, II, III and IV, F. L. 

 Charles {Bui. North. III. State Normal School, DeKalb, 6 {1909), No. //, pp. 

 40). — This is a well-elaborated arrangement of nature-study work by grades and 

 seasons based upon several years' experience in the training-school course of the 

 Northern Illinois State Normal School. It is introduced by a set of nature- 

 study maxims which emphasize the principles on which it is based. 



Report of the work of the School Garden Society, 1907 and 1908, C. Mabibo 

 {Haven, 9 {1909), extra No., pp. 169-18J/). — This third report of the society con- 

 tains a brief history of each of the 27 school gardens established since the publi- 

 cation of its previous report in 1907, with information as to attendance, methods 

 of instruction, facilities, etc. The total number of school gardens in exist- 

 ence in Denmark in 1908 was about- 40. 



Bringing nature back to the city, A. Sutherland {South. Workman, 38 

 {1909), No. 10, pp. 529-535, figs. 5).— A description of the work of the Vacant 

 Lots Cultivation Association of Philadelphia, including the new feature of the 

 year, the formation of boys' clubs. 



