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desorihes tlio geography, soils, river aiid road systems, population, cliuiatt'. and 

 agriculture of ('alai)ria, and gives a survey of the economic conditions of the 

 peasant classes. 



As a whole Calabria is largely agricultural and had in 1901 a total of 1,370,208 

 inhabitants. Statistics are given which show, however, an increasing rate of 

 emigration, G2.290 laborers having emigrated in 1905. From census figures the 

 author calculates that for every 100.000 inhabitants 4.443 emigrants from Cala- 

 bria in 1905 as compared with 2.101 for the whole of Ital.v. The conditions 

 surrounding the home life of the peasantry are said to be exceedingly wretched, 

 resulting in a high death rate, a steady stream of emigration, and great depres- 

 sion in agriculture. 



I AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Progress in agricultural education, 1906, D. J. Crosby ( T'. S. Dept. Apr., 

 Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1906, pp. 213-301), pis. 3, fiij. 1). — This is an annual review 

 of the leading features of progress in agricultural education in this country 

 and abroad, including the general educational work of this Department and that 

 vif this Office, of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations, and of the different agricultural colleges, secondar.v schools, and 

 I)rimary schools throughout the country. 



Considerable attention is given to the second session of the Graduate School 

 of Agriculture at the University of Illinois, and to the development of secondary 

 schools of agriculture in Maryland and Georgia. A course in agriculture for 

 the Georgia schools is given in detail, as is also a suggestive course for the 

 elementary pu])lic schools o'i California. 



Statistics of land- grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations, 

 1906, Makie T. Spethma>'x (T. .S'. Dcpl. Aijr.. Office Ejiif. stds. Rpt. 19(K]. pp. 

 177-212). — A compilation from official sources of general statistics, attend- 

 ance, value of fimds and equipment, and revenues of the land-grant colleges, and 

 of the lines of work, revenues, and additions to equipment of the agricultural 

 experiment stations in the United States. 



District agricultural schools of Georgia (Bnl. Univ. Go., 7 (1907), Xo. 11, 

 Sup., pp. '/?). — This bulletin contains a copy of the act providing for the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of schools of agriculture and the mechanics arts in 

 the respective Congressional districts of Georgia, a list of the trustees, the loca- 

 tion of the schools, their faculties, resolutions of the board of trustees, a report 

 of the committee on curriculum, a detailed description of the ciirriculum. lists 

 of books on agriculture, and a schedule of hours. 



The minimum age for entrance into these schools is 14 years for boys and 13 

 years for girls. The course of study extends through 4 years, including at 

 least one year of common school or elementary studies. At least 3 hours a day 

 of class-room woi-k must be devoted to agriculture and related sciences. 



The i>rincipals of the schools are to provide from time to time for such lectures 

 on agi-iculture and the related subjects as the funds of the school will permit, 

 and also for short courses for adult farmers in so far as the same ma.v not con- 

 flict with the other work of the schools. 



Students may be allowed fair compensation for work done on the farm or in 

 the shop. One-fourth of the students, or such number as the principal may 

 determine as necessary to continue the operation of the farm and shop, are to be 

 required to remain on the farm during vacation. For work required during this 

 time the students will be given fair compensation. 



