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Massachusetts from 17!)G to 1863. The article deals with early movements for 

 agricultural instruction in academies, historical data concerning the Thompson's 

 Island Farm School, Bussey Institution, Smith's Agricultural School, State 

 Reform School, Amherst College, Massachusetts Academy of Agriculture, Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural Institute, Massachusetts School of Agriculture, Massa- 

 chusetts Board of Agriculture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. There are also discussions on a botanic 

 garden, agriculture in the public schools, farmers' institutes, and the work of 

 different societies. A considerable list of agricultural and horticultural papers, 

 magazines, and books is given. 



Agricultural education in West Virginia (West Virginia Agricultural 

 Resources and Possibilities. ChurJeston, W. Va.: State Bil. Agr.. 1907, pp. 

 61-70). — Data concerning the history and development of the University of 

 West Virginia and its college of agriculture are given. 



Popular agricultural education, L. S. Hereon (Iowa Agr., 8 (1908), No. 5, 

 pp. 207-210). — The writer discusses the work of the agricultural colleges and 

 emphasizes the need of secondary instruction in agriculture for farm boys who 

 are not able to go to college. He maintains that " although secondary agri- 

 cultural education may be superficial, yet we must remember that it is not the 

 complete and scientific courses of study that are going to do the greatest good, 

 but the course that we can get the farm boys to take." A brief description of 

 different types of agricultural high schools is given. 



Secondary education, W M. Hays {Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci., 28 (1907), 

 pp. 7S-SS). — This paper, which was presented at the meeting of the Society for 

 the Promotion of Agricultural Science held at Ijansing, Mich., on May 27, 1907, 

 gives an account of the history and forms of secondary agricultural education in 

 the United States, courses of study in agricultural high schools, and the history 

 being made by the agricultural high schools. 



Technical education in the South, B. Ayres (Tradesman, 58 (1908), No. 9, 

 pp. 372, 373). — This article includes statements concerning the need of agri- 

 cultural and technical education in the South and the importance of this edu- 

 cation evidenced by the official recognition it has received, and a compilation 

 of the proper time value of the technical education based on records made up by 

 a large manufacturer for a number of years and covering the experience of 

 thousands of men. 



The teaching of agriculture in the public schools, A. C. Ellis (Bui. Univ. 

 Texas, Gen. Ser. No. 15, pp. 56, figs. 9). — This bulletin contains a discussion of 

 how agriculture is taught and how it may best be introduced into the schools 

 of Texas, and additional material concerning agricultural high schools of Wis- 

 consin, the ;\Iinnesota Agricultural High School and College, the New York 

 high school course of study in agriculture, the program for high schools in 

 Indiana, a suggestive course in agriculture for Texas high schools, and excerpts 

 from a number of ])ublications of this Office relating to secondary and ele- 

 mentary education in agriculture. 



Farm training for city lads, E. Arthur (Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 18 (1907), 

 No. 8, pp. 702-706, figs. 6). — A brief account of instruction given at the Labour 

 Farm at Pitt Town to city boys who have a natural bent for country life but 

 who are not in position financially to attend college. The course extends 

 through 3 months, during which time instruction is given in milking, separa- 

 ting cream, attending to a dairy, feeding cows and pigs, and field work. About 

 70 boys have been or are going through the course. There is a great demand 

 for the services of these boys among farmers all over the country. 



The children's school farm at the Jamestown Exposition, H. G. Parsons 

 (l'«. Jour. I'Jd., 1 (11)07), No, 1, pp. 6-9, figs, J).— A descriptiou of the children's 



