AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 695 



I'ljrlnvays, and a^icultural education, and statistics relating to crop produc- 

 tion and the number of animals by counties. 



[Apiculture and rural population in Roumania] (Bui. Statis. Romaniei, S. 

 ser, 12 (1915), Xo. 36-37, pp. 429-5.'fO).— This report shows that of the total 

 population of 7,234.019, 5,904,787 were living in "communes rurales " on De- 

 cember 19, 1912. The increase in the rural population since 1899 amounted to 

 22.3 per cent. The total area u.sed for agricultural purposes during the crop 

 season 1913-14 was 6,779,609 hectares (16,745,634 acres), of which 4..'iS9.521 

 hectares were cultivated by farmers with small acreage. The report gives com- 

 parative data for earlier years and for minor subdivisions, and for the area 

 devoted to specific crops by the large and small farmers. 



[A^culture in Japan] (R^sum4 Statis. Empire Japon, 29 (191S), pp. 

 21-32 ) .—These pages of the report give the area cultivated, average and total 

 yield for the principal crops grown in 1913, and comparative data for earlier 

 years. 



AGRICUITTJEAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education {Landic. Jahrb. Schtceiz, 28 (1914), ^o. 5, pp. 235- 

 248). — The development of agricultural educ-ation in Switzerland is shown by 

 a historical review beginning with the work of Emanuel v. Fellenberg (1771- 

 1844) and by statistical data. 



The statistics show that from 1S85 to 1912 the theoretical-practical farm 

 schools with 1-year courses have increased from 3 schools with a total of 130 

 students and a total state appropriation of $4,988 to 4 schools with 196 students 

 and $10.667 ; the agi-icultural winter schools, from 1886 to 1912, from 3 schools 

 with 96 students and S1.507 to 15 schools with 940 students and S23.916; and 

 2 dairy schools with 18 students and $1-986 to 3 schools with 109 students and 

 $6,506; and the pomological, viticultural, and horticultural schools, from 1887 

 to 1912, from 1 school with 27 students and $1,790 to 2 schools with 56 students 

 and $4,904. The state aid for itinerant lecturers and si)ecial courses increased 

 from SI. 603 to $8,202, and the total state aid for the promotion of agricultural 

 education from $4,558 to $56,392. 



Alberta schools of agriculture (Rpt. Demonstr. Farms and Schools Agr. 

 Alberta 11915], pp. 63-87, figs. 16). — This report outlines the work for the 

 first term just closed of the three schools of agriculture opened in 1913 on 

 demonstration farms at Claresholm, Olds, and Vermilion, and gives a general 

 statement of the results. The attendance for the three schools was 166 boys 

 and 102 girls. 



[Reading courses in agriciilture and home economics] (Cornell Reading 

 Courses, 4 (1914),' Xos. 73, pp. 20; 74, pp. 16. figs. 9; 75, pp. 21-44; ~6, PP- 

 11-56, pi. 1, figs. 35; 77, pp. 4o-73; 78, pp. 57-72, figs. 7; 4 (1915), Xos. 79, 

 pp. 77-100; SO, pp. 73-100, figs. 27; 81, pp. 101-115; 82, pp. 101-120, figs. 16; 

 83, pp. 117-139, figs. 4; 84, PP- 121-144, figs. 5-J).— These reading courses treat 

 of the following subjects : Making cake, introduction to the principles of soil 

 fertility, birds in their relation to agriculture in New York State, songs that 

 live, land drainage and soil efficiency, programs for use in study clubs, incuba- 

 tion, potatoes in the dietary, cream separation, raising vegetables for canning, 

 and insects injurious to the fruit of the apple. 



Elementary vocational agriculture for Maryland schools, E. A. Mn.r.KB 

 (Md. Agr. Col.. El. Vocational Agr. for ild. Schools, 1 (1915). Xo. 1, pp. 24, 

 figs. 7). — This is the first of a series of publications to be issued, one for each 

 school month, setting forth lessons in elementary vocational agriculture, out- 

 lined after a monthly sequence plan and adapted to the seasonal, agricultural, 

 and school conditions of Maryland. This number is devoted to soil, green feed, 

 crops, hog, orchard, vegetable, fruit and flower gardening, and poultry topics. 



