300 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



State normal schools, teacher training departments in high schools, and county 

 normal training schools, but that the agricultural colleges can participate 

 through summer schools. As an argument in favor of bringing rural school 

 teachers in contact with the college, he cited the sympathetic atmosphere of the 

 college toward rural life. He presented an adapted secondary vocational course 

 in an agricultural college for the training of rural teachers, in which special 

 attention is given to academic preparation for teaching. 



Several years ago a commission of the association on the reorganization of 

 secondary education was established to help bring about a satisfactory articu- 

 lation of high school and college. This commission contains ten subcommittees, 

 one of which is on agriculture. It has for its aim the working out of the 

 proper kind of high school extension work in agriculture, the general aim of 

 secondary agriculture, the high school agi'icultural library, and aims, mate- 

 rials, and methods in agriculture below the high school, as well as in poultry 

 husbandry, horticulture, and other lines of secondary agricultural instruction. 

 A round-table conference was held under the direction of the chairman, A. V. 

 Storm, and dealt with the following topics : The High School Extension Work, 

 presented by C. H. Lane; Aims, Materials, and Methods in Agriculture Below 

 the High School, by E. C. Bishop; and The General Aim of Secondary Agricul- 

 ture, by W. G. Hummel. It is expected that a final report of this subcommittee 

 will be submitted to the full committee at the regular session of the Depart- 

 ment of Superintendents in February, 1916. 



Agricultural Work in China. — The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Com- 

 merce was granted last spring over .$100,000 for the establishment of demonstra- 

 tion farms and now has in operation three cotton farms, one sugar plantation, 

 two forestry estates, and three farms devoted to pasturage tests. There is also 

 a model ranch at Chu Chow at North Anhui. A system of extension teaching 

 Is also projected, starting with the establishment of an extension school for 

 training traveling lecturers and demonstrators. The employees must be men of 

 practical farm experience in their respective districts and are to work in 

 cooperation with the staffs of the demonstration farms. 



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