92 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



198), approved June 6, 1913, aud an explanatory speech by the minister of agri- 

 culture on introducing the bill in the House of Commons on January 24, 1913. 



[Agricultural education in Canada] (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 1 (Wl.'f), No. S, pp. 

 l/f5-230, fi(js. 9). — This number contains an account of the organization, build- 

 ings, equipment, and courses offered by the Manitoba Agricultural College, 

 school fairs and domestic science work in various provinces of Canada, short 

 courses in Nova Scotia, agricultural instruction in Saskatchevpan and Alberta, 

 and educative and demonstration work undertaken in British Columbia under 

 provisions of the Agricultural Instruction Act. 



Agricultural departments and agricultural colleges, J. C. Millee (In 

 Rural Schools in Canada. New YorJc: Teachers' Col., Columhia Univ., 1913, pp. 

 130-lJf2). — ^A brief statement is given of the general work of the agricultural 

 departments and colleges in Canada, followed by a discussion as to the develop- 

 ment of a new type of publication to be of use to the farmers and their children 

 as well as to teachers, the attitudes of those in the teaching profession indi- 

 vidually and institutionally toward the educational efforts of the agricultural 

 departments and colleges, the former not being regarded as having measured up 

 to their opportunities in aiding the work of the latter, and the problem of pro- 

 viding for the education of rural young people from 12 to 16 or 18 years of age, 

 this being deemed the weakest link in the rural education chain in Canada. 



Report of agricultural and .housekeeping scliools for 1912—13 (Aarsber. 

 Offcntl. Foranst. Landhr. Fremme, 1913, II, pp. 342). — This is a report on the 

 faculty, students, and courses of instruction of the agricultural and housekeep- 

 ing schools in Norway and also on the farm work aud receipts and expenditures 

 of the agricultural schools. 



Agricultural home economics instruction in the ITetherlands, S. R. v. 

 Ramult {Land. u. Forstw. Unte^-richts Ztg., 28 (1914), No. 1, pp. 56-60). — The 

 author gives an account of the status of this instruction in the Netherlands. 



The organization of the state agricultural institute at Spalato, J. Slaus- 

 Kantschieder {Land. u. Forstw. Unterrichts Ztg., 28 {1914), No. 1, pp. 1-3S). — 

 This article gives a detailed description of the equipment, course of instruction, 

 and rules and regulations of the institute, and a review of its work for the years 

 1907-1913, inclusive. 



The Institute for Fermentation Industries and Starch Manufacture in 

 Berlin. — Contributions to its history and organization, W. Rommel {Das 

 Institut fur Gdrungsgewerhe und StdrJcefahnkation zii Berlin. Beitrdge sur 

 Geschichte und Organisation. Berlin, 1912, pp. 55, figs. 25). — ^An account is 

 given of the history aud organization of the institute, the work and problems of 

 its various divisions, its publications, courses of instruction, and examination 

 regulations, as well as a description of its buildings, and student statistics. 



Problems and aims of an imperial federation of Austrian agricultural 

 teachers, V. Gohlert {Land. u. Forstw. IJnierrichis Ztg., 28 {1914), No. 1, pp. 

 39-46). — The author thinks that the profession of agricultural teaching can be 

 promoted materially by the adequate organization of agricultural teachers, as 

 is shown by the activities of associations of agricultural teachers in various 

 Austrian States, particulars concerning whch are given including some of the 

 problems which they have in general. The problems to be solved by an imperial 

 federation are discussed. Preliminary steps for the creation of such a federa- 

 tion have been taken in Austria. 



Project for the foundation and regulation of colonies of agricultural school 

 graduates, M. C. Martinez {Min. Agr. [Argentina], Dir. Gen. Enscnanza Agr. 

 [Pub.], No. 65 {1914), pp. 35, pi. 1, fig. i).— This is an outline of a project 



