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Census of agriculture in Greece (lieceii-'ic. Aijr. Grdce, 1911, pts. j. /j/j. 

 XVl-\-l-Ul ; 2, pp. VJJI+l.'fS-iOy). — ^These reports give statistics showing by 

 Provinces the area in crops for 1911 for Tliessaly, Arta, and tbe louiau Islands. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education, R. II. Forbes and A. M. McOmie (Ari:^ona Sta. Rpi. 

 1913, pp. 286-296). — An account is given of tbe scheme of agricultural educa- 

 tion in Ai'izona, comprising academic courses in high and normal schools 

 and the state university; extension instruction, including a demonstration 

 train, a two weelvs' farmers' short course held annually at the university, and 

 farmers' institutes; and advisory relations, including corresiK)udence between 

 the station staff and farmers, and a farm management service in process of 

 organization. 



Fifth annual report of the eleven district agricultural schools of Georgia, 

 J. S. Stewart (.BuI. Ga. State Col. Agr., 2 {191J,}, \o. IS. pp. 35, figs. ^).— 

 This report confciins reports of these schools, including an outline of the course 

 of study, and tables showing the enrollment, expenses, equipment, farm 

 products, etc. 



The training and certification of teachers for agricultural, industrial, and 

 household arts subjects in the public schools of Indiana, W. F. Book (Dept. 

 Pub. Instr. [Ind.], Ed. Pubs., Bui. 5 {191Jf), pp. 56).— The author discusses the 

 need of trained teachers for pre-vocational work, the general character and 

 aim of the work, qualifications and training of teachers and agencies available 

 for training them, and standards that must be met by schools offering training 

 courses in pi-e-vocational subjects, and outlines summer school work, profitable 

 courses for principals and suj)erintendents, and teachers' training courses in 

 domestic science and industrial arts. 



Tentative course of study in industrial subjects for the public schools of 

 Indiana (Dept. Pub. Bistr. [Ind.], Ed. Pubs., Bui. 2 {WIS), pp. 205).— This 

 bulletin discusses the aim, scope, and problems of vocational work in the public 

 schools of Indiana ; offers general suggestions and helps in conducting this work 

 in the grades from the kindergarten through the high school and in special 

 departnionts and schools, and tentative outlines for work in agriculture, domes- 

 tic science, and industrial arts; and gives lists of suggestive references on voca- 

 tional and industrial e<^lucation and of equipment. 



Bepoit of agriculture in the high schools of Michigan, W. H. French 

 (Mic-h. Agr. Col., Dept. Agr. Ed. Bui. 13 (191/f), pp. IJ,, pi. 1, figs, a).— This 

 bulletin gives brief reports on the agricultural work in Bay City. Escanaba. 

 Maniste'^, and Muskegon, home projects, the Houghton Township School, the 

 effect of teaching agriculture on the school and community, boys' and girls" 

 club work, and general suggestions as to means and methods of improving the 

 work in agricultural instruction in the high school. A statistical table shows 

 that 31 high schools offered one or more years of agricultural work to 1,000 

 boys and 30G girls, and approximately 500 boys and girls worked at home proj- 

 ects during the summer of 1914. Seventeen schools offered one-week courses 

 for farmers and 10 had a total of 31 boys' and girls' clubs. 



Twenty-first annual report of the inspector of state high schools of Min- 

 nesota, G. B. AiTON {Ann. Rpt. Insp. State High Schools Minn., 21 {1914), PP- 

 51). — For the year ended July 31. 1914, 119 high schools received a total state 

 aid of .$237,853 for instruction in agriculture. Agriculture was taught in 134 

 high schools, cooking in 165, and sewing in 179 to 4,053, 5,799, and G.080 students, 

 respectively. The total expenditure for agricultural equipment was $40,558. 



