794 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



creased financial outlay. He believes that the proper goal in secondary educa- 

 tion is the cosmopolitan high school supported by a community and subsidized 

 both by the State and the Federal Government. 



Menominee County Agricultural School and wliat it does, J. F. Wojta 

 (Mich. Fanners' Imls., hist. Bui. 20 (1014), pp. 321-328, figs. 3).— The author 

 outliuos the provisions of the Act of 1007 and amendments thereto under which 

 county scliools of agriculture may be established in Michigan, and gives an 

 account of the work of the Menominee County Agricultural School. 



[Agricultural education in Canada] (Agr. Oaz. Canada, 1 (1914), ^'o. 7, pp. 

 5VJ-r,,i2, 52.',-529, 551-558. 563, 5HD, 570, 503, figs. //).— These pages include 

 statements of the benefactions for agriculture in Canada and of the Federal ap- 

 propriations; a detailed account of the buildings and equipment, instruction, 

 etc., of Macdonald College, by F. C. Harrison ; notes on school gardens in Nova 

 Scotia and Quebec ; and an article entitled Consolidation Favorable to Agricul- 

 tural Education, by S. B. McCready. 



Annual report of the education branch of the distribution of grants for 

 agricultural education and research in the year 1913-14 Hid. Agr. and 

 Fisheries [London], Ann. Rpt. Ed. Branch, 1913-14, pp. Y III +149, pi. i).— The 

 form of this report has been recast in this issue, and in addition to a summary 

 of the progress of the year chapters are devoted to descriptive notes on agri- 

 cultural education and extension work in each of the 11 educational provinces 

 of England and Wales, notes on agricultural research institutions, investiga- 

 tions aided by special research grants and miscellaneous grants, grants from 

 the Development Fund paid through the board, and publications. Eight ap- 

 pendixes contain tabulated infonnation concerning grants awarded for agri- 

 cultural education and research in 191^-14, research scholarships in agi'icul- 

 tural science, organization lists, other statistics, etc. 



Agricultural education and research (Rpt. Bd. Agr. Scot., 2 (191.3), pp. 

 XXII-XXXII) .—This is a report of progi-ess for the year 1913 in the agri- 

 cultural education and research work under the control of the board of agri- 

 culture of Scotland. 



Present state of agricultural education in Gei-many, K. voN Rumkeb (Inter- 

 vat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 5 (1914), -^o- 

 5, pp. 578-597). — The author gives an account of the present status of agricul- 

 tural education in Prussia, including statistical data on attendance, results of 

 examinations, and expenses of the institutions of various grades and of other 

 types of agricultural instruction, together with a discussion of this data, and 

 a table of similar information for the various other States of Germany. 



The anniversary of the Agricultural Institute of the University of Halle, 

 O. Ennker (Dent. Landw. Tierzucht, 18 (1914), No. 24, pp. 282-284. figs. 3).— 

 Notes on the development of the Agricultural Institute of the University of 

 Halle, established 50 years ago, and a description of its equipment are given. 



The inauguration of the Eoyal National Higher Forestry Institute (Alpe 

 [Italy], 2. ser., 1 (1914), No. 1-2, pp. 3-27, pi. 1). — This account of the inaugura- 

 tion of this institute, at Florence, Italy, contains in addition to several ad- 

 dresses an outline of its functions and a description of the 2-year course. Tho 

 institute takes the place of the Royal Forestry Institute at Vallombrosa, which 

 has been discontinued. 



Danish elementary rural schools with some reference to seminaries for the 

 training of rural teachers, H. W. Foght (TJ. S. Bur. Ed. Bui. 598 (1914), PP- 

 45, i)ls. 5. figs. 4). — This bulletin gives a detailed description of the elementary 

 rural schools of Denmark, including their organization, management, course of 

 study, architecture, school gardens, playgrounds, and maintenance; the otBce 



