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institute, which is nearly 30 years old, has been recently converted into a 

 scientific agricultural institute, affiliated with Laval University, and now grants 

 the B. S. A. degree. It possesses nearly 2.000 acres of land, half of which 

 is until led. 



Report of the schools' division of the experimental union, S. B. McCkeady 

 {Ann. /ij)t. Ontario Afjr. and Expt. Union, 35 (1913), pp. oS-oS). — The director 

 of elementary agricultural education of Ontario reviews the origin and aims 

 of the .schools' division, discusses its relation to the rural problem and the 

 weakness of the rural schools, and gives an account of the 191.3 distribution of 

 plant material to about 400 schools. 



School gardens (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 1 (1914), No. 10, pp. 823-832, figs. 4).— 

 Brief accounts are given of the present status of school garden instruction in 

 the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec. Ontario, Saskatchewan, 

 and Alberta. 



The third continuation course in foresti-y at Heidelberg {For.'stw. Centbl., 

 n. ser., 36 (1914), Nos. 8-9, pp. JfGS-Jf78; 10, pp. 520-5.30).— A detailed description 

 of the course is given. 



The General Education Board, 1902-1914 (Neio York: Gen. Ed. Bd.. 1915, 

 pp. XV +240, pis. 32, figs. 31). — This is an account of the activities of the 

 General Education Board from its foundation in 1902 to June 30, 1914, includ- 

 ing farm demon.strations and boys' and girls' agricultural clul)s. 



Agricultural teaching {U. 8. Bur. Ed. Bui. 601 (1914), pp. 87).— This bulletin 

 contains the papers presented at the fourth annual meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching in 1913, and for the 

 most part previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 9S) or abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue. Appendixes contain data on summer pi'acticum work at the Northwest 

 School of Agriculture, Crookston, Minn., the use of land by high schools teach- 

 ing agriculture, the cooperative use of equipment and illustrative material in 

 teaching agriculture, and incomes of pupils from farm work during attendance 

 at school in 1913 in ]Massachu setts. 



Use of land by high schools teaching agriculture. R. W. Stimson ( U. S. 

 Bur. Ed. Bui. 601 (1914). pp. 50-6:2).— This paper is a part of the report for 

 1913 of the committee on the use of land in connection with agricultural teach- 

 ing of the American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching. 



Replies to a questionnaire sent to high-school teachers of agriculture indicate 

 that in 1913 G3 high schools in 35 States reported the use of land at their 

 schools, chiefly for demonstration purposes. The size of experimental or dem- 

 onstration plats varied from one one-hundred-and-twentieth of an acre to 10 

 acres. Fifty high schools reported agricultural production on home farm land or 

 on other land apart from the school premises, with more or less attention paid 

 by the agricultural instructors to the home enterprises of their pupils. Replies 

 from individual schools are given, illustrating the differences of opinion as to 

 what should be the scale of operations on school laud and what may be done 

 with land by high schools, and illustrating the correlation of class-room instruc- 

 tion with home work and systematic supervision. In conclusion the committee 

 strongly favors the utmost utilization of the home land of the pupils, the closest 

 possible correlation of agricultural class-room instruction with home farm 

 activities, and suitable provision for systematic and efficient supervision through- 

 out the producing season. 



The use of land in connection with agricultural teaching in elementary 

 schools, L. S. IviNS (U. 8. Bur. Ed. Bui. 601 (1914), pp. 62-76".).— This paper, also 

 a part of the committee report referred to above, is based on replies to a 

 questionnaire. The author gives replies describing the work in the 33 States, 

 the District of Columbia, and Porto Rico, reporting the use of land at or near 



