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which had dropped to 83. increased to 105, with an average age of from eighteen 

 to nineteen years. The schools, whicli are located on large, well-stocked, and 

 well-equipped farms, offer a 1-year certificate course, a 2-year diploma course, 

 a 3-year advanced diploma course, a special course in dairying (at the Groot- 

 foutein school at Mlddelburg), followed by practical work in a factory dairy, 

 a 2-week short winter course open also to women, and special short courses in 

 the various subjects. At the request of the university council of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, courses have been prepared and submitted for the third and fourth 

 years at the agricultural schools for the degree of B. S. in agriculture. 



Although the war and consequent disturbed conditions of the country inter- 

 fered with the extension work, 190 lectures and demonstrations outside of the 

 schools were held, attended by 7,000 people, as compared with 328 lectures and 

 demonstrations in the previous year, attended by 20.000 i>eople. Eleven agri- 

 cultural education exhibits were made at shows, 440 farms and poultry yards 

 were visited for the purpose of giving advice, etc. 



[Agricultural instruction in the Philippine Islands], N. H. Foreman et a.l. 

 (Philippine Crafts7nan, 5 (1016), No. 4, pp. SSS-SU, figs. 25). — This issue com- 

 prises the following articles: Agricultural Activities of the Bureau of Educa- 

 tion, Results of Agricultural Education As Shown in Graduates of the Central 

 Luzon Agi-icultural School, Demonstration Work in Rice Culture for Farm 

 Schools, How Specialization in Gardening Pays, Suggestions for Primary and 

 Intermediate Gardening Teachers, Correlation of Field and Class Work in 

 Farming, Poultry Raising at the Santa Maria Farm School, Agricultural In- 

 struction in the Primary Grades, Agricultural Training of !\Ianobo Boys, Agri- 

 cultural Extension in the Ilongot Settlement Farm Schools. Hog Raising at 

 Lagangilang, Garden Days with Prizes, and Clean-up Week in Oriental Negros; 

 an editorial on Two Kinds of Agricultural Instruction, viz, general and voca- 

 tional ; resolutions of the annual industrial conference held May 1-5, 191G; and 

 notes on ii.dustrlal work in the .schools of the various Provinces. 



Agriculture in the high school, H. N. GonDAito and .T. A. Jamks (Madinon, 

 Wis.: Dcpt. Pub. Instr., 1917. pp. 101, figs. 2^). — This bulletin has been pre- 

 pared to furnish a guide to high s<^hools giving instruction in iigriculture, and 

 especially to those that maintain four-yoar agricultural departments. It con- 

 tains the texts of the laws relating to agriculural instruction in the schools 

 of Wisconsin; outlines of courses of study; a discussion of general methods 

 and lines of work, Including field work, laboratory experiment and ob.serviition. 

 class instruction, practical school and home project.s, contests and exhibits, 

 manual-training work, and community or extension work; equipment; general 

 and topical outlines suggestive of work that should be done In farm plant life, 

 animal husbandry, soils, farm mechanics, farm mauagoment. and manunl train- 

 ing; and a list of agricultural literature. A list of national registry associations, 

 standards for Wisconsin crops, and ofliclal Wisconsin score cards are apjiended. 



[Agricultural and home economics in the public schools of New Hamp- 

 shire], G. H. Whitchkb (A^. U. Dcpt. Pub. Instr., Div. Insts., 1915-16. Xos. 5S, 

 pp. 7; 56, pp. 16, figs. 10; 57, pp. IS, fig. I; 1016-17, 66, pi>. 5).— These circulars 

 for teachers deal with exix'riments in nature study, field projects, nitional 

 methods in teaching cooking, and domestic arts courses in a high-school of the 

 usual four-year type. 



Suggestive outlines of itidustrial courses for consolidated and rural schools 

 (Minn. Depf. JUL liul. J,2. rcr. cd. (1017), pp. 116, figs. 20).—Vi\n 1 of this 

 bulletin deals with suggestive outlines for home training, which are arrangetl 

 In two groups. The first group includes lessons for the entire school, com- 

 prising topics with which boys and girls alike should become fandliar. such 



