1920] AGRIOULTURAL EDUCATION. 395 



Acreage and live stock returns of England and Wales with snmmaries 

 for the United Kingdom, R. J. Thompson (ISfl. Af/r. and Fisheries [London], 

 Agr. Statis., 54 (1919), No. 1, pp. ^2).— This roport with statistical tables con- 

 tinues information previously noted (B. S. R., 40, p. 594). 



[Agriculture in Japan], S. Sato (Japan Year Book, 1919, pp. 536-556). — 

 Information recardinp aprioulture noted for earlier years (E. S. R., 41, p. 493) 

 Is continued in this chapter. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



[Report of the Executive Committee of the Association of Land-Grant 

 CoUeges], J. L. Hills (Assoc. Land-Grant Col. Bui. 1 (1920), pp. 8).— This ia 

 the first of a series of bulletins to be issued following each meeting of the 

 Executive Committee of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges, and deals 

 with the mooting hold at Washington, D. C, January 12 and 13, 1920. It 

 talies up the present status of the engineering experiment station legislation, 

 home economics experiment stations, a hearing before the House Committee 

 on Agriculture touching the need of increased funds for research and an in- 

 crease in the supplementary Smith-Lever extension funds, etc. 



Extension, C. G. Woodbuky (Indiana ISta. Rpt. 1919, pp. 37-J/3). — This is a 

 summarized report on the work of the extension department for the year 

 ended June 30. 1919. 



As demonsti-ating the value of cow-testing work, a comparison is included 

 of the 10 highest and 10 lowest producers in one of the 10 cow-testing asso- 

 ciations showing the following differences hetween good and poor cows, viz, 

 an lncrea.'« 6,700 lbs. of milk, 312 lbs. of fat, $33.10 in the cost of feed, and 

 $138.73 profit nhove the feed cost. Tests by the home demonstration agent in 

 cooperation with schools among children receiving different kinds of food 

 showed that milk was necessary for the development of the children so that 

 they might do the best work in school. With the aid of special garden super- 

 visors and assistant county agents more that 640,000 home gardens covering 

 un area of 10(t,000 acres and producing vegetables estimated at $15,000,000 in 

 value were grown in the State during the past year. Through county agents 

 and individual farmers over 5,507 plans for farm buildings and other equip- 

 ment were sent out, with a total of 12,023 blue prints. In the 5-acre corn- 

 growing contest, enrolling 900 farmers, 4 farmers produced an average of 

 104.3 bushels per acre. 19 an average of 88.9 bushels per acre, and 51 an 

 average of 70 bushels. A siiecial wheat campaign conducted in the fall of 

 1918 in cooperation with the Indiana Committee on Food Production and 

 Conservation resulted in an actual increase of 555,500 acres in the amount of 

 wheat seeded last fall, more than a 22 per cent increase over the previous year. 



Women's institutes (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 7 (1920), No. S, pp. 232-240).— A 

 series of brief statements is given describing the systems of organization and 

 administration of women's in.stitutes in the Provinces of Prince Edward Island, 

 Nova Scotia, New Bnmswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and 

 British Columbia, by the provincial oflicers in charge of this work. These sys- 

 tems are not uniform in the various Provinces, but the functions of the institutes 

 and the work performed by them are practically the same in all parts of Canada. 

 In all of the I'rovinces except British Columbia this work is as.sisted to some 

 extent by funds provided under The Agricultural Instruction Act. 



Training returned soldiers (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 7 (1920), Nos. 2, p. 115; S, 

 pp. 21S-215). — This is a series of brief reports of the work in training returned 

 soldiers at the experimental farms or stations at Agassiz and Summerland, 

 B. C. ; Keutville and Nappan, N. S. ; Fredericton, N. B. ; and Lennoxville, Que. 



