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A hi'icf sketch is given of each of the 10 day vocational schools or depart- 

 ments giving instruction in home economics that have been established since 

 tlie passage of the vocational school act in 1913. Instruction in home economics 

 was also given in evening classes in 50 centers. One school maintained a part- 

 lime class in home economics for adults and 1 general part-time school was in 

 operation for girls employed in industry. The 4-year teacher-training course 

 in vocational home economics at Rutgers College was attended by 12 students. 



A brief report on school gardens is included. 



Biennial report of the Atlantic County vocational schools of agriculture 

 and home economics (Bicn. Rpt. Atlantic Co. [N. ./.] Vocat. ScJtooIn, 1919, 

 pp. 4<^). — This is a report on the organization and work of the vocational schools 

 of agriculture and home economics in Atlantic County, N. J., for the two 

 years ended October 31, 1919, including extension work, boys' and girls' club 

 work, the community market, the chemical laboratory, etc. This form of in- 

 struction, it is state'd, is now in its sixth year and is so conducted as to meet 

 the provisions of the Federal Vocational Education Act and yet not conflict 

 with the work- of those intrusted with the administration of the Agricultural 

 Extension Act. The sessions are maintained for the most part through the 

 winter niontlis to interfere as little as possible with farm operations. Evening 

 classes and lecture courses in special subjects are also offered. 



The study of a project in some definite crop or farm product or farm problem 

 is encouraged rather than the study of a type of farming, such as vege.able 

 growing, fruit growing, or general farming. The curriculum also provides 

 for the study of material supplementary to the project, which will help round 

 out a four-year agricultural course suitable for the average farmer of the 

 county, and preparing for better citizenship. The four-year curriculum as 

 revised in 1919 is outlined. 



A plan has been perfected by which the agricultural work done by a high 

 school student will entitle him to a diploma which will admit him to the agri- 

 cultural courses of Rutgers College or Cornell University. A suggested four- 

 year agricultural curriculum for a department of agriculture^ in secondary 

 schools is outlined. 



The home economics instructor offers courses of four to six or eight weeks 

 in various centers, moving her equipment from place to place with no central 

 location for a permanent school. 



Report of the director of elementary agricultural education, A. C. GoR- 

 HAM (Ann. Rpt. Dept. Agr., New Brunswick, 1919, pp. 21-4''h P^s. 2). — This is a 

 report on elementary agricultural education in the Province of New P>runswick 

 for the year ended .Tune 30, 1919, including school gardens and home plats, 

 poultry projects, school fairs, and the rural science school for teachers. A 

 table showing the grants from the Department of Agriculture to teachers and 

 trustees for nature study and agriculture during the year is included. 



Educational gardens, J. B. Hurry (Jour. Roy. Hart. Soc, 45 {1919) No. 1, 

 pp. 56-59). — The author discusses the school garden as a means of instruction 

 in horticulture, botany, and industry and commerce, including, as an illustra- 

 tion of the latter, an account of the scheme as carried out at Westfield, Reading, 

 England. 



Boys' and girls' clubs (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 7 (1920), No. 5, pp. 421-1,21).— 

 This is a series of brief reports on the organization and activities of boys' and 

 girls' live stock, poultry, gardening, canning, and cooking clubs conducted under 

 the auspices of rural education associations, school fair associations, agricul- 

 tural societies, representatives of the Department of Agriculture, etc., in the 

 Provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. 



A course of study in boys' and girls' club leadership for county normal 

 training classes, E. O. Lindemann (Mich. Dept. Pub. Instr. Bui. 26 (1919), pp. 



