1919] AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 493 



grain and other foodstuffs and textiles; also of tlie home trade in vegetables 

 and other agricultural products. 



Agricultural statistics of Portugal (Estatis. Agr. Portugal, 1916, pp. 110). — 

 Data relating to the production and stocks of the principal crops and of olive oil 

 are given for the year 1916. 



Agricultural returns for the crop year 1915—16 {Dir. Geral Estatis., 

 Reparticao Estatis. Agr. [Portugal], Ario Colheita 1915-16, pp. llf). — This gives 

 the area sown, returns of principal crops, comparisons of the respective areas 

 sown to crops, seed sown per acre, and other comparative figures for the agri- 

 culture of Portugal ; also a summary of crop statistics for foreign countries. 



Agriculture [in Algeria], Jonnart (In Expos6 de la Situation G6n^rale de 

 VAlgerie en 1918. Algiers: Govt., 1919, pp. 392-398, U6-457) .—Thene pages re- 

 port returns of a few principal crops in recent years, status of agricultural or- 

 ganizations for encouragement of agriculture, and the expenditure for and ac- 

 complishments in the way of colonization. 



Study of some Egyptian farms, Barios (Compt. Rend. Acad. Agr. France, Jf. 

 (1918), No. 13, pp. ^11-^21; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome'i, Internat. Rev. 

 Sci. and Pract. Agr., 9 (1918), No. 8, pp. 982-984; Agr. Gaz. Canada, 6 (1919), 

 7fo. 1, p. 109), — The author described before the Academy of Agriculture of 

 France, April 10, 1919, five capitalist farms in Egypt in order to point out the 

 advantages of investment of French capital in colonial agricultural enterprises. 

 Data are derived from official reports of stock companies, the minister of 

 public works, and other official administrators of these farms. 



[Agriculture in Japan], S. Sato (Japan Year Book, 1917, pp. 522-541; 1918, 

 pp. 522-541). — Information previously noted (E. S. R., 36, p. 690) is continued 

 for the later years. 



[Agricultural statistics of Australia], G. H. Knibbs (Off. Year Book Aust., 

 11 (1901-1917), pp. 248-409). — These pages continue information previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 39, p. 192). 



Production [in New Zealand] (Statis. Dominion New Zeal., 3 (1917), pp. 1~ 

 i^O).— Data previously noted (E. S. R., 89, p. 690) are continued for 1917. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The education (Scotland) act, 1918, in relation to agriculture (Scot. Jour. 

 Agr., 2 (1919), No. 1, pp. 37-41).— The provisions of this act most vitally affect- 

 ing agriculture are those limiting the conditions of part-time employment of 

 children of school age, and those requiring boys and girls between 15 and 18 

 years of age t© attend continuation classes. 



The scheme makes full provision for those practically concerned with agri- 

 culture to take part in its administration, either as members of education 

 authorities and school management committees, or as members of the proposed 

 advisory industrial committees. This is expected to insure that the schemes of 

 instruction will meet the requirements of the various districts of the country, 

 both in their scope and in the arrangement of times and seasons. 



The number of boys and girls under IS engaged in agricultural work in normal 

 times is estimated at one-sixth of the whole number of persons so engaged. 

 The period of attendance at classes is to be not less than 320 hours. 



Eighteenth annual general report of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland, 1917-18 (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ire- 

 land, Ann. Gen. Rpt., 18 (1917-18), pp. VI +250). —This is the usual annual re- 

 port of the department's administration and funds and details of operations 

 during the year 1917-18, including agricultural and technical instruction. 



