796 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



organization of agricultural and forestry institutions iu Prussia ; (3) review 

 of agricultural literature and book notices; and (4) notes from the annual 

 reports of the agricultural and forestry schools for 1906-7. 



[Agricultural and forestry education in Austria] {Land u. Forsttv. Unter- 

 richts Ztg., 21 (1907), No. 1-2, />p. iT^+LF).— This report contains (1) spe- 

 cial articles as follows : The Importance of Vocational Schools, by L. Fleischer ; 

 Vocational Instruction at the Eighth International Congress iu Vienna, by E. 

 Vital ; Observations on Forestry Instruction, by A. Cieslar ; and Suggestions For 

 and Examples of Practical Experimental Work by Agricultural Schools, by 

 F. Schindler; (2) statistical tables including date of organization, length of 

 courses, number in faculties, attendance, graduates, occupations of 1006 gradu- 

 ates, stipends and special courses, of the agricultural and forestry institutions 

 in Austria, and their geographical distribution; (3) Statistical Contributions 

 to the History of Agricultural and Forestry Instruction : The Vocational Schools 

 of Austria in 1903-^1, by E. Vital; and (4) review of agricultural literature 

 and book notices. 



It is shown that in 1906-7 there were 195 agricultural and forestry schools 

 in Austria, an increase of over 1905-6. They included 3 high-school insti- 

 tutes, 3 agricultural academies, 9 agricultural high schools, 5 forestry high 

 schools, 2 high schools for viticulture, fruit culture, and horticulture, 1 high 

 school for the brewing industry, 43 farm schools or elementary agricultural 

 schools with one-year courses, 75 agricultural winter schools, 10 elementary 

 forestry schools, 17 dairy and housekeeping schools, 23 elementary special 

 schools for horticulture, fruit culture, viticulture, hop culture, alpine farming, 

 and apiculture, 2 brewing and 2 distillery schools. 



[Agricultural and forestry instruction in Austria and other countries] 

 {Land u. Forstu: UntenicJits, Zt(/., 22 (1908), No. 1-2, jrp. IJiS+LV).— This 

 number is devoted to (1) the following special articles: Raising the Scientific 

 Plane of Secondary Agricultural Schools, by A. Kulisz; Fostering a Taste for 

 the Fine Arts in Secondary and Higher Agricultural and Forestry Schools, by 

 J. Longo ; and The Question of Text-books for Elementary Agricultural Schools, 

 by H. Knesch ; (2) an account of the present status and organization of agri- 

 cultural and forestry institutions in the Kingdom of Saxony; (3) the organi- 

 zation of agricultural and forestry instruction in Switzerland; (4) itinerant 

 housekeeping schools in France, and the poultry school at Gambais; (5) review 

 of agricultural literature, and book notices; (6) notes from the annual reports 

 of the agricultural and forestry schools for 1906-7; (7) miscellaneous notes; 

 (8) an appendix containing a list of all the agricultural and forestry institu- 

 tions in Austria and their boards of instruction, and (9) statistical data for 

 1907-8 of the agricultural and forestry institutions in Austria correspond- 

 ing to those given for 1906-7 in the preceding abstract. These statistics show 

 ti net gain of 5 schools as compared with the previous year. This includes a 

 decrease of 2 farm schools or elementary agricultural schools with one-year 

 courses, and an increase of 5 agricultural winter schools, 1 elementary forestry 

 school, and 1 elementary special school for horticulture, fruit culture, viticul- 

 ture, hop culture, aljiine farming, and apiculture. 



Agricultural instruction in Saxony (Jalireshcr. Laiidic. Kiinigr. Sachs., 

 1907, pp. 83-103). — This contains brief reports for 1907 of institutions in Saxony 

 giving instruction in agriculture and domestic science, and of special courses 

 in agriculture, together with tables showing the attendance, by provinces, for 

 1907-8 at the elementary agricultural schools and the total attendance from 

 1875 to 1908. 



