712 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Statistical yearbook of Austria, 1904 (Statis. Jahrb. K~. K. Ackerb. Min., 1904, 

 pp. 305, pis. 10, dgms. 5). — This reports contains statistics on grain, potato, sugar-beet, 

 and wine production. The colored maps show the localities in which each of these 

 products is grown. 



The annual statistical report of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, 1905 

 {Ann. Statis. Rpt. Tokyo Chamber Com., 1905, pp. VI— 171). — This report contains 

 statistics of the receipts and shipments of agricultural products in the city of Tokyo, 

 and the range of the price of these commodities. 



Annual report of the bureau of industries for the Province of Ontario, 



1904 (Ann. Rpt. Bur. Indus. Ontario, 1904, pp- 48). — Part 1 of this report contains 

 statistics of the grain crops, root crops, hay and clover, fruit and fruit trees, live 

 stock and dairy interests, labor and wages, market prices, and the values of farm 

 property. Part 2 shows the total number and amount of chattel mortgages on record 

 in Ontario on December 31, 1904, against (1) all occupants; (2) farmers; together 

 with totals for the province for the past ten years. 



State of Washington, its resources, natural, industrial, and commercial, 



1905 (Bien. Rpt. Bur. Statis. Wash., 1905, pp. 208 + 48, pis. 97, dgm. 1).— This report 

 describes the agricultural resources of the State of Washington. Statistics are given 

 of the live-stock industry, of cereal, hop, and fruit production, and of the lumber 

 industry of the State. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education in Belgium (Notice sur V economie rurale et Penseigne- 

 ment agricole de la Belgique. Bi-ussels: Min. Agr., 1905, pp. 93-190, jigs. 25). — This is 

 a description of the system of agricultural education in Belgium, prepared for distri- 

 bution at the Universal Exposition in Liege in 1905. 



This description includes the following classes of institutions: (1) Colleges — the 

 State School of Veterinary Medicine at Brussels, the Agricultural Institute at Gem- 

 bloux, and the Agronomic Institute of the University of Louvain. 



(2) Secondary schools, of which there are 3 separate agricultural schools located 

 at Carlsbourg, La Louviere, and Huy, and 16 agricultural schools conducted as de- 

 partments of other educational institutions; courses of agronomy in royal atheneums; 

 State schools of horticulture at Ghent and Vilvorde and private subsidized schools 

 of horticulture at Mons, Tournai, Liege, and Carlsbourg, and a school of practical 

 horseshoeing at Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. 



(3) Agricultural schools for women, including one higher agricultural school in 

 connection with the Institute of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception at 

 Heverle, and 10 secondary schools located, respectively, at Bastogne, Bouchout, 

 Brugelette, Herve, Gooreind, Gyseghem, Oosterloo, Overyssche, \S Gravenwezel, and 

 Virton, besides 3 schools having departments for women located, respectively, at 

 Cortemarck, Heule, and Waremme. There are also traveling dairy schools for 

 women and in connection with the schools at Heverle and Overyssche, schools of 

 cheese making. 



(4) Popular instruction, including primary agricultural and horticultural trade 

 schools (10 of which are agricultural and 9 horticultural departments of other schools) , 

 and popular instruction for adults (itinerant instruction consisting of from 15 to 30 

 lectures on agriculture, horseshoeing, apiculture, and other special subjects). 



In addition the statistics of agricultural education are presented; the service of 

 agronomes (graduates of agricultural colleges engaged in extension work for the 

 State), and accounts of institutions connected with agricultural educational institu- 

 tions, such as botanic gardens, chemical and bacteriological institutes, analytical 

 laboratories, experiment stations, and reading circles. 



