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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education in Lancashire, J. Bayne (Roy. Lancashire Agr. Soc. 

 .four., 1905, pp. 26-41, figs. 12). — Following a brief statement concerning the origin 

 of agricultural education in Lancashire, the writer outlines the policy of the educa- 

 tional work and describes its different phases. 



These include agricultural instruction at the Agricultural College of the Harris Insti- 

 tute, Preston; instruction in dairying both at the permanent dairy school on the 

 county council farm, Hutton, near Preston, and also by means of migratory teachers; 

 instruction in poultry work at the poultry school on the county council farm and 

 by means of migratory teachers; lectures on agriculture, dairying, poultry keeping, 

 horticulture, veterinary science, and bee keeping at various centers in the county; 

 advisory agricultural work in the county and experimental work at the farm and 

 elsewhere in the county. 



All of the agricultural work is under the control of an agricultural subcommittee, 

 consisting of representatives elected by the education committee of the Lancashire 

 County council, by the council of the Harris Institute, and by the council of the 

 Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society. The agricultural course at Harris Institute 

 is intended to prepare young men and women, for the practical work of the farm, 

 and extends over 4 years, each session beginning in September and ending about 

 the first of May. Each student is not only given free instruction, but if not a holder 

 of a junior or senior agricultural scholarship is allowed a sum not exceeding $2.40 

 per week by the county council. Tuition fees are required of nonresident students. 



The instruction given at the dairy school, the poultry school, and by means of 

 lectures in different parts of the county is confined to the single branch of agricul- 

 ture under consideration, while the agricultural work in Harris Institute includes also 

 instruction in chemistry, zoology, mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical 

 engineering, drawing, natural science, physics, surveying, and woodwork. 



Agricultural college extension (Mass. Bd. Agr. Nature Leaflets 1-32). — Begin- 

 ning March 28, 1900, the State Board of Agriculture of Massachusetts has published 

 32 nature leaflets, all of which have a more or less direct economic bearing, as the 

 following titles indicate: 



(1) Canker Worms, A. H. Kirkland (pp. 3, figs. 4); (2) Tent Caterpillars, A. H. 

 Kirkland (pp. 3, figs. 4) ; (3) The Black Knot of the Plum and Cherry, G. E. Stone 

 (pp. 4, figs. 2); (4) Spraying Mixtures for Insects and Plant Diseases, H. T. Fernald 

 (pp. 3); (5) The White-marked Tussock Moth, H. T. Fernald (pp. 3, fig. 1); (6) 

 The Spiny Elm Caterpillar, H. T. Fernald (pp. 4, figs. 3); (7) Potato and Apple 

 Scab, G. E. Stone (pp. 4, figs. 2) ; (8) Insects Injuring Lawns, H. T. Fernald (pp. 3, 

 fig. 1); (9) Poison Ivy, G. E. Stone (pp. 4, figs. 3); (10) The Datanas, H. T. Fer- 

 nald (pp. 2, fig. 1); (11) Quince Rust, G. E. Stone (pp. 3, figs. 2); (12) Winter 

 Birds at the Farm, E. H. Forbush (pp. 7, figs. 3); (13) Peach Leaf Curl, G. E. Stone 

 (pp. 4, figs. 2); (14) Owl Friends, E. H. Forbush (pp. 6, figs. 3); (15) Bird Houses, 

 E. H. Forbush (pp. 6, figs. 4); (16) Our Friend the Chickadee, E. H. Forbush (pp. 

 8, figs. 4); (17) Bordeaux Mixture, G. E. Stone, (pp. 5, figs. 2); (18) Plant Lice or 

 Aphids, H. T. Fernald (pp. 3, fig. 1); (19) Edible Weeds and Pot Herbs, G. E. 

 Stone (pp. 5, fig. 1); (20) Massachusetts Weeds, G. E. Stone (pp. 7, figs. 2); (21) 

 Potato Rots, G. E. Stone (pp. 4, figs. 4); (22-25) Hints for Outdoor Bird Study, 

 E. H. Forbush (pp. 22, figs. 4) ; (26) The Brown-tail Moth, A. H. Kirkland (pp. \, 

 figs. 4); (27) The Gypsy Moth, A. H. Kirkland (pp. 4, figs. 5); (28) The Garden 

 Toad, A. H. Kirkland (pp. 5, fig. 1); and (29-32) School Gardens, with directions 

 for planting and care of school gardens, suggested crops, and the educational results 

 of school-garden work, H. D. Hemenway (pp. 29, figs. 11). 



Popular agricultural education in Jamaica, J. R. Williams (Jour. Jamaica 

 Agr. Soc, 9 (1905), Xo. 11, pp. 40S-409). — The causes of early failure and of more 





