AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 819 



recent success in efforts to provide agricultural instruction in the schools of Jamaica 

 are here discussed by the Jamaica inspector of schools. 



The writer points out as some of the essentials of success the importance of pre- 

 paring the way by creating interest and sympathy in the work among the adult 

 population and of giving much attention t<> the preparation of teachers for the new 

 requirements imposed upon them. Nearly half of the teachers now al work in the 

 elementary schools have received training in teaching agriculture. 



The most important future needs are said to be the establishment of a college of 

 agriculture in the island and the development of agriculture in the elementary 

 schools as a feature of the educational work, not as a separate subject to be special- 

 ized, that is to say, agriculture should be taught primarily because of its educational 

 value. 



Syllabus of illustrated lecture on profitable cattle feeding, I. B. MuMFORn 

 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas., Farmers' Tnst. Lectun 4, pp- 91).— The topics 

 specially considered in this lecture, designed for farmers' institute workers, are con- 

 formation to type, quality, breeding, age, and feeding methods, as these are the fac- 

 tors of mosl importance in determining profit in cattle-feeding operations. A list of 

 45 lantern slides designed to illustrate the lecture is included. 



Syllabus of illustrated lecture on silage and silo construction for the South, 

 A. M. Soule i U. S. !><i>t. Agr., Office Expt. kStas., farmers' Inst. Lecture 5, pp. SI). — 

 In addition to the syllabus there are added more detailed directions for building 

 various types of wooden silos, with estimates of materials and cost. A list of refer- 

 ences is also given. 



Syllabus of illustrated lecture on essentials of successful field experimen- 

 tation, C. E. Thornb (U. S. I>'/>t. Agr., Office Expt. Stas., Farmers' Inst. Lectun 6, 

 />/>. :'/ \. — This syllabus, which was prepared for the purpose of aiding farmers' insti- 

 tute lecturers, gives suggestions on the way of carrying out successful field experi- 

 ments. In this connection the selection of the soil, arrangement of plats, preparation 

 of land for crops, planting and cultivation, harvesting, weighing, keeping the records, 

 and the continuity of the work are discussed. A list of 32 lantern slides illustrating 

 methods for conducting agricultural experiment work is given, together with a list of 

 references to publications bearing on the subject. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1905 {Georgia st,t. Rpt. 1905, 

 }>i>. 111-119). — This contains the organization list, a brief report by the president of 

 the board of directors, a report of the director on the work of the station during the 

 year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June •'!<», 1905. 



Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Station Report, 1905 (Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Sto. Rpt. 1905, /</'. 59). — This consists of a general report on the work of the station 

 during the year by the committee of the Hawaiian Sugar Planter- - Association having 

 this matter in charge, and appendixes containing detailed reports of the divisions of 

 agriculture and chemistry, entomology, and pathology and physiology. 



The same matter is also issued in the form of a yearbook consisting of the report 

 proper, and in addition reprints of Bulletins L2-15 of the division of agriculture an. I 

 chemistry, parts 1-6 of Bulletin 1 of the division of entomology, Bulletins 1-3 of the 

 division of pathology and physiology, and a revised reprint of the report of the 

 station for l*u»-4. all of which have been previously noted or are noted elsewhere in 

 this issue. 



