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Ill section 4 the I'clatioii of the Governnient to horse ])i-eeding was 

 discussed. The iiiii)roveinent of horses in France is largeh' etfected 

 through sires owned l»y the Government. The effect of mechanical 

 means of locomotion as relating to horse raising was considered. The 

 advent of autom()bih:'s is said to threaten the demand for medium and 

 low grade horses. l)ut for the higher-pi'iced animals no fear was 

 expressed. 



Other section I'eports were presented, among them the suggestions 

 for agricultural education in primary schools, and agricultural schools 

 for women. In ]irimarv schools giving agi'icultui'al instruction, it was 

 agreed that they should confine their efforts to a knowledge of the 

 common rocks and soils of the region and elementary knowledge con- 

 cerning the minerals contained, also the use of fertilizers, recognition 

 of plants, seeds, insects, etc. The instruction in these lines should be 

 supplemented with visits to some of the better farms in the neighbor- 

 hood of the school, where various agricultural operations could be 

 observed. The necessity' and desire for dairy schools and schools of 

 domestic economy for women were pointed out, and those countries 

 possessing such institutions were commended. Traveling dairies and 

 similar institutions received the sanction of the congress as beneffcial. 

 The control of fei'tilizers, foods, etc., in the interest of agriculture 

 and for the repression of fraud was discussed and the desirability for a 

 unification of methods of analysis and repressive measures was pointed 

 out. The role of fields of demonstration and experiment as factors in 

 advancing agriculture was shown and the more frequent establishment 

 of such fields advocated. Reports were submitted on experiment 

 stations, seed-testing stations, practical schools of agriculture, schools 

 for the study of colonial agriculture, comliating fungus and insect 

 pests, mulberry culture, etc. 



On July 7 the President of France gave a reception to the officers 

 and delegates of the congress. After the reception a ])anquet Avas 

 given at the Hotel C-ontinental, which was largeh' attended h}- the 

 members. Rome was selected as the place of thi^ tiext meeting, which 

 will be held in l!»02. 



At the clos(^ of the congress excursions were taken to the experi- 

 ment station and national agricultural school at Grignon, School of 

 Horticulture at X'ersjiilles, to the north of France, Douai, Lille, etc., 

 where numerous model farms, distill(M-i(^s. dairy and stock farms, 

 vinevards. etc., were visited. 



