APPENDIX A LIX 
In Saskatchewan in 1914 the Agricultural Instruction Committee 
was appointed by the Minister of Education, and to it has been 
largely entrusted the administration of rural science matters in the 
Province. On its recommendation two Directors of. School Agri- 
culture were appointed, who have organized throughout Saskatch- 
ewan “Rural Education Associations.’ About 1,700 teachers are 
members of these associations. Nature study and agriculture appear 
_in some form in each grade of the public schools, and are a qualifying 
test for entrance to the high schools. The teaching of rural science 
by the natural science instructors has not proved entirely satisfactory, 
and teachers are encouraged to specialize in agriculture by taking 
the B.S.A. course of the College of Agriculture with the view of 
having efficient work in the high schools and collegiate institutes. 
The Agricultural Instruction Committee has in view the establishment 
of rural high schools in which agriculture, household science, and 
manual training would be given special prominence. 
In addition to the Agricultural College of the University of 
Saskatchewan at Saskatoon, which is largely occupied with educa- 
tional work, there are in the Province three experimental farms at 
Indian Head, Rosthern, and Scott which are engaged in agricultural 
research. j 
Saskatchewan being largely an agricultural province, it has not 
been thought necessary to establish highly organized technical schools 
as have been created in the East. Legislation, however, has been 
adopted providing for the encouragement of industrial training; 
and in the larger centres such as Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, and 
Prince Albert, industrial work has been introduced in the high schools 
and collegiate institutions. | 
In 1914 the Provincial Government of Alberta authorized a 
system of grants to schools to encourage instruction in manual arts 
and agriculture, and a provincial Director of Technical Education 
was appointed. Summer schools have been organized, and 350 
public school teachers and twelve inspectors have qualified in the 
subjects named by taking a two summers’ course. In 1916 provision is 
to be made for an attendance of five hundred teachers at the summer 
school. There are three agricultural schools in Alberta, at Olds, Clares- 
holm and Vermilion, giving a two-year course; and during the winter of 
1915-16 over three hundred are in attendance at these schools. Agri- 
culture is an examination subject in the public schools, and a strong 
_ course in the same subject is required of all high school students 
taking second class work for the non-professional examinations. 
In addition to the Agricultural College of .the University’ of 
Alberta, which is largely occupied with educational work, there are — 
