PART I. 

 AGRICULTURE AND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 



I. Work Under Way 



Agricultural education under Christian auspices began in 

 China at least as early as 1907. At present Canton Christian 

 College maintains a college of agriculture, and the University 

 of Nanking a college of agriculture and forestry; Peking 

 University has organized an agricultural and animal husbandry 

 experiment station and offers college-grade instruction in the 

 same field; Yale-in-China has several courses in forestry. In 

 addition there are: 



3 missions offering agricultural work in middle schools; 



13 , , supporting work for the improvement of crops, 

 animals, farm practice, or forestry; 



36 , , seeking to create an interest in agriculture by 

 means of lectures, practical work, relating 

 general subjects in the curriculum to agricul- 

 ture, short courses in agriculture, and the like; 



52 ,, with school gardens, either for teaching the 

 dignity of manual labor, as an aid to nature 

 study, or as furnishing financial self-help to 

 students; and 



11 ,, growing seeds, nursery stock, or vegetables for 

 sale. 



The American Presbyterian Mission North has 11 stations 

 doing some type of agricultural work; the Methodist Episcopal 

 six; the Canadian Methodist five. There are in Mission Service 

 at least 15 foreign agricultural specialists in China who hold 

 degrees from agricultural colleges; 13 returned students educated 

 in agriculture; and seven who are graduates of institutions in 

 China, a total of 35 trained men already at work in the 

 agricultural field under the auspices of Christian institutions.* 



*These facts are taken from the manuscript of an article by Professor 

 J. Lossing Buck, of the University of Nanking, prepared for 'The Christian 

 Occupation of China," the survey volume published by the China Continua- 

 tion Committee in 1922. 



