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practical. It inokides the following courses : the elements 

 of Natural History, the elements of Agriculture, of Market 

 gardening and Floriculture; the elements of Zootechny, 

 Dairying, Domestic Economy, and the elements of 

 Commerce and of Accounts. 



A good place in the programme is given to hygiene, and 

 to the training, and physical, and moral education of 

 children. At the request of the Department of Agriculture 

 elementary lessons in physical, intellectual and moral 

 education were published for the use of the schools of 

 domestic economy (i). These lessons are arranged accor- 

 ding to the ages ol the children (from i to 3 years and 

 from 3 to 7; from 7 to i5; from i5 and above). An excellent 

 periodical on education adopted by these schools is the 

 Revue de VEducation familiale (2). 



Supplementary courses in Rural Laws and Social 

 Economy may be added if wanted. 



The minimum time given to the special courses is ten 

 hours a week for theoretical and twenty hours for practical 

 teaching ; 



3 The High Schools of Agriculture are established for 

 young girls who want a more complete education in agri- 

 culture to enable them to undertake the management of 

 large farms or to teach in agricultural schools of domestic 

 economy. 



The courses of scientific and practical education last at 

 least two years. At the high schools of domestic economy 

 students have to learn training of children, methodology, 

 rural laws and social economy. At least ten hours of 

 theory and twenty hours of practical work are given every 

 week. 



STATISTICS. The Institute of the Sacred-Heart and of 

 the Immaculate Conception, established at Heverle is a 

 school in which higher agricultural instruction is given. 

 The courses last three years. To the theoretical lessons 

 are added practical work and excursions; the practical 

 work is done in the morning. 



In this way the school work corresponds more closely 

 to life on the farm : the housekeeper is generally busy in 

 the morning with farm work. 



(1) By Mrs. Hallet, Monseur and Miss Deleu, Arlon. 



(2) Administration, rue Rubens, 44> Brussels (Belgium). 



