b) Popular Teaching' for Adults 



Popular teaching for adults consists in courses of 

 lectures having the following objects : 



i Agriculture for adult Farmers and farmers wives; 



2 Agriculture for soldiers; 



3 Farriery; 



4 Arboriculture and Market gardening; 



5 Apiculture; 



6 Aviculture ; 



7 Miscellaneous lessons and special lectures. 



i Courses of lectures in agriculture 



The teaching of agriculture was undertaken in 1887. 

 At first 3o lectures were given but later this number was 

 reduced to i5 as this gave better results. 



Since that time the number of municipal administrations 

 which have applied to the Department of Agriculture for 

 these lectures during the winter has rapidly increased. 



Since the organization of these courses up to igo3, 

 3,643 lectures have been given which have been attended 

 by i63,o55 pupils. 



In 1902, lessons were given to women with much 

 success. 



These lectures treat of household economy, hygiene, 

 dairy -farming, household and farm book-keeping, avicul- 

 ture, gardening and the making of preserves. 



These lectures were followed by i6,3i2 persons. 



To encourage pupils, the lecturer distributes an 

 abridged summary of his lectures. Books are given as 

 prizes to the six pupils who have obtained the most 

 marks in a special and optional examination. 



The following are the principal subjects dealt w r ith in 

 the lectures to farmers : 



The Soil and Subsoil ; 



Seeds and their Germination; 



