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TEACHING AGRICULTURE IN SCHOOLS. 
225. It is hoped that efforts wil! be made to teach agriculture, 
at least theoretically, in the elementary schools, and to start 
school gardens, so that the cultivation and treatment of the soil 
come more popular than they appear to be at present 
amongst the rising generation. In regard to the soti point the 
Committee charged with the preparation of evidence for the 
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“ agriculturists of the services of the younger portion of the 
“labouring class.” This is understood to refer to the sap etree 
of children at school beyond a certain age. The same subject is 
discussed in the statement NE cht by the various ai as of 
religion as follows :—* In many instances the acquisition of a small 
“holding results in the persistent labour of the individual owner, 
ish tent to grow upin any 
“thing but a thrifty con Radio, In this respect small holdings 
“do not tend to promote thrift, especially among the younger 
“ generation. 
“ We are of the opinion that the lack of thrift, and the indiffer- 
“ence of the younger generation, might be remedied by the intro- 
“duction of the subject of agriculture in the school curriculum. 
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“elementary schools ; but the present staff of teachers cannot be 
“ expected to go beyond that, inasmuch as by the code of education 
“ recently inaugurated the teaching power of the schools has been 
= considerably reduced. We are, however, of eo that further 
“instruction in that branch may be imparted by the appointment, 
“in each parish or district, of a competent itinerary- agriculturist, 
“w ee e should visit every school in the pariah, and teach the 
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CLEARING FORESTS. 
226. Mr. Lascelles drew the gg wed of the Commission to the 
evil effects likely to arise from the further removal of the original 
forest in Grenada. is coe has already been the subject of a 
letter by the Administrator (the Hon. Edward Drayton), in which 
he made an appeal to the Road Boards, “ a e aee of 
