Education. 



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[May, 1910. 



led to a general recognition among tea 

 planters of the value of scientific assist- 

 ance in coping with the problems of 

 tea-culture Among the speakers who 

 followed Dr. Maun, the Chief Commis- 

 sioner of the Central Provinces was 



Eerhaps the most practical, touching as 

 e did on the close connection between 

 agricultural reforms and co-operative 

 credit. Many will be disposed to think 

 that the solution of many difficulties 

 will be found by linking co-operative 

 societies with any scheme for dissemin- 

 ating agricultural information. It seems 

 1'ea^onable to suppose that, if a Co-oper- 

 ative Society is working on right lines 

 and is enabling its members to win their 

 way out of a condition of debt and 

 dependence, it will kindle in the minds 

 of these members a desire for better 

 methods of cultivation and for making 

 a more profitable use of their land. And 

 being already organised for one useful 

 end they should find it an easy matter 

 to co-operate for other purposes such 

 as the purchase of any artificial manure 

 which may be recommended by the Agri- 

 cultural Department or of appliances, 

 similarly recommended, which they could 

 not individually afford to obtain. There 

 is indeed no limit to the beneficent oper- 

 ations of Co-operative Societies when 

 they once have taken root and have 

 attained an independent vitality. The 

 Royal Commission on Decentralisation 

 rejected the proposal that the revival of 

 the village punchayat should be entrust- 

 ed to the Registrars of Co-operative 

 Credit Societies, but we are not con- 

 vinced that the idea is not deserving of 

 further consideration, for a vigorous Co- 

 operative Society might well become the 

 villaga organisation for all the purposes 

 which require the united action oi 

 the villagers. 



THE SCHOOL OP AGRICULTURE. 



(Prom the University Farm, Davis, 

 California, No. 43, September, 1909.) 

 The School of Agriculture opened for 

 instruction to regular students in Janu- 

 ary, 1909. Its purpose is to furnish a 

 technical training in agriculture to those 

 who do not wish, or do not feel able, to 

 pursue a college course. The regular 

 course is for three years, and does not 

 fulfil the requirements for entrance to 

 college. After finishing the course in 

 the school, however, a student can 

 usually make up the remaining college 

 entrance subjects, if he wishes to do so, 

 by spending a year or two at an ac- 

 credited high school. 



The plan of the school is ultimately 

 to include work in Domestic Science for 



girls. But at present, owing to in- 

 sufficient facilities, only boys are admit- 

 ted to the School. 



Length of School Year.— The school 

 year is divided into two terms. The 

 first term begins during the latter part 

 of September and runs until Christmas ; 

 the second terms begins immediately 

 after New Year and closes early in May. 

 Instruction begins promptly at the 

 beginning of the term, and all students 

 are expected to be present on the first 

 day of the term, and to remain until 

 the close ot the term. 



Cotjrse of Study — The course of 

 study covers quite completely the 

 various branches of agriculture followed 

 in this State, The principal aim of the 

 course, however, is to give sufficient 

 understanding of the fundamental princi- 

 ples upon which all successful agricul- 

 ture is based, so that those who have 

 completed the course will be able to 

 act intelligently in arriving at a solution 

 of the individual problems which every 

 farming enterprise presents. With this 

 end in view, more than half of the work 

 of the course is actual laboratory or 

 field work. Most of the time is spent 

 on strictly agricultural subjects, but 

 solid courses are given in practical 

 English, mathematics and history. 



Courses of Study. 



First Year. 



First term, Second teim, 

 13 weeks. 18 weeks. 



Botany and Plant 



Propagation ... 8 8 

 Livestock Judging ... — 4 

 Agriculture ... 5 4 

 Entomology ... 6 — 

 Poultry ... — 5 

 Farm Practice ... 3 3 

 Arithmetic ar.d Alge- 

 bra ... ... 3 3 



English ... ... 3 3 



Second Year. 



Chemistry... ... 8 8 



Horticulture and Viti- 

 culture ... ... 6 6 



Animal Industry ... 10 — 



Dairy Industry ... — 8 



Farm Accounts ... — 2 



Mathematics ... 3 3 



English ... ... 3 3 



Third Year. 

 Soil Fertility and Farm 



Crops ... ... 6 6 



Farm Mechanics ... 6 6 



Irrigation ... ... 4 4 



Animal Physiology and 



Animal Industry ... 4 4 



Elective ... ,.. 4 4 



Mathematics ... 3 3 



History and Civics ... 3 3 



