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of these outlines to be sent to the De- 

 partment and to the several local princi- 

 pals to be by them, undei the direction 

 or with the approval of the Supervising 

 Principal, adapted to meet the needs of 

 their schools. From the term outlines 

 filed in the office by the Supervising 

 Principals, the Department may, by 

 selecting the best from each, prepare 

 type outlines which will better meet 

 the needs of the schools in general and 



will serve as a working basis for parti- 

 cular outlines by all supervising piinci- 

 pals and thus bring about more uniform- 

 ity in school work. 



I believe that, if all these suggestions 

 and instructions are intelligently carried 

 out, and if we all work faithfully and 

 loyally together, the work accomplished 

 this year will place the schools of our 

 territory on a higher plane than they 

 have yet occupied. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



AGRICULTURE IN PERU. 



Peru To-day. No. 4, pp, 25-42. Lima 

 June, 1911. 



{Bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultural 

 Intelligence and of Plant- Diseases 

 2nd Year—Numbers 8. 9. 10. 

 August-September-October, 1911.) 

 The three distinct Peruvian zones of the 

 Coast, the Sierra and the Montana have 

 very different climates, but all are seats 

 of agricultural industries. 



A large part of the coast of Peru is 

 arid though traversed by fifty-five 

 rivers. The cultivable area of the valleys 

 watered by these streams is above 

 1,500,000 acies, but not more than two- 

 fifths of this land is now irrigated and 

 cultivated. Two large irrigation pro- 

 jects at least are about to be undertaken. 

 The application of some of the principles 

 of " dry farming " will also be studied, 

 the Government sending a representative 

 to the Congress in the United States this 

 year. 



In the coast regions the cool night air 

 permits the growth of many temperate 

 fruits, as well as all tropical fruits and 

 vegetables. 



Cereals, principally wheat, barley, and 

 varieties of corn, are grown on the slopes 

 and plateaus of the Andes, with splen- 

 did coffee, tobacco, and many vegetables 

 and fruits. 



In the Montana the climate is salubr- 

 ious and the soil fertile. The area may 

 be taken at 250 000 square miles, mainly 



forest. In this domain the rubber lands 

 are included. 



Sugar growing is effected principally 

 on the coast regions, the total area 

 devoted to the industry being about 

 220,000 acres. 



In the first six months of 1910 some 

 57,000 tons were exported, and during 

 the year 1910 over 29,000 tons were con- 

 sumed in the Republic. 



The Government Experiment Station 

 for sugar is studying methods to pro- 

 mote this important industry. The only 

 variety of cane cultivated is the Jamaica. 

 Amarilla. Cotton is produced in Peru 

 under the most favourable conditions 

 known. 



Sea Island gives an average per aare 

 cf 442 lbs ; Mit Afifi gives up to 550 lbs. 

 on the coast, and 830 lbs. in the upper 

 valley of Pativilca. The native cotton 

 (Gossypium Peruvianum) gave 625 lbs. 

 per acre in the last harvest. 



The consumption of cotton in the 

 factories of Peru in 1909 was 2,500,000 kgs. 

 of ginned fibre, the grand total of pro- 

 duction being therefore 23,870,256 kgs, or 

 52,624,843 lbs. 



In 1909 was exported : 



Cotton ... kg. 21,370,256 



Seed 7,761,212 



Cake 2,528,039 



Hevea brasiliensis from which the jebe 

 or highest grade Para rubber is obtained, 

 is the principal source of rubber. 

 Castilloa is also found in Peru, usually 



