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Report on Agricultural Education. 
province is to be a promulgator of progress which does not 
exclude in any way either elevation ol thought and elegance of 
diction." 
In the general scheme issued by Government as to the duties 
of professors, a very long programme is included. The professor 
is not only informed what subjects he should take for his intro- 
ductory lectures, but the whole two years' course is mapped out 
for him in considerable detail. The first year is to be devoted 
principally to the soil, and the means of modifying its com- 
position and physical properties ; to the nature, qualities, and 
uses of manures ; to drainage, tillage, and cultivation ; and, 
secondly, under the singular head of " Phytotechny," to the 
cultivation of such special crops as the department produces. 
Moreover, forestry and the constitution of the law of property 
are included in this course. 
In the second year the animal kingdom, or general and 
special " zootechny," must receive his attention, particular 
regard being had to the following points : (1) growth and 
preparation of foods; (2) production of milk; (3) production 
of fat ; (4) production of power ; (5) production of manure ; 
(6) housing of animals ; (7) the principles of reproduction, 
breeding, (Sec. ; and, lastly, the different animals of the farm 
are considered separately, and their hygiene also receives 
attention. 
Agricultural Education in Elementary Schools. 
It would be improper to pass over entirely the very interesting 
attempt which has been lately made in France to bring agri- 
cultural instruction within the reach of children in elementary 
schools. Primary instruction in France is designed for boys 
and girls from 7 to 13 years of age, and is divided into 
three sections — physical, intellectual, and moral. Such agri- 
cultural education as is imparted to children is given them 
entirely under the second of these heads. The teaching in the 
boys' and girls' schools is necessarily dissimilar ; whilst the for- 
mer are taught about soils, manures, crops, plants, machines, 
cattle, and farm products {c[f. milk, cream, cheese, cider, perry, 
&c.), the girls are instructed in the employments and occupations 
specially within the province of a woman in a farm-house. Such 
matters as baking; the management of the dairy in all its 
details ; the feeding, milking, fattening, and even common 
diseases of cattle, management of pigs and poultry (special 
attention being paid to the latter) ; and, finally, the uses of the 
kitchen-garden, together with the cultivation of the best kinds 
of vegetables and fruits for domestic purposes. 
