July 1, 1899.] 
Suppltment to the " Tropical Agriculturist." 
69 
18th May— Four animals with 15, 18, 20, 20 
cc. respectively. 
19th May. — Two animals with 20 cc. each. 
21st May. — Two animals with 12 cc. and 14 cc. 
30th May.— One animal with 18 cc. 
2nd June. — Twelve animals, one with Vl\ cc, 
and the rest with 10 cc each. 
The following is the letter referred to ; — 
Hatton, Jane 13, 
Dr. A. Chinniah, Veterinary Surgeon, Colombo. 
Dear Sir, — In reply to yours of 10th, none of the 
bulls you inoculated when last here have taken the 
disaese. Two previously inoculated took ill, one 
died, the other has recovered. 
I cannot but think it was a pity so much time 
was wasted between your first pronouncement of 
the disease being rinderpest and the inoculation of 
all the stock. 
The animals which recovered will be branded 
with an 1 as requested. 
(Signed) W. B. Patesson. 
INSTEUCTION IN AGEICULTURE. 
The following is a clause of a bill that has 
been introduced into the Ontario Legislature : — 
The Council of every Municipality may, subject 
to the regulations of the Education Department, 
employ one or more persons holding the degrees of 
the Bachelor of Science of Agriculture or a cer- 
tificate of qualification from the Ontario Agri- 
cultural College, to give instruction in agriculture 
in the -separate public and high schools of the 
Municipality, and the Council shall have power to 
raise such sums of money as may be necessary to 
pay the salaries of such instruct jrs, and all other 
expenses connected therewith. Such course of 
instruction shall include a knowledge of the 
chemistry of the soil, plant life, drainage, cul- 
tivation oi fruit, the beautifying of the farm, and 
generally all matters which would tend to enhance 
the value of the product, of the farm, the dairy, 
and the garden. 
Commenting upon which an Indian con- 
temporary makes the following forcible remarks 
The lines upon which the Ontario authorities 
are proceeding are deserving of careful considera- 
tion in this country. Agricultual education is 
rapidly coming to the forefront as one of the neces- 
sities ot the times. Indeed, most thinking men now 
recognise that next to a thorough grounding in the 
three R's, young people attending State schools are 
most in need of a course of agricultural instruction 
sufficiently comprehensive to enable them in after 
liie to carry on the business of farming in an in- 
telligent and successful manner. But, instead of 
special attention being given to teaching of this 
kind, it has long been a source of complaint in this 
country, as well »s in many other parts of the 
world, that the system of education provided for 
ihe young is calculated to engender a distate for life 
on the farm. Boys spend a great deal of valuable 
time in learning things that are of no earthly use 
to them in after-life, while a grounding in the 
principles of agriculture is neglected, either because 
the teacliers have no knowledge of the subject, or 
' are disinclined from their point of view to waste 
time in teaching something that is not included in 
tUe list of subjects on which the pupils are ex- 
amined by the inspectors. As the teachers gain 
nothing by imparting agricultural instruction, 
ev en if they possess the ability to do so, it is hardly 
to be wondered at that the subject practically 
receives no attention. Agricultural teaching, 
including matters relating to dairying, should 
constitute an important part of the education of 
State school children. Only a few of the large 
number who must depend ioT a living on farm 
work can take a course at the one agricultural 
college in the colony which has been succesfully 
conducted. To make agricultural education 
genera], the public schools must be utilised. 
It is absolutely certain that if those engaged in 
rural industries are to hold their own in com- 
petition against the rest of the world, their 
education cannot begin at too early a period in 
their lives. Hitherto there has been a much too 
general desire on the part of young people whose 
parents can afford to give them a fair education 
to become members of the learned professions. The 
result of this is overcrowding, and the impossibility 
of the majority making a living, nothwithstanding 
the time, money, and hard work spent in acquiring 
the right to use certain capital letters after their 
names. The case of boys who qualify themselves 
to pass the Matriculation examination and after- 
wards become clerks, etc. is worse, and as each 
batch comes forward, competition is keener, and 
it is more and more difficult to make a decent 
living There has been far too much of this sort 
of thing and our system of education is in some 
measure responsible for it. Enormous sums of 
money are annually spent in educating our youth, 
and no effort worthy of the name is made to direct 
their attention towards the industries that afford 
them the best prospect of making a living, and 
the development of which is of the greatest value 
to the State. In almost every country in Europe 
elementary practical instruction in agriculture is 
given in primary schools, through the medium of 
travelling instructors, or professors who not only 
superintend the agricultural course in the schools, 
but also hold conferences, give lectures and advice, 
and keep themselves closely in touch with the 
actual cultivators of the soil. That some such 
system will have to be adopted in Itidia if progress 
is to be maintained goes almost without saying. 
The farmers, horticulturists, or dairymen of the 
future must possess a thorough knowledge of their 
calling, and to insure this the teaching must begin 
in early youth. 
VETERINARY NOTES. 
1. The use of a Candle Light in Operating 
FOR Worm in the Eye. 
Filai'ia occult does not commonly affect horses 
in temperate climes, and, indeed, it might be 
said to constitute a tropical disease. In India 
it is found to occur more frequently on the 
eastern coast and less so on the western side. 
Filaria may be said to be pretty common ia 
Ceylon. 
The parasite gains entry into the system 
of the horse through the medium of water, and 
when it enters the circulation it does not begin 
to develope till it finds itself in the aqueous 
humour of the eye. Other instances of parasites 
