AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12899, 9 February 1906, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

i" Canterbury A. and P. Amoc&Uoa's JouroaJ.")

Much has been 'sic! and wriUctt on tlm subject in New Zealand during lb© fia*t two or three ye.it*. As yd, bowtvrr, very little has been dutic. The country appears, however, to be waking tap U» the Dccc»i!t for giving agriculture ii* pr» per place an <»ur rami school*. New Zest* land cannot afford to lag khin4 Um general advance in tM* direction. Mew South Wales appears to be taking the lead; i on Inspector of Agriculture ha* already been appointed in that Stat« who w> e»o visit the fftate schools. A number of school gardens have been establish**!, and it 15 contemplated ifca* rxttx *cfe'«*o3 ;n Xew S<<ush Walc.e shall 5;->vc at# *ch<w3 fjitii. Teachers arc to be taught hialagy. and agriculture while ps.w-te.g dux ugh the training eolkges. Y:c;«m i« also up asud d«jJ3g, ~r is «>n foot for an improved system of agriculf ute. .An additional £BOOO h*s been granted «o Dnt Jiic Colfc&c to «o«rd extra. ;:«-onim>4.ili(»n and teaching power. It its ]»tnp«<! j-;« an agricdtmal <c*s3* Jegc t3-; ssT Mcibonrrc. sgrkuHoral high are to be tstablished; Loagfltwajg CoJlege icWed for souse tmw) hi* beeo sc <pcncd a* a oraaSinuaSisn asd pttjunloty school, where 3ad* of foarttcn to eix'.'tsn years trill fee adtmticj. !? i« aim csn* tempJatcd so establish a fhair of agrical* tare at Jsjc t*mivers:ty of Melbaaffls. Qufcns'sr.d hw aj j-:Uy adopted s»?fi sVstc.ro followed by "h<? Nn".wn;i| Iksrd *\i

KdocaSioa in Ireland for raumy year* ps»t, ■ via.— educating tlie mkhAm* fsist, We lite aa article iu " DsJgtly"* Review" fo fee effect that ibe Qamviiad fivVdweot has made arrangement* ecsbliag Stale wchool tenrbem in rural district* to hate the opportunity of obtaining. a sbort of special mstrociSon m pastoral aad agri-' cultural pursuits at ?be (JalScn Ool3«g* during their sumnif: vacation; to ?t<ct ;>•« instruction in gtsetal cgrit a'turc. dairy isj:. horticulture. cb«rmtsy. practical pnul? jy. breeding, asnl farm bf»Ufcy, thou.- «jo-i3iiy-ing thcaifdvcs 5® intjjuci tie cbiJdtct! thf principle of afirsf UJJOfe.

We have list tie Jog of agrictilJa«! ms*t be <Mtnme»a&<3 in the primary »rhofjl». »o3 mart' farm p--i}T •if "he carr;(~Bl»3ni. T!>c fnUkwias; esijatlr «fil« Mttt X® egnplmire *«r rf»®vic3ic.'.iw «#i tlie *.f ;»g}i( uj»tt:a3 vivcaliwa iti Sew JJ<Csi3.2t»cl ;

Bright. «>if Chicago. tspJeikiscs hiifi«elf tho*: ~ The life »f Jbe farm in way cnicw in!« the ia»jr»t?j«a «f ;hc jnc,lkwl We teach the otmnuy b«y> s;fc4 abost brokerage, j>t«rk<k and bend*, and f«J«st£» exchange peculiar Jo »cho<4 boaw*. W« tench «h««ilcic cflmpaond comber* a»tl <*»»• P'MR<I proportion which fitter cxi*te4 *w3ridc of a *ehcK»l b'CiO».p. Day* afcd »<«J» •• of isslractjtm .are given i» the gs«a"e»; cemmnn divimr and feor sterey ©emptex fraction m<m*trxM;ities," bat sever a *»r4 afeaat the ml; the growth of crop*. *hrol>», and flower* which may make the isutn bittuNc so btantifnl. The country xbwsl b.a.B nodoabiedly been a conwder-aible factor to lie mighty exodu* from farm.# to the villages and eiric*. it h time thai a faaH and AO about-face be died in tic great prot*£sHio.l The «f ct,tnforJ, freedom, a»d: health | of ewfipftcsioc a«d Happtowt*; of] dignity and bwuty of labour, as cea»«d«<3 with farm life—*h<»u!d be exploited in tbe country schools.'. Fill tie curriculum «ril3i material having to do with coontry life, and give tine- busiociw {RDcentM «f city and villages a rest. They need it, a&d w> do lite childwn."