4. Examination of results. — The results of these books are submitted to methodical examination. The researches bear on the amounts of capital employed, on the outlay for labour and the other working expenses, as well as on the gross and net returns and on the income; the consumption is also examined. By means of these investigations knowledge is gained as to the influence which the extent of the farms, the manner of utilizing the soil and the kind of farming have upon the produce destined for the market, upon the intensity of the farm, etc. The figures obtained every year form the matter for new groups and thus the changes happening in the course of several years may be followed and observed.

Some of the principal results are given here below:

AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

GENERAL INFORMATION.

I - Decree approving the Regulation of the Brazilian Government Stations of Sericulture.

Boletim do Mini

Actos do poder executivo. Decreto N. 9671 de 17 Julho 1912.
sterio da Agricultura, Industria e Commercio, Year I, No. 3, pp. 11-16. Rio de Ja-
neiro, 1912.

The Decree No. 9671, of July 17, 1912 approves the Regnlations of the Sericulture Stations created in conformity with Law No. 2544 of January 4, 1912, and enacts that the object of the Sericulture Stations is to study experimentally all the factors of the production of silk, so as to be in a position to provide farmers with precise data for the improvement of the methods of silkworm rearing.

The Stations are charged with the following duties:

1. The study of all the conditions that are essential to the success of silkworm rearing.

2. The study of the causes of epidemics and of the most efficient means of control.

3. Carrying out experimental silkworm rearing with the object of producing silkworm eggs to be used in their turn for the prodution of other eggs.

4. The production, selection, preparation and distribution to farmers of good silkworm eggs.

5. -The gratuitous microscopical examination of silkworm eggs, larvae, chrysalides, etc., at the request of persons interested in silk

worms.

6. The cultivation, and distribution to farmers, of varieties of mulberries adapted to the various localities.

rearing.

7. Testing new species of silk cocoons and new apparatus for

Answering questions connected with sericulture,

9. Practical study of the industrial utilization of the products of sericulture.

10. Spreading by means of books and lectures, the improved methods of sericulture.

LEGISLATIVE

AND ADMINI-
STRATIVE

MEASURES

EDUCATION

AND EXPERI

MENTATION IN
AGRICULTURE

AND FORESTRY

II.

Surveillance of the process of silk rearing and advising as

to the best means of improving it.

12.

13.

Promoting the institution of silk factories.

Spreading practical instruction in silk spinning and weaving. The stations of sericulture shall not limit their activity to the study of the silkworm, but shall extend it also to silk, its preparation, properties and various uses. They are to be provided with buildings, laboratories, workshops, and cold storage chambers, in which to rear silkworms and impart practical instruction, and further with an experimental mulberry plantation to supply the necessary food for the worms. Two practical courses shall be held every year, one, lasting three months, for men, and one of one month for women.

2- The Position and Condition of the Prussian Rural Continuation
Schools during the Financial Year 1911.

Stand und Verhältnisse der preussischen ländlichen Fortbildungs-schulen im Rechnungs
Jahre 1911. Zeitschrift für das ländliche Fortbildungsschulwesen in Preussen (1),
Part 1, 1912-13, pp. 1-19. Berlin, October 1912.

In the year 1911, there were in the Kingdom of Prussia 5349 Rural Continuation Schools. Of these, 230 were established by districts (Kreise), 3904 by parishes (Gemeinde), 43 by Agricultural Associations, and 1172 by private individuals and other agencies. The expenses of the schools were defrayed in the case of 15 by the districts alone, in that of 21 by the parishes alone, while one was supported by Agricultural Associations, 1187 solely by means of State contributions, 3973 by the State in conjunction with other interested parties, and 149 by private individuals and other agencies. The number of self-supporting schools was 3. The expenses, excluding upkeep, heating, lighting and cleaning of the school-buildings, amounted to £42 454. This expenditure was met by: £1855 derived from fees, while private individuals and institutions furnished £1432, Agricultural Associations £112, districts £4594, parishes £5438, Provinces £308 and the State £28715. The number of pupils was 86 689 and that of the teachers 7554; of which 354 were ministers of religion, 4 agricultural teachers, 7135 teachers in the elementary schools and 61 other persons. Instruction was given only during the winter in 5298 schools, and only 51 were open throughout the year. There were in 1911 761 more schools than in 1910.

Since 1896, the number of Rural Continuation Schools has increased: from to 570 in the Province of East Prussia, in that of West Prussia from 9 to 206; in the Province of Brandenburg from 1 to 310; in Pomerania from 3 to 233; in Posen from 22 to 566; in Silesia from 29 to 715; in Saxony from 43 to 211; in Schleswig-Holstein from 50 to 224; in Hanover from 138 to 711; in Westphalia from 15 to 280; in Hesse-Nassau from 325 to 874; in

(1) Rural Continuation Schools are schools in which, chiefly in the winter months. instruction is given to the country youths (13-20 years of age) according to a fixed curriculum similar to that in force in the primary schools, special attention being given to agricultural subjects.