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No. 3 Agriculture in High Schools.....97 By C. D. Jarvis, B.S.A., Ph.D. “The Men of Kildonan”.100 By J. B. Reynolds Agricultural College Work in India.101 Letters of a Wealthy Scotch Landlord.104 By L. E. G., ’24 Salt for Horses . 105 By R. S. Hudson, Michigan State College of Agri¬ culture and Applied Science The Dominion Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S.108 Eastern Wool Clip. 113 By Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers' Limited Singapore Naval Base .114 By J. MacArthur Russell, (O.A.C., (1898-99-1900) British Columbia Tree Fruits .116 By W. H. Robertson, Provincial Horticulturist, Victoria, B.C. Dirty Work at the Crossroads.120 By Cecil Cox, ’27 News and Views . ...126 Editorial .126 College Life .132 Athletics .136 Macdonald . 141 Alumni .146 The O. A. C. Review is published by the students of the Ontario Agricultural College .Students’ Publishing Association, every month in the year. Annual subscription price in Canada, $1.00; outside 1.50; single copies 15c. 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Jarvis, B.S.A., Ph D. IN responding to a request that he know that if they are to hold their submit an article for publication own in the markets of the world they on the subject of High School must not allow other nations to out¬ Agriculture the writer is conscious strip them in vocational efficiency. of the fact that he is discussing a They have a right, at least, to be in¬ topic concerning which the people of formed of new movements in agri¬ Ontario know very little. A few at¬ cultural education and to have any tempts to introduce the subject have new methods adequately demonstrat¬ been made, but so far as the writer ed. knows there has been no conscient¬ There are those who do not ap¬ ious effort made to teach real voca¬ prove of any further effort to teach tional agriculture in the high schools agriculture in the high schools, but of Ontario. My remarks, therefore, such a belief surely must have come are likely to assume the form of an from the unsatisfactory experience argument in favor of teaching agri¬ of the past coupled with a lack of culture rather than a discussion of knowledge of what has actually been methods and courses of study. accomplished in the United States. On the outset I must express my Until a few years ago the same be¬ amazement that those responsible lief was common across the line, but for directing educational affairs in after the introduction of a radically Ontario have been content to com¬ new method, popular opinion con¬ placently watch the development in cerning the teaching of agriculture agricultural education in other coun¬ to boys of high school age has un¬ tries without even so much as to dergone a complete change. call attention to the remarkable pro¬ The Home Project Method gress that has been made. If they It was the introduction of the are not familiar with developments “home project method” or the “sup¬ in other countries it would seem that ervised practice method,” as it is there should be some agency or bur¬ variously called, that has revolution¬ eau which will keep in touch with ized the teaching of agriculture in new educational methods and pro¬ the United States.