Agricultural news . dge of Greek and Roman history and thoughtis admitted to be important, it is held that this cannowadays be obtained by means of translations, thusobviating the slow process of acquiring a knowledgeof the dead languages. It is held that, as inthe case of primary schools, the stibjects embraced underthe head of nature knowledge should in the secondaryform the basis of education. A thorougli study of theEnglish language can be made to fulfil all the philologi-cal and scientific purposes of a study ol Latin; and if asecond language is desired, French is of as great aneducationa
Agricultural news . dge of Greek and Roman history and thoughtis admitted to be important, it is held that this cannowadays be obtained by means of translations, thusobviating the slow process of acquiring a knowledgeof the dead languages. It is held that, as inthe case of primary schools, the stibjects embraced underthe head of nature knowledge should in the secondaryform the basis of education. A thorougli study of theEnglish language can be made to fulfil all the philologi-cal and scientific purposes of a study ol Latin; and if asecond language is desired, French is of as great aneducational and of far more practical value to-day thauGreek. While the opinions put forward in this memoran-dum may not seem altogether acceptable in certainquarters, no one can deny the soundness of the question the belief that the developments of i lie,(oluny would be accelerated by the introdtiction curriculum more definitely based upon the principles!submitted. 106 THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. Afril INSECT NOTES. THE LOCUST INVASION OF EGYPT, IN 1914-15. The rtiiort of the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt onthe great invasion of locusts into that country in 1914-15,ha-> recently been received, and this opportunity will be takento give a brief review of the chiet points of interest in con-nexion with this invasicjn, and of the mea-sures taken to dealwith it. The species in question is the migratory locust (Sc/tisto-cerca peregrina), which has always been withEgypt by reason of the fact that the earliest records of are from this country, and because locusts have alwayshad an important influence on the agriculture of Egypt, sincethe presence or of these iiisects Usually meant thefailure or success of the crops. The figures of locusts repre-sented on Egyptian tombs dating back to 1400 1!.C. andreproduced in modern works are .so accurate that there can beno doubt that the species concerned was Schistoctn-a per>; it is though
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