Agricultural news . institutions, and by private firms licensed for thepurpose by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States;(3) employ stringent disinfecting measures; (4) submit toa voluntary quarantine of your premises. Science Teaching in the Antigua Grammar School. — Apropos of the question of the stimulation of theinterest in education, especially scientific education insecondary schools, which is the subject of the editorial in thepresent issue of this Journal, an article by Mr. S. T. Christian,, an Assistant Master in the Antigua Grammar School,in the issue for Trinity Term
Agricultural news . institutions, and by private firms licensed for thepurpose by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States;(3) employ stringent disinfecting measures; (4) submit toa voluntary quarantine of your premises. Science Teaching in the Antigua Grammar School. — Apropos of the question of the stimulation of theinterest in education, especially scientific education insecondary schools, which is the subject of the editorial in thepresent issue of this Journal, an article by Mr. S. T. Christian,, an Assistant Master in the Antigua Grammar School,in the issue for Trinity Term of the Schools Revietv, gives aninteresting summary of what has been done for the teachingof scientific subjects in the .school since its foundation in article in question is valuable as placing on record thework done in this direction, and the assistance given to thisside of education by the Imperial Department of Agriculture,as well as by the local Government. 380 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS December 1. GLEANINGS. In Colonial Reports—Annual, No. ,it is recorded thatpetroleum oil was third in value on the list of the exports ofthe Colony of Trinidad and Tobago in 1916, the value ofcrude petroleum, fuel oil. and gasolene exported during theyear being over £200,000, as compared with £79,000 inthe previous year. Dr. Garnet, Chairman of the Education Reform Councilirangurated by the Teachers Guild, in a foreword to thereport of the Couocil published in 1917, makes the remarkthat the fate of a nation is not likely to depend on the• appreciation of music, art, or literature by its rulers, butit may well hang on their appreciation of science. (Nature,September 27, 1917.) Very serious damage is reported to the Sea Island cottoncrop by the boll weevil around Valdosta and Georgia, where a very large percentage of the crop isgrown: it is estimated that only one fourth of a crop will bemade in this section. There has been some increase inacreage i
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