[WeeHy Press.] We have from time to time drawn the attention of our readers to the vast im. portance of agricultural education to the State and for the necessity of a property organised and well grounded. system of instruction for the advancement of agri. culture. Most of oar readers will be familiar with what is being done in other countries to this end, contrasted with which our own country is conspicuous for its almost total neglect of this branch of education. Agricultural education em braces a very wide field, including as i f does all the kindred branches of learning* such as botany, geology, chemistry* veterinary science, and a general know* edge of collateral subjects, allot which go to make up a complete agricultural course of study. We have before contended that this education, to be effective, must be commenced In our national schools. Up to the present it has been entirely-ignored. We are quite aware that we shall be met with the rejoinder that Canterbury at leas t has little to complain of ; that she has an Agricultural College and a splen" did endowment, &c, &c To a certain extent this is so, but to render the Agri cultural College of the greatest nee to the greatest number, especially of her own people, all the conomitant auxiliaries must be kept in active operation, and these are the external aids—rudimentary training in the country schools, itinerant lecturers, farm competkons, essay writing oneubjects pertaining to stock and crop raising, and in fact all subjects having for their object the advancement of agriculture in its broadest sense. If agriculture is to take its proper place in the minds of the rising generation, steps such as we have just suggested will have to be taken to place it in its most attract tive form before our young men. Teach them that it. is a pursuit requiring in. telligence of no common order. As a proof that it is, we invite the sceptical to visit a well equipped agricultural machine manufactory, and compare it with a similar institution of 20 years ago.' The swing plough, the harrow, and the muck cart were the leading features to be en conntered. What a marvellous change has taken place. 