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Northern Illinois Nature-Study Leaflets. An interesting series by Pro- 

 fessor F. L. (.diaries, of DeKalli, 111. normal school. CV)pies for sale. 



Bacteriology in Household. A practical pamphlet in the Sanitation 

 Series of tlu- Cornell Reading Course for Farmers' Wives. Feb., 1909. 



Nature Guard. This interesting leaflet of the Nature Guard Bands 

 and Junicjr League of Improvement Societies of Rhode Island has reached 

 Xo. 65, Vol. 10, Xo. 5. Issued from College of Agriculture, Kingston, R. I. 



Nevada Mouse Plague. Is the subject of Farmers' Bulletin, 352. Poison, 

 flooding, burning, dogs, hawks and owls, skunks and weasels are the 

 important remedies. 



School Gardening and Nature-Study in England. By Susan B. Sipe. 

 Pubhshed by U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Feb., 1909. 



Experiments in Agriculture. A series of 100 experiments prepared for 

 California schools by Prof. Riley O. Johnson, of the State Normal School 

 at Chico. The demand has been so great that a second edition has been 

 issued. Price, twenty cents for specimen copy, ten dollars per himdred. 

 Plant Pets. This is the title of an interesting 30-page article by Prof. 

 F. L. Charles, of DeKalb, 111., in the Arbor and Bird Day Annual published 

 for 1909 by the State Supt. of Instruction, Springfield, 111. 



Silver Fox. Farmers' Bulletin 328 points out the possibility of a prof- 

 itable industry in raising these foxes for their valuable skins. 



Building a Boy. An account of the boys' gardens at the National Cash 

 Register Factory, Dayton, O. The gardens were established in 1897 and 

 have accomplished wonders with the boys. 



Photographing Aquatic Animals. A bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries 

 describes various methods of jihotographing acjuatic animals in their 

 natural environment. Especially interesting are the methods of using a 

 submerged camera. 



Birds of Pacific Coast. A guide to the birds of this region has been pre- 

 pared by Prof. C. k. Stebbins, and inibli.shcd l)y the State Normal School 

 at Chico, Cal. Pamphlet, 24 pages. 



Alfalfa. A recent Farmers' Bulletin with this title gi\'es valuable infor- 

 mation concerning this important plant. 



Nature and Science for Young Folks. All the recent issues of St. Nicholas 

 contain articles in the nature-study line which will interest children. 



Wood Preservation. An increase in use of creosote from less than four 

 million gallons in 1904 to twenty-five million last year indicates progress in 

 forest conservation. (Press Bulletin of Forest Service.) 



Cost of Insects Which Carry Disease. Bulletin 78 of the U.S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture ])rcsents the essential facts concerning the relation of mos- 

 quitoes to malaria and yellow fever and of the house fly to typhoid. 



Wild Horses and Cattle. Certain ranges in the western States are at 

 present seriously infested with wild descendants of domestic cattle and 

 horses, which cause much trouble and loss to stockmen. (Pvess Bulletin 

 of Forest Service.) 



