TEXT-BOOK OF ACUIICULTURE. 711 



1902. F. p. Sevek. Elomonts of Atiriculturo, with Industrial Les- 

 sons. 1). C. Heath cVc Co., Hoston. Pp. 141. 



Part I: Chapter I, Domestic Aninial.s and Fuwls (Lesson 1, Rover, a St. Bernard; 

 Lesson 2, The Horse; Lesson o, The Horse, continued; Lesson 4, Among the 

 I'ouUry; Lesson 5, Among the Poultry, contiiuied); Chapter II, In the House, In 

 the Garden, and In the Store (Lesson 6, Helping Mother; Lesson 7, Helping ^lother, 

 continued; Lesson 8, Grandfather's Garden; Lesson 9, (i rand father's (Jarden, con- 

 tinued; Lesson 10, Helping in the Store). 



Part II: Chapter III, In the Country (Lesson 11, Farm P>onomy; Lesson 12, 

 Farm Dairying; Lesson 13, The Farmers' Friends — D(j You Kimw T"s?; Lesson 14, 

 In the Orchard); Chapter IV, The Soil (Lesson I't, Story of the Soil; Lesson 1(3, 

 Story of the Soil, continued); Chapter V, Plants, Field Crops (Lesson 17, The 

 Fairies in the Trees; Lesson 18, The Little Ear and Its Big Friend; Lesson 19, 

 Cotton; Lesson 20, Wheat; Lesson 21, Rice; Lesson 22, Tobacco); Chapter VI, 

 Conclusion (Lesson 23, Little Things) . 



1903. Chas, E. Bessey, Lawrence Bkunek, G. D. Swezey. New 



Elementarv Aorieulture for Kiiral and Grade Schools. An elemen- 



tary text-book (U'alino- with tlic Plants, Insects, Birds, Weather, and 



Animals of tlie Farm. The University Pu])lishing- Co., Lincoln, 



^'ebr. Pp. 1114. 



Chajiter I, What is a Plant and What is It Doing?; Chapter II, How the Farmer 

 can I'se the I'iant; Chapter III, Different Classes of Farm Plants; Chapter IV, 

 The Important Farm Crops; Chapter V, The Insects of the Farm; Chapter VI, 

 Useful Insects; Chapter VII, Harmful Insects; Chapter VIII, Birds; Chapter IX, 

 Other Wild Animals; Chapter X, The Weather of the Farm; Chapter XI, The 

 Wind; Cliapter XII, Cloudy and Rainy Weather; Chapter XIII, Storms; Chap- 

 ter XIV, Weather Predictions; Chapter XV, The Soil; Chapter XVI, Domestic 

 Animals of the Farm; Chapter XVII, Cattle; Chapter XVIII, Swine; Chapter 

 XIX, Sheep; Chapter XX, How to Care for Live Stock. 



1903. Charles William Burkett, Frank Lincoln Stevens, 

 Daniel Harvev Hill. Agriculture for Beginners. Ginn & Co., 

 Boston and London. Copyright 1903. Pp. 267. 



Chapter I, The Soil; Chapter II, The Soil and The Plant; Chapter III, The 

 Plant; Chapter J«\', How to Raise a Fruit Tree; Cliapter V, tiie Diseases of Plants; 

 Chapter VI, Orchard, (Jarden, and Field Insects; Chapter VII, Farm Crops; Chap- 

 ter VIII, Domestic Animals; Chapter IX, Farm Dairying. Appendix. Glossary. 



1903. University or Minnesota, Willet .M. Hay.s, Editor. E.\er- 

 cises in Agriculture and Housekeeping for Rural Schools. St. Paul, 

 .Minn. M((rill-Warncr Co. Pp. 19<;. 



This is " Bulletin No. 1," issued under State auspices by the department of agri- 

 culture of the University of Minnesota. The cover is stamped "Rural School 

 .Agriculture. Hidletin No. 1, Practical I'.xercises." The hook contains 237 sepa- 

 rate exercises, each one signed hy its author, from wliicli the teacher may choose 

 available material. Tlie University was intrusted, in 1901, by the State legislature, 

 "with the work of helping to introduce the suVijects of agriculture and household 

 economics into the rural schools of the State." Thi' following extracts from the 

 preface explain how the work was undertaken: ".Vt a nu'cting of the hoard of 

 regents, .June 4, 1902, the full administration of this whole matter was assigned to 



