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grounds. One of the writers prepared an article for the 1905 Year- 

 book of this Department on The Use of Illustrative Material in 

 Teaching Agriculture in Rural Schools, and the same author pre- 

 pared Bulletin 186 of the Office of Experiment Stations on Exercises 

 in Elementary Agriculture. 



Teachers of agriculture in common schools should write to their 

 State colleges of agriculture and experiment stations and to the Office 

 of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture for bulletins and other aids. Much valuable literature can 

 thus be had for the asking wliich has been prepared by experts in 

 the different branches of agriculture. 



General text-books of elementary agriculture. 



Bessey, C. E., et al. New Elementary Agriculture (Lincoln. Nebr. : The Univer- 

 sity Publishing Co., 1903, pp. x+194, figs. 62). 



BuRKETT, C. W., ET AL. Agriculture for Beginners, [with Special Horticultural Sup- 

 plement, 1904] (London and Boston: Ginn & Co., 1903, pp. xi+267, figs. "215 

 and frontispiece). Numerous suggestions for experiments are given. 



GoFP and Mayne. First Principles of Agriculture (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: 

 American Book Co., 1904, pp. 248, colored pis. 8, figs. 135). 



Goodrich, C. L. The First Book of Farming [Plant Production] (New York: Double- 

 day, Page & Co., 1905, pp. xx+259, figs. 86). 



Hatch and Haselwood. Elementary Agriculture with Practical Arithmetic (Chi- 

 cago: R. K. Row & Co., 1906, pp. 207, pi. 1, figs. 47). This is a text-book of 

 agriculture suitable for use in elementary rural schools. It treats in a brief but 

 logical way of plant and animal production and devotes some space to farm 

 mechanics and economics. The feature which distinguishes this book from any 

 other that has appeared in this country is the nature of the practicums, which 

 consist of problems in agricultural arithmetic. There is a total of 274 of these 

 problems, of which there are from 6 to 24 following each chapter and related to 

 the subjects discussed in that chapter. 



Jackson and Daugherty. Agriculture through the Laboratory and School Garden 

 (New York: Orange Judd Co., 1905, pp. 403, pi. 1, figs. 150). Suggestions for 

 experiments in laboratory exercises and field work are liberally interspersed 

 throughout the book, and nearly every chapter is followed by references to litera- 

 tmre related to the subject under consideration. There are also appended lists 

 of general references to publications, lists of agricultural experiment stations in 

 the United States, and of publishing houses whose books are mentioned in the 

 reference lists, and a glossary. 



Books and bulletins for reference. 



GENERAL. 



Carrington, W. T. Elements of Agriculture for Public Schools (Columbia, Mo. : 



State Board of Agriculture Monthly Bulletin, 4 (1904), No. 5, pp. 40). 

 Fisher, M. L. Practical Studies in Agriculture for Public Schools (Lafayette, Ind.: 



Purdue University, 1904, pp. 40). 

 Hays, W. M., et al. Rural School Agriculture Bulletin 1 (St. Anthony Park, Minn. : 



Department of Agriculture, University of Minnesota). 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 



Experiment Station Work (Subseries of Farmers' Bulletins). 



