686 Rural School Leaflet. 



advertise such an outfit, the " Facile Jr. four bottle milk and cream 

 testing outfit," complete with directions for use for $5.50. A less desirable 

 outfit can be secured for $4. After students have learned to use the 

 outfit, they can test milk for farmers, and so bring the school into touch 

 with the practical afifairs of the district. 



Schools should also have a cabinet or cupboard in which are placed 

 bottles containing samples of seeds, fertilizers, soils, spraying materials, 

 cattle feeds. 



References. 



All of the references mentioned for elementary schools should be 

 secured. 



The Office of Experiment Stations, Washington, D. C, is publishing 

 a set of exercises in agronomy for high schools that will soon be available. 

 This aims to show just how to use available bulletins as a textbook in 

 high schools and gives detailed directions for definite laboratory exer- 

 cises. 



The State Education Department at Albany is issuing a somewhat 

 similar but more elementary set of exercises. It is thought that by 

 the use of these two bulletins the teacher will be able to conduct sys- 

 tematic work. 



Reference Books. 



There are few if any textbooks designed for high school students 

 who have studied botany and chemistry. It is desirable to have as many 

 as possible of the following reference books : 



1. Cereals in America, Hunt. 



2. Forage and Fiber Plants in America, Hunt. 



3. Physics of Agriculture, King. 



4. Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life, Snyder. 



5. Milk and Its Products, Wing. 



6. The Horse, Roberts. 



7. Animal Husbandry, Brooks. 



8. The Fertility of the Land, Roberts. 



9. The Farmstead, Roberts. 



10. The Principles of Fruit-Growing, Bailey. 



11. The Farmers' Handbook, Woll. 



12. The Practical Garden-Book, Bailey. 



13. Fertilizers, Voorhees. 



14. Corn Plants, Sargent. 



15. The Soil, King. 



16. Experiments with Plants, Osterhout. 



