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One hundred lessons in agriculture, A. W. Nolan (Chicago, [Wll], pp. 351, 

 pis. 4, figs. 102, dgms. -J). — It has been the aim of the author in the preparation 

 of this text-book and manual to select such subject-matter, materials, and 

 methods as the teacher in the one-room country school, the grammar grades of 

 a graded school, or the beginning years of a high school, may find easily prac- 

 tical, within the range of the pupil's understanding, and of educational value. 



The feature of the book is the arrangement of the work in the order of sea- 

 sonal sequence of subject-matter, following the actual farm operations and in- 

 terests throughout the year. Many of the lessons are followed by a set of prac- 

 tical farm problems and references to Farmers' Bulletins which may be used 

 as collateral reading. The appendix contains a suggestive list of materials and 

 equipment needed in using the book, as well as a score-card for farms, and 

 diagrams of a cow, sheep, chicken, and horse. 



Courses of reading and examination in practical agriculture, P. Carmody 

 (Dept. Agr. Trinidad Circ. 3 [1911], rev. ed., pp. 5). — This circular outlines the 

 requirements for examinations which are to be held periodically in Trinidad for 

 the purpose of affording persons engaged in practical agriculture opportunities 

 for obtaining certificates of competency, and suggests literature to be read in 

 preparation for these examinations. The examinations will be graded as pre- 

 liminary (in the general principles of agriculture), intermediate (comprising 

 insects, fungi, and special crops), and final (embracing a fuller knowledge of 

 special crops, estate management and control, diseases of plants and their treat- 

 ment, etc.). 



Laboratory material for instruction in field crops (Univ. Nebr. [Pamphlet, 

 1911], pp. 15, figs. 4). — This pamphlet describes a collection of laboratory ma- 

 terial on field crops deslgnetl primarily for Nebraska schools and conditions for 

 1911-12. The material is arranged in lots and includes, exclusive of corn, the 

 principal cereals and cultivated forage grass types, put up in bundles ranging 

 from 1 to 25 specimens per type, as well as in the threshed condition. There 

 are also ear samples of the various com types and 10-ear exhibits. 



Veterinary instruction, G. R. P. D'Utra (Rev. Vet. e Zootech., 1 {1911), 

 No. 1, pp. 30-.'il). — The author reviews the condition of veterinary science before 

 the foundation of special veterinary schools, when and how veterinarj^ instruc- 

 tion was organized, the development of this instruction in France, and the pres- 

 ent status and principal aim of instruction in veterinary medicine. 



A selected bibliography on rural social science (Mass. Agr. Col. [Poim-' 

 phlet], 1911, pp. 11). — This annotated bibliography does not cover more than a 

 selected group of representative books, reports, bulletins, and other publications 

 in any particular field, although there is given a fuller list in some fields than 

 in others. The titles have been selected, and the annotations made, chiefly 

 with reference to the needs of practical rural workers and leaders. It is 

 divided into general works, agricultural economics, the rural school, the rural 

 church, rural health, and miscellaneous references. 



Neighborhood improvement clubs for the rural, village, and town com- 

 munities of Kansas, E. L. Holton {Agr. Ed. [Kans. Agr. Col.], ^ {1911), No. 

 3, pp. 13). — In this pamphlet may be found (1) a suggestive constitution for 

 a neighborhood improvement club, (2) methods for work such as surveys of 

 the actual economic, social, health, moral, and educational conditions in the 

 neighborhood, (3) topics for discussion in regular meetings, and (4) hints for 

 a small working library. 



Handbook of nature study, Anna B. Comstock {Ithaca, N. Y., 1911, pp. 

 XVII+938, pi. 1, figs. 102, dgms. 6, maps 5).— The leaflets upon which this 

 volume is based were published in the home nature-study course given at 



