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work in connection with the teaching of farm and home subjects, corn judging, 

 and u score card for bread. 



Crop exhibits, A. M. Ten Eyck (Agr. Ed. [Kans. Agr. Col], 3 {1910), No. //, 

 pp. 13, figs. 16). — The object of this publication is to offer suggestions in the 

 preparation of crop exhibits at county and state fairs, state corn shows, etc. 

 The suggestions pertain in particular to bundle samples of grain and grasses, 

 threshed grain, and ear corn, and illustrations are given of properly prepared 

 bundle samples. 



Chapters in elements of agriculture. — IV, A soil primer, L. E. Call (Agr. 

 Ed. [Kans. Agr. CoI.~\, 3 [1911], No. 12, pp. 27, figs. ,S).— The 6 lessons included 

 in this pamphlet on soils deal with its rock particles, plant material, moisture 

 content, relation to heat and air, and life. There are 2 practical exercises fol- 

 lowing each lesson adapted to either the laboratory or the field. References to 

 literature on the soil appear with almost every lesson. 



Soil drainage, A. G. McCall (Agr. Col. Ext. Bui. [Ohio State Univ.], 7 

 (1911), No. 4, PP' 4-i5, figs. 14). — This bulletin contains 4 practical exercises in 

 soil drainage and a brief discussion of (1) the benefits of good drainage, (2) 

 the drainage of low, level, and rolling land, and (3) drainage practice. 



Suggestive outlines for agricultural work in rural and village scliools. — 

 Corn, L. G. Atheeton (Normal Teacher [Madison, 8. Dak.], 1 (1911), No. 5, 

 pp. 11, figs. 5). — This publication has been prepared by the South Dakota State 

 Normal School to assist rural and village teachers in the presentation of lessons 

 on corn. It is the first of a series to be issued dealing with some special topic of 

 interest to teachers of agriculture. The practical exercises have been so 

 selected and prepared that the teacher can carry them out without special 

 apparatus. 



Chapters in elements of agriculture. — VI, A wheat primer, L. A. Fitz 

 (Agr. Ed. [Kans. Agr. Col.], 3 [1911], No. 17, pp. 23, figs. ,',).— There are 7 ele- 

 mentary lessons on wheat in this primer, dealing with such matters as the seed 

 bed, seed selection, wheat diseases, and insect pests, marketing, and milling. 



Orchard fruits, A. W. Nolan (W. Va. School Agr., 2 (1911), No. 2, pp. 26-U, 

 figs. IJf. — The 7 lessons outlined deal with fruit growing on the farm, selecting 

 and planting the trees, types of fruit, judging apples, common orchard pests, 

 and packing and storing fruit. Each lesson is accompanied by practical exer- 

 cises. A few books on fruit culture are suggested. 



Forestry in nature study, E. R. Jackson (TJ. S. Dept, Agr., Farmers' Bui. 

 468, PI). 43, figs. 13). — The plan of this publication, which is a revision of a 

 special circular of this otRce (E, S. R., 22, p. 197), is to suggest definitely what 

 tree studies, exercises, and supplementary readings may be used each term in 

 the first 6 years of the elementary schools, and to make these lessons progres- 

 sive and logical. There is in addition to the course of study a discussion of the 

 aims of nature study and the -methods of teaching it, suggestions for supple- 

 mentary experiments, field trips, and the use of illustrative material, a key to 

 the common kinds of trees, and a bibliography of the books referred to in the 

 text. 



Essentials of biology, G. W. Htjnteb (New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago, 

 1911, pp. 448, pi. 1, figs. 368). — Following a brief treatment of the influence of 

 environment on plants and animals, the school year is begun with a study of 

 the flower and fruit, together with the related topic of insects in their relation 

 to flowers, these beiiig taken up in the fall when material is abundant. Con- 

 siderable emphasis is placed on the subject of fruits useful to man, plant breed- 

 ing, and other topics of economic importance. Roots are then considered, and 

 the significance of osmosis is explained in detail. The subject of soils and the 

 relation of bacteria to crop rotation are next taken up, A discussion of the 



