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to teachers to lend their iufluence aud efforts to encourage corn club work ; 

 states the object of the boys' corn club, how the teacher may organize a club, 

 who may become members, and some of the prizes offered in Alabama in 1910 ; 

 and outlines a suggested constitution and by-laws, means of arousing and hold- 

 ing interest, aud some results of the work. 



How to organize and conduct a girls' canning club, Dbxla Stboud (Ala- 

 bama Col. Sta. Circ. 12, pp. 8, figs. 7). — This circular advises as to the objects 

 of canning club work, why the teacher should be interested, how the teacher 

 may organize a club, who may become members, and results of the work ; and 

 outlines a suggested constitution and by-laws. 



School gardening, F. E. Lloyd and L. N. Duncan (Alabama Col. Sta. Circ 

 13, pp. 27, figs. 7). — This circular considers school gardening as a factor in edu- 

 cation, states how school gardening may be made a part of the course, and what 

 to do with the materials grown in the garden, and gives directions concerning 

 the location and planning of the garden, the necessary tools, a fertilizer test 

 with different crops, individual and home gardens, flowers, hotbeds and cold 

 frames. Suggested plans for general and individual gardens combined, aud for 

 the individual plat, as well as planting tables for crops arranged by seasons and 

 for vegetables, are given. 



The germination test for seed corn, T. A. Kiesselbach (Nebraska Sta. Ext. 

 Bui. 3, pp. -'/. figs. 7). — Simple directions are furnished for a test. 



Organization lists of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations 

 in the United States, Mary A. Agnew ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 

 247, pp. 103). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1911 (New 

 York Cornell .sVrt. Rpt. 1911, pp. CXLIX-{-793+20+Xy I , table 1, pis. 5, figs. 

 293-htO). — This report contains the organization list, reports of the president 

 of the university, the director of the station, and heads of departments, a finan- 

 cial statement as to the federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, and 

 reprints of Bulletins 284 to 303 and Circulars 8 to 10, previously noted, and 

 Circular 11, noted on page 778 of this issue. 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Rhode Island Station, 1911 (Rhode 

 Island Sta. Rpt. 1911, pp. 113-160 + VII). — This contains the organization list, 

 a report of the director on the work of the station during the year, including a 

 summary of meteorological observations of the year abstracted on page 715 of 

 this issue, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Washington Station, 1911 (Washington 

 Sta. Bui. 104, pp. 20). — This contains the organization list, a i-eport of the work 

 and publications of the station during the year, and a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. 



Report of cooperative and extension work in agriculture in middle Ten- 

 nessee for the years 1909 and 1910 (Tennessee Sta., Rpt. Coop, and Ext. Work 

 Agr. Middle Tenn., 1909-10, pp. 93, figs. 8). — This includes a general report of 

 this work by the director of the station and reprints of Bulletins 92 and 93, 

 previously noted. 



Farmers' Day guide to the experiments in progress on the college farm 

 (Delaware Sta. Circs. 4, pp. 22, pi. 1; 5, pp. 23; 6, pp. 32, pi. 1). — These circu- 

 lars, prepared for distribution at the annual Farmers' Day, furnish a key to 

 the exi)erimeutal plats and live stock in June, 1909, 1910, and 1911, respectively. 



List of publications of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station 

 of the State College, Kingston, R. I., available for distribution December, 

 1911 (Rhode Island Sta. Bui. 147, pp. YII). 



