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individual. To this end U4 tliere be few schools with many courses, not many 

 schools with few courses." Agriculture is held to be a subject for both the 

 college and the high school. 



Vocational education (A. Y. Ed. DciJt., Die. Trades Schools [C//c.], JUIO, 

 Feb. 1, pp. 26). — The author of this report discusses, among other general 

 phases of vocational instruction, the importance of industrial arts in rural com- 

 munities and household arts instruction. He particularly points out the desir- 

 ability of devising new forms of manual training for country boys directly 

 related to their vocational interests, and the importance of giving older girls in 

 the schools work on real garments and cooking problems. 



The nature-study idea, I.. H. Bailey {New York, 1909, pp. IX+2J,G, figs. 

 2). — Part 1 of this book deals with the general content of "nature study," 

 part 2 with the teacher's point of view, and part 3 with answers to various 

 questions that have come to the author from teachers. Among the interesting 

 special topics that receive attention are the following: Nature-study agricul- 

 ture, must a " use " be found for everything, what subjects to choose, what is 

 thoroughness of teaching, how choose the best books, shall there be a special 

 nature-study teacher, how correlate nature-study work with other subjects, and 

 is nature study on the wane. 



Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs, F. W. Howe ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., Farmers" 

 Bui. 385, pp. 23, figs. 11). — This reviews the work already accomplished by boys' 

 and girls' agricultural and domestic science clubs in the United States, the 

 assistance given by this Department, and the relation of such work to rural 

 schools, and offers practical suggestions for the organization of such clubs and 

 the i)launing of their work. There is also included a list of the free publica- 

 tions of this Department and of various state colleges and experiment stations 

 dealing directlj' or indirectly with this form of school extension work and re- 

 lated subjects. 



Outlines of agriculture for rural schools, C. M. Evans {Chicago, 1910, pp. 

 31. figs. 5). — This is a series of 37 outline lessons on agricultural topics adapted 

 to Iowa conditions. The aim of the course is to relieve the teacher unfamiliar 

 with agriculture from undue effort or anxiety by putting the responsibility for 

 facts upon parents, direct observation by pupils, and the study of bulletins of 

 information issued by the State and by this Department. No text-book is rec- 

 ommended, on the ground that " most teachers are not prepared to teach agri- 

 culture from a text-book." 



Elementary domestic science, Sarah W. Landes {Guthrie, Olda., 1909. pp. 

 lJf9). — This is a text-boolc on food and cookery for schools. Pai-t 1 deals with 

 food, part 2 with cookery, and part 3 with directions for elementary chemical 

 and physical experiments with food materials. It is so designed that each part 

 may be used alone in schools not equipped for illustrating the entire subject. 

 A useful list of reference books and l)ulletins is included. The treatment is 

 well adapted to correlation with other school subjects. 



Poultry pathology: Its place in the curriculum, G. B. Morse {Ontario Agr. 

 Col. Rev., 22 {1910), No. 5, pp. 2^6-251). — This paper points out the economic 

 importance of a knowledge of poultry diseases and their proper treatment in 

 successful poultry raising. The author regards this topic as of primary value 

 in the arrangement of a course in poultry husbandry, and believes that the 

 study of a well-organized poultry course would secure " a broad training involv- 

 ing not only a fundamental general science course but also a technical agri- 

 cultural course that would include every phase of farm life." 



The silo, J. F. Woodhull {Nature-Study Rev., 6 {1910), No. i, pp. 10-16, 

 figs. 2). — This is a treatment of the subject adapted for presentation as a 

 school topic in nature study, including a description in simple language of the 



