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the effectiveness of boys' clubs, and the neetl of teaching the young the care and 

 importance of the garden, the poultry tlock, and the cow, and how to care for 

 them and realize the most from them. 



Nature study, rural sociology, and agriculture for rural schools (Mich. 

 Agr. CoL, Dcpt. Agr. Ed. Bui. 4, PP- 1^, fiOS. 3). — This bulletin is intended to 

 be of special service to teachers in the Michigan county normal training classes. 



Suggestions are offered in reference to teaching concerning the natural en- 

 vironment of nu'al pupils, including familiar natural objects, occupations, home 

 affairs, civic relations and responsibilities, and the correlation of such instruc- 

 tion with language, geography, and other subjects of school study. Special 

 work in elementary agriculture is advised for grades 5 to 9, and a working out- 

 line is offered in agronomy, horticulture, forestry, botany, entomology, orni- 

 thology, animal husbandry, and mechanics. A bib]iogra])hy of helpful books 

 and bulletins is included. 



Common sense in negro schools, G. S. Dickerman (Hamilton Leaflets, n. 

 set:, 5 [I'M'.)), A'o. 12, pi). 13, figs. !l). — This is a description of domestic science 

 and other forms of industrial work introduced into the negro public schools 

 of Norfolk, Va., and vicinity by Miss S. E. Breed, in 1896, with a brief dis- 

 cussion of the educational and economic value of the work. 



Agriculture in California schools, E. B. Babcock {Sierra Ed. Neios and 

 Book Rev., G (J 910), No. 1, pp. Jj6-5t). — This is a description of the introduc- 

 tion of agricultural instruction into various California schools as previously 

 noted (E. S. II.. 22, p. 494), with a comparison of the work in California with 

 that of other States, and an outline of a plan for so organizing "nature" or 

 " science " teaching in the schools as to correlate it effectively with other 

 subjects of instruction. 



Agricultural education and research (Rpt. Scot. Com. Agr. Canada, lOOS, 

 pp. 63-78, figs. 7). — A consideration of the organization and work of agricul- 

 tural education institutions in Canada, including rural schools, consolidated 

 schools, Macdonald Institute, agricultural colleges, and farmers' institutes. 



Elementary agriculture and horticulture and school gardens in rural and 

 village schools {Ontario Dcpt. Ed. Circ. 13, pp. 3'i, pis. //, fig^^. 9. dgms. 2). — 

 An exi)lanatory and descriptive circular, issued by the Ontario Department of 

 Education, containing regulations in reference to grants of from $30 to $50 for 

 maintaining such work in rural and village schools,' the general purpose of the 

 work itself, the organization of school garden plans, and the general care of 

 the garden after planting. Suggestions for the equipment of school garden 

 work, including a description of garden tools, seed supplies, and useful and 

 helpful books, are included. 



Manual of agriculture, D. O. Barto {Boston, 1910, pp. XIV+89). — A set of 

 3G elementary exercises in soils and crops, with an introduction by Dean 

 Davenport. This is essentially a laboratory manual for use in secondary courses 

 in agronomy — not elementary but elemental. 



Notes on soils, A. R. Whitson and H. L. Walstkr {Madison, Wis., 1909, pp. 

 11/9, figs. 4)- — This is an outline of an elementary course in the study of soils, 

 embracing the oiigin of soil materials, humus, acidity, soil nitrogen, phosphorus 

 and potash, soil texture, the behavior of water in soils, soil ventilation, barn- 

 yard manure, crop rotation, and soil management, with particular attention to 

 Wisconsin conditions. 



Free publications of the Department of Agriculture classified for the 

 use of teachers, D. J. Crosby and F. W. Howe ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. 

 Stas. Circ. 94, pp. 29). — This circular is designed to aid teachers and others in 

 making a more discriminating selection and use of Department publications in 

 connection with school work. 



