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Bibliographies prepared by the United States Bureau of Education aud by 

 the etlitor of the yearl)ook are appended. 



Agricultural education, J. Macdonald (In Stephen's Book of the Farm. Edin- 

 burgh and London, 1908, vol. 1, 5. ed., rev., pp. 30-37). — This is a brief review 

 of the development of agricultural education in Great Britain, in which are 

 considered the older teaching centers, the modern agricultural colleges in Eng- 

 land and Wales, the cooperation of county councils, the agricultural colleges 

 in Scotland, the growing appreciation of agricultural education, aid to agri- 

 cultural education by agricultural societies, and agricultural education in 

 Ireland. 



Indian boarding schools and agricultural education, L. CnrBRrcK ([irr/.s/i- 

 ington: Govt.], 1911, pp. 5). — In this account, prmted for the use of the House 

 Coumiittee on Indian Affairs, a summary is given of the worli that is being 

 done by the United States in the maintenance of a system of schools for Indian 

 children. There are two classes of schools, day and boarding. The day schools, 

 of which there are at least 150. are located on the reservations aud may be 

 regarded as miniature farm schools. The boarding schools are divided into 

 two classes, those located, on the reservations aud those that are not. The 

 boarding schools are, in theory, distinctively industrial in the direction of 

 agriculture. 



Agriculture in the public schools, L. S. Ivixs {Lebanon, Ohio, [1909] pp. 

 156, pis. S). — The object of this book is to furnish a guide for teachers in the 

 rural schools who are expecting to prei)are a course of studj' that will include 

 the subjects of nature study and elementary agriculture. It also furnishes 

 helpful suggestions on parents' meetings, public displays of school work, corn, 

 potato, and vegetable growing contests, and home, rux-al, aud city school flower 

 gardens. Courses of study prepared by the state department of education of 

 Ohio are given for third grade high schools (two-year course), second grade 

 high schools (three-year course), and first grade high schools (four-j-ear course). 



Agriculture for schools of the Pacific slope, E. W. Hii.gard and W. J. V. 

 OsTEKnoUT {\ew York, 1910, pp. XIX+J,2S, fig.s. 209). — This book covers a great 

 many topics in an elemeiitary way and is intended for use in parts of the 

 humid as well as in the entire arid region. About two^thirds of its space is 

 devoted to such subjects as plant needs, how the leaf gets food from the air, 

 plant propagation and improvement, the influence of surroundings on the struc- 

 ture of plants, and the foes, friends, and diseases of plants. The various field 

 crops follow and brief consideration is given to animal physiology and the 

 various farm animals. 



Some agricultural projects for elementary schools (BuJ. Bd. Ed. Masa., 

 1911, No. 1, pp. 53, Jigs. 25). — This manual is divided into four parts: Direc- 

 tions for conducting 14 projects in farming, suggestions for garden work, 12 

 laboratory exercises, and collateral work which shows how letter writing, cook- 

 ing, geography, arithmetic, drawing, and themes may be taught with an agri- 

 cultural ix)int of view. 



Practical agriculture for rural schools, A. B. Graham (Agr. Col. Ext. BuJ. 

 [Ohio State Univ.], 6 {1911), No. 6, pp. 15, figs. 22).— This bulletin contains 

 suggestions to teachers for conducting experiments with growing crops, making 

 observations and collections, and identifying specimens. These are followed 

 by lists of helpful books, bulletins, and other publications. 



Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants), J. F. Duggar (Ncv:! York, 

 1911, pp. XXVII +57 9, figs. 222).— This book adds one more to the Rural Text- 

 book Series edited by L. H. Bailey. The author had in mind in the preparation 

 of this text the needs of two classes of individuals: " Students desiring. a full 

 and practical, yet logical and pedagogical treatment of the staple crops of the 



