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South, and farmers seeking a simple presentation of the scientific i)rlnciplos 

 underlying agriculture, together with a condensed statement of the I'esults of 

 recent experiments and exi>erience." The book is intended especially for high 

 schools and normal schools, and when so used the author recommends that all 

 the matter printed in small type and all technical names in parentheses be 

 omitted. It Is also intended to serve as an outline for college students. Eleven 

 chapters are devoted to cotton, eight to corn, and one to each of the other im- 

 portant field crops of the South. Forage ci'ops are omitted. 



The type of teaching method presented is one that sends the learner directly 

 to the plant in the field, to make careful observations from the tip of the 

 root to tip of top. The treatment of wheat, which is typical of that given to 

 all the crops considered, is in outline as follows: (1) Structure and composition, 

 including roots, stems, leaves, pollination, the spike and the spikelets, the grain, 

 and composition; (2) species and varieties, including the winter wheats of the 

 cotton belt, the most productive varieties, means of distinguishing varieties, 

 qualities desired in varieties for the South, and the improvement of varieties; 



(3) the kind of soils, the place in the rotation, and the fertilization of wheat; 



(4) cultural methods as to the preparation of land, when to sow, drilling v. 

 broadcast sowing, and large v. medium and small seed; (5) harvesting; and 

 (6) the enemies of wheat. Laboratory exercises and references to literature 

 are furnished at the close of each chapter. 



Boys' and girls' potato and corn prim.er (Mass. Agr. Col., Dept. Agr. Ed. 

 Circ. 12, 1911, pp. 8). — Directions are given for the culture of potatoes and 

 corn. References for the further study of each are added. 



The potato experimenter's primer (Mass. Agr. Col., Dept. Agr. Ed. Circ. 13, 

 1911, pp. 8). — The primer is intended for use by a boys' potato culture club. 

 It contains directions for making 5 experiments in potato growing, such as 

 testing (1) the comparative value of different tubers, (2) the value of treat- 

 ment for scab, (3) the effect of cutting potatoes into large and small pieces, 

 (4) the best depth for planting, and (5) the difference between the product 

 of large and small potatoes. 



Our conebeai'ers and everg'reens, C. H. Goetz (Agr. Col. Ext. Bui. [Ohio 

 State U7iiv.], 6 (1910), No. Jf, pp. 16, figs. 17). — Lessons are outlined which are 

 intended to give school children an opportunity to become better acquainted 

 with a few of the more common cone-bearing and evergreen trees. 



Forests of New York, G. M. Wiley (N. Y. State Ed. Dept., Arbor Day Ann., 

 1911, pp. 53, pi. 1, figs. 31). — Outlines are given on the teaching of forestry 

 along with the geography, agriculture, civics, and physical geography. A list 

 of postgraduate and undergraduate schools of forestry as well as a reference 

 list of forestry books is included. 



Alabama bird day book (Montgomery, Ala : Dept- of Game and Fish, 1911, 

 pp. GO, pis. 11). — The material in this pamphlet was prepared with a view to 

 assisting teachers in celebrating bird day by a study of the principal birds to 

 be found in Alabama. A suggestive program is given. 



Reading list on birds and bird study (Buffalo: Grosvenor Library, 1909, 

 pp. 15). — This is a selected list of books and magazine articles of interest to 

 those interested in nature study and out-of-door life. The list covers, among 

 others, such subjects as bird study in the school, flight and migrations of birds, 

 photographing birds, and bird protection. 



Farm and home mechanics, some things that every boy should know how 

 to do and hence should learn to do in school ( U. S. Dept. Int., Off. Indian Aff. 

 [Pm&.], 1911, pp. 48, pis. 5, figs. 28). — The purpose of this manual is to set forth 

 the results of practical experience in the work of instruction in the Indian 

 schools. A suggestive list is given containing a number of " common articles 



