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that have to be made for every home and on every farm, together with a number 

 of processes with which every boy should be familiar." Line drawings illustrate 

 the details of the more difficult articles. 



Farm accounting' and business methods, J. A. Bexell (Springfield, Mass., 

 1911, pp. 161, figs. 2, dgm. 1). — This is a textbook for students in agriculture 

 and a manual for home study. It is divided into four parts, namely, financial 

 accounts, cost accounts and special records, business organizations, and useful 

 tables. 



Lessons in farm accounting and business methods, J. A. Bexell (Sprivg- 

 firld, Mass., 1911, pp. 27). — This is a syllabus of instruction sheets for use in 

 connection with the above-named textbook. A loose leaf book accompanies the 

 syllabus and furnishes models for keeping the cash book, inventories, personal 

 accounts, statements, household accounts, and special records such as a milk 

 record, a feed record, a daily labor record, a stock record, a breeding record, and 

 a sales record. 



A pioneer's experience in school gardens, J. W. Jones (Jour. Ed. [Boston], 

 73 (1911) ,^0. Ui, pp. 311-319, dgm. 1) . — As a remetly for eight difficulties which 

 beset a successful school garden, the sections plat system, which combines 

 individual work with coniniunity work and responsibility, is recommended. 



Annual report. New York City branch of the National Plant, Flower and 

 Fruit Guild (xVaf. Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, N. Y. City, Ann. Rpt., 

 l.'t (1910), pp. 28, figs. 5). — One of the features of this report is an account of 

 the maintenance of a children's farm garden in the heart of one of the most 

 congested se<'tions of the city. 



Bibliography of science teaching (U. S. Bur. Ed. Bid., 1911, No. 1, pp. 27). — 

 Under the subject of biology this takes up (1) articles relating to the teaching 

 of biology as a whole, (2) articles on general science with special bearing upon 

 biological subjects, (3) botany, and (4) zoologj-. It also deals with chemistry, 

 geography, mathematics, nature study, and physics. 



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Report of the director for the year ending June 30, 1910, F. B. IMumfokd 

 (Missouri 8ta. Bui. 96, pp. 603-62Ji, fig. 1). — This contains the organization list 

 of the station, a report of the director summarizing the various activities of the 

 station during the year, lists of exchanges and donations, and a financial state- 

 ment for the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of New Mexico Station, 1910 CNeic Mexico 

 Sta. Rpt. 1910, pp. 38). — This contains the organization list, a report of the 

 director on the work, publications, and exchanges of the station, departmental 

 reports on the various lines of station activities during the year, and a financial 

 statement for the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. The 

 report of the animal husbandry department is abstracted on page 272 of this 

 issue, and a portion of that of the horticulturist on page .2.38. 



Thirty-second Annual Report of North Carolina Station, 1909 (North 

 Carolina Sta. Rpt. 1909, pp. 151+117, figs. 12-'f). — This contains the organiza- 

 tion list, reports of the director and heads of departments, of which those of the 

 poultryman and entomologist are abstracted elsewhere in this issue, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, numerous special articles 

 abstracted elsewhere in this issue, and reprints of press bulletins entitled Select- 

 ing Seed Corn for Larger Yields, by C. B. Williams, The Apple Bitter Rot, by 

 F. L. Stevens, Suppression of Terrapin Bugs, by R. I. Smith, and Spring De- 

 struction of Terrapin Bugs, by R. I. Smith, and of Bulletins 200-204, previously 

 noted. 



