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to be worthy of a place in an educational system. Chapter 3, on " frenetic 

 psycholojry as an aid in organization," consists of an Investigation into the 

 development of the human mind from the earliest years until maturity in order 

 to determine the principles which govern in the organization of agriculture 

 in a curriculum. The charts deal with such matters as a high-school course 

 in science and agriculture, an agriculturaljPJilcndar for a high school covering 

 several years' work, and a high-schj^jjjppfi'rse in agriculture and related sciences 

 showing, the place of industrial ana vocational electives. Part 3 deals with, 

 the equipment of the laboratory, jilats and gi-onnds, and agricultural litera- 

 ture. Excerpts from the works of many leaders in educational thought are 

 found in almost every chajiter. 



Reports of Danish agricultural instructors (Ber. Landhr. Min. LandiJko- 

 nom. Eonsulcntvirks., 21 (1909), No. 2, pp. 228). — The reports of the various 

 instructors employed by the Danish government, directly or Indirectly, are 

 given in the volume, and the more interesting and important phases of their 

 educational and ins]iection work are briefly discussed. 



Fundamentals of agriculture, edited by J. E. Halligan (Boston, New Yorh, 

 and Chicago, 1911, pp. XIV +.'^92, figs. 269, dgms. 19). — This is an elementary 

 text-book for which the editor has secured chapters from many different 

 authors, as follows: Means of Promoting Agricultural Life in America, by 

 K. L. Butterfield; The Soil, by A. R. Whitson ; Plant Life, by E. A. Bessey; 

 Manures and Fertilizing Materials, by the editor; Farm Crops, by L. Carrier, 

 A. D. Shamel, W. R. Dodson, O. D. Center, H. P. Agee, E. H. Jenkins, the 

 editor, S. E. McClendon, and C. V. Piper, each dealing with some particular 

 crop or group of crops; Trees and the Garden, by C. P. Halligan, L. Carrier, 

 G. E. Stone, and C. A. Keffer; Plant Diseases, by H. R. Fulton; Insects and 

 Birds, by G. W. Ilerrick, W. Newell, A. L. Quaintance, A. W. Morrill, and 

 E. H. Forbush; Live Stock and Dairying, by E. S. Good, J. E. Wing, C. S. 

 Plumb, D. J. Lamljert, F. W. Woll, and the editor ; Feeds and Feeding, by the 

 editor and W. H. Dalrymple; Farm Mana.gement, by F. W. Card; Farm 

 Machinery, by L. \V. Chase; The Disposal of Sewage on the Farm, and Earth 

 Roads, by J. B. Davidson ; The Country Home, by the editor ; and Truck Gar- 

 dening, by G. L. Tiebout. Each topic in the book is treated very briefly and 

 all are arranged in such a manner as to secure a logical development of the 

 subject of agriculture. 



Text-book of Egyptian -agriculture, edited by G. P. Foaden and F. 

 Fletcher (Cairo: Govt., 1910, vol. 2, pp. VI +321-878, pis. 11).— This is the 

 second volume of the text-book issued by the Egyptian ministry of education 

 (E. S. R., 21, p. 91). It contains a chapter each on farm seeds and rotation 

 of crops, by W. Cartwright ; a chapter on farm crops, including cotton, by G. P. 

 Foaden ; flax and til, cereals, sugar, pulse, fodder, and wet-land crops, by 

 W. Cartwright, and minor crops, by G. Bonaparte; a chapter each on vege- 

 tables and fruits, by G. Bonaparte; a chapter on farm pests, including fungoid 

 diseases, by W. L. Balls, and injurious insects, by F. C. Willcocks; a chapter 

 on farm animals, by J. S. McCall ; and one on dairying, by W. Cartwright. 

 Six appendixes contain data on crops and areas, census of date palms, exports 

 from Egypt, imports into E.gypt, meteorological data, and weights and measures. 



A course of practical work in agricultural chemistry for senior students, 

 T. B. Wood (Cambridge, England: School Agr., 1911, pp. 56). — This course of 

 study is the outcome of 17 years' experience in teaching a class of senior stu- 

 dents in the L^niversity of Cambridge. It has been used for the last 10 years 

 in the form of typewritten sheets, which were given out to the class from day 

 to day and revised from year to year. The course outlines methods of sampling 

 and analyzing soils and plants, of determining nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, 



