496 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The portion of the book devotetl to cooking is divided into a i)arts. Part 1 

 is a syllabus of the course for the teacher's use, parts 2 and 3 contain lessons 

 for the pupils of the seventh and eighth scholastic -years, and part 4 an appendix 

 for the use of classes having more than one lesson per week, for home use, and 

 for general reference. Part 5 describes a light cooking and manual training 

 equipment for classes of 24 pupils. The work in sewing is divided into general 

 suggestions and courses for the sixth, seventh, and eighth scholastic years. 



Domestic art in woman's education, Anna M. Cooley (New York, 1911, pp. 

 XI-^27-'f). — The object of this book is to point out the relationship between 

 domestic art and other elementary school subjects and the place it may occupy 

 in high schools, colleges, or trade schools. It is divided into 4 parts. Part 1 

 discusses problems confronting those interested in teaching domestic art; part 

 2, on domestic art in the elementary school, deals chiefly with the factors in- 

 volved in planning courses of study ; part 3 treats of the relation of domestic 

 art to secondary education; and part 4 discusses (1) domestic art as a part of 

 college training for women, and (2) domestic art in other higher institutions 

 of learning. A selected bibliography of books helpful in the study of the vari- 

 ous phases of domestic art is appended. 



A basis of organization of the course in nature study, O. W. Caldwell 

 (Nature-Study Rev., 7 (1911), No. J/, pp. 87-90).— This paper points out that 

 a course in nature study should be organized in a fairly definite way in so far 

 as concerns purposes and the general line of procedure. The native interests 

 of children should be considered, since, though these are not an all-determining 

 factor, they are important and should be utilized. 



The children in the grades are accordingly divided into three groups with ref- 

 erence to interest in nature. The first group includes the kindergarten, first and 

 second grades; the second group the third, fourth, and fifth grades; and the 

 third group the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. 



The outlook to nature, L. H. Bailey (New York, 1911, rev. ed., pp. XII + 

 195). — This book contains a revision of 4 lectures given in the Colonial Theater, 

 Boston, Mass., in January, 1905, under the auspices of the education committee 

 of the Twentieth Century Club. Lecture 3 discusses " the school of the future," 

 and states that "A man can be trained to think just as accurately by means 

 even of agricultural subjects as by conventional subjects, provided the agricul- 

 tural subjects are as well systematized and equally well taught." 



Crop demonstrations on state and county farms, C. P. Norgord (Wisconsin 

 Sta. Bid. 208, pp. 3-30, figs. 13). — The results obtained by the agronomy depart- 

 ment in the way of crop demonstrations during the past 2 years, on 20 farms 

 connected with various public, state, and county institutions throughout the 

 State, are giTen. 



Some of the work that is at present under way on most of these farms in- 

 cludes farmers' corn tests, seed selection and breeding, corn planting, alfalfa 

 growing, crop rotation, preparation of seed beds, application of manures, pure- 

 bred seed growing, forage crop culture, use of fanning mills, treatment of 

 grains for diseases, hemp growing, and weed eradication. The farmers' corn 

 tests have shown that there is a great neetl for better methods of seed selection 

 and storing, A demonstration picnic is held some time during the summer at 

 each farm where demonstrations are being conducted and has proved to be the 

 best means of bringing the farmers of the neighborhood to view the crops and 

 to hear them explained by a representative of the station. 



The transportation companies as factors in agricultural extension, J. 

 Hamilton (U. S. Dept. Agr., Offiee Expt. Stas. Circ. 112, pp. i// ) .—Information 

 is given concerning some o£ the ways in which the transportation companies of 



