MISCELLANEOUS. 599 



home subjects such as potatoes, poultrj-, bread making, home decorations, 

 balanced rations, the model kitchen, crop rotation, etc. 



The school garden, Laxdmann {Gartenicelt, 15 (1011), No. 21, pp. 284-286, 

 dgm. 1). — The author gives suggestions for an ideal school garden, including 

 a plan and description of a school garden adopted by the Realgymnasium at 

 Biebrich on the Rhine. 



Home vegetable gardening, C. S. Helleb (Facts for Farmers [Mass. Agr. 

 Col], 1 (1911), Xo. 11, pp. .'/). — The facts here brought out have to do with 

 the location of the home vegetable garden, its plan and arrangement, the loca- 

 tion of crops, fertilizers, varieties of vegetables that have proved satisfactory 

 under average home garden conditions, and a vegetable planting table adapted 

 to northern conditions. 



Farm demonstration work in North Carolina, C. R. Hudson (Prog. Farmer, 

 26 (1911), No. 26, pp. 580, 581). — This article enumerates the purposes of the 

 farm demonstration work in North Carolina and shows in detail what it has 

 accomplished and what are the prospects for the future. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1910 (f7. /Sf. Dept. Agr. Year- 

 hook 1910, pp. Ill, pis. .'i9, figs. 31). — This contains the report of the Secretary 

 on the work of the Department during the year ; 2S special articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue; and an apjiendix containing an article on the Publica- 

 tions of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and How They are Distributed, 

 by J. A. Arnold; Review of Weather Conditions of the Year 1910, by P. C. Day; 

 Seed Time and Harvest — Average Dates of Planting and Harvesting in the 

 United States, by J. R. Covert ; a directory of the Department, the agricultural 

 colleges, the experiment stations, and State officials in chai-ge of agriculture; 

 and agricultural statistics in which the domestic production, prices, and com- 

 mercial movement of the principal crops and farm animals have been presented 

 with even greater fullness than heretofore. 



Twenty-third Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1910 (Georgia Sta. Rpt. 

 1910, pp. 167-175). — This contains the organization list, reports by the presi- 

 dent of the board of directors and by the director of the stistiuu on its 

 work during the year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1910. 



Annual report of the director for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910 

 (Delaware Sta. Bui. 92, pp. S). — This contains the organization list and the 

 report of the director on the work of the station. It includes a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Department Library, April, May, and June, 1911 

 (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Library Mo. Bui., 2 (1911), Nos. J,, pp. 91-120; 5, pp. 121-158; 

 6, pp. 159-18'}). — These numbers contain data for April, Maj', and June, 1911, 

 respectively, as to the accessions to the Library of this Department and the 

 additions to the list of periodicals currently received. 



Author index to Monthly Bulletin of the Department Library, volume 1 

 (V. /S. Dept. Agr., Library Mo. Bui., (1910), Author Index, pp. IV+341-426). 



