898 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Live stock judging for beginners (Indiana Sta. Circ. 29, pp. 128, figs. 99). — 

 This circular, prepared under the direction of J. H. Skinner, is designed 

 primarily for beginners in the study of live stock judging. 



It is divided into 6 parts and an appendix. Part 1, the introduction, con- 

 siders the profitableness of the study of live stock judging, the score card, and 

 comparative judging. Part 2. Judging Horses, by D. O. Thompson, includes 

 draft, harness, and saddle horses, ponies, breeding classes, and the location of 

 common unsoundness and faults. Part 3, Judging Beef Cattle, by F. G. King, 

 treats of fat steers, feeder or stocker cattle, and breeding classes. Part 4, 

 Judging Dairy Cattle, by P. H. Crane, considers the dairy cow and the dairj 

 bull. Part 5. Judging Hogs, by W. W. Smith, treats of fat hogs, the brood 

 sow, and the boar. Part 6. Judging Sheep, by H. E. Allen, is a study of fat 

 and feeder sheep, breeding classes, and Merino or fine-wool type of sheep. 



Score cards are given for draft horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, lard hogs, 

 and mutton sheep, as well as diagrams showing the points of the horse, beef 

 animal, dairy cow, hog, and sheep, the wholesale cuts on the beef carcass and 

 on the live steer, the wholesale pork cuts, and the mutton and lamb cuts. The 

 appendix outlines a method of live stock improvement, by W. W. Smith, and 

 contains a tabulation of breeds of live stock and breed associations, and lists 

 of books and other publications about live stock. 



Fruit for exhibition, A. J. Norman (Facts for Farmers [Mass. Agr. Col.], 

 1 (1911), No. 12, pp. Jf). — Methods for preparing fruit for exhibition and sug- 

 gestions for judging it are given, together with score cards for apples, plums, 

 peaches, and grapes. The pamphlet is suitable for study in public schools. 



Some health problems, E. L. Holton, F. H. Slack, and L. D. Bushneli 

 (Agr. Ed. [Kans. Agr. CoL], Rural Life 8er., 3 (1910), No. 1, pp. 15, figs. 13).— 

 This article was prepared for the village and rural teachers of Kansas, and 

 deals especially witli stamping out typhoid fever by attention to the typhoid or 

 house fly, the water supply, and the milk supply. 



Nature study by grades, H. H. Cummings (New York, Cincinnati, and Chi- 

 cago [1910], pp. VI+27Ji, figs. 87). — This book is designed to meet the needs 

 of pupils in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of elementary schools. The 

 lessons are grouped into fall, winter, and spring work, and consist of sugges- 

 tions to the teacher, questions, problems, and simple experiments in nature 

 study. 



Suggestions for girls' contests in sewing and cooking (Agr. Ed. [Kansas 

 Agr. CoL], 2 (1910), No. 7, pp. 30). — This pamphlet was prepai-ed with a view 

 to bringing about more uniform work in institutes. The suggestions cover such 

 matters as mending, sewing, score cards for bread, butter, and jellies, canning 

 fruit and vegetables, and making butter under farm conditions. 



MISCELIANEOTJS. 



Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, 1910 (U. 8. Dept. 

 Agr. Office E-rpt. i<tas. Ept. 1910. pp. -',12. pis. 29, figs. S).— This includes the 

 usual report on the work and expenditures of this Office for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30. 1910, and of the work and expenditures of the agricultural 

 experiment stations in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Porto 

 Rico, and Guam ; statistics of the agricultural colleges and experiment sta- 

 tions for 1910, noted on page 896 ; and numerous articles and reviews abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of Alaska Stations, 1910 (Alaska Stas. Rpt. 1910. pp. 85, 

 pis. 13). — This contains a report of the chief lines of work carried on during 



