MISCELLANEOUS. . 791 



<;»'nii:in.v and Jap.ni. A lar>;c part ol' a child's cdiu-atioii fonies from his asso- 

 ciation witli liis school companions and witli his teachors ont of chiss, and the 

 cloction of siicci.ii coiuM's in ;iL,Micn]tnn' is snfficiently narrowinj; withont pnt- 

 tinj^.tlie hoy '•off in a school iu which all the pnpils and all the teachers are 

 studyinfj exactly the same subject." Iu his opinion it would he wiser and more 

 economical to develoi) ;'. system of agri<'ultural education within the pi'esent 

 connnon school syslcin in linrmony with the social organization and social 

 ideals of these schools. He would therefore introduce elective coiu-ses in agri- 

 culture in the existing high schools of Texas, and provide extra teachers and 

 extra laboratory facilities for this work. 



Why agriculture should be taught in the high school, K. L. Hatch {Wis. 

 ,l()ur. Ed., 39 (1907), A'o. 2, pp. 73, 77,). — The reasons given by the author are 

 1o prepare students to teach the svibjects in the common schools, to prepare stu- 

 dents for the work of the agricultural college, and to direct attention to life on 

 liie farm and its ever increasing possibilities. 



Report of committee on extension work ( ('. .S'. Dept. Ayr., Office Expt. Stas. 

 Circ. 7i?, pp. S). — This is the first report of the committee on e.xtension work of 

 the Associati(m of .Vmcricau .Vgricultvn-al Colleges and Experiment Station.s. 

 It includes a definition of extension teaching in agriculture as interpreted by 

 the conunittee. and a grouping of the divisions of this work as follows: (A) 

 Fai-mers' institutes, (B) itinerant lectures other than farmers' institutes, (C) 

 literature. (D) object lessons or outdoor practicums, (E) rural societies, and 

 (F) other associations. The report also outlines 42 lines of extension work, 

 and makes a number of I'econnnendations with reference to the future work of 

 the <'onnnittee. 



History of farmers' institutes in the United States, .J. Hamilton (L^ S'. 

 Iirpt. Agr., Office E.ipt. stas. Bui. 17Jf, pp. 96). — This bulletin brings together 

 (lata respecting the origin and progress of the farmers' institute movement in 

 th(» several States and Territories up to the year 1904, since which time the 

 progress of the institutes has been recorded in the annual reports of the Farm- 

 ers' Institute Specialist of this Department. It contains historical data con- 

 (crning Government aid to institutes, the American Association of Fai'mers' 

 Institute Workers, and institutes in the several States and Territories, the lattei" 

 preiiarcd largely by the ditferent State directors of farmers' institutes. 



Fanners' institutes (Ohio Sta. Circ. 62, pp. .j). — A list of odicers of the 

 station and the subjects they are ])repared to discuss at farmers' institutes. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1906, James Wilson (U. 8. Dept. 

 .\(>r.. apt. S3, PI). !).'i). — A general review of the work of the Department of 

 .Vgriculture during the fiscal year ended .June 30, 190G. 



Annual Report of Florida Station, 1906 (Florida ,Sta. Rpt. 1006, p}t. LXIV). — 

 This includes the oigani/.ation list of the station, a financial statement for the 

 liscal year eniled .Tune .'{(), 11)06, a general review of the work of the st.ition 

 during the year, statements concerning cooperative work undertaken, reports 

 of different members of the station staff including in some instances the results 

 of observations and experiments, a list of periodicals received by the station, a 

 stibject list of station publications, and an article on pineapple culture abstracted 

 elsewhere. 



Report of the Experiment Station Committee of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Association, 1906 (Hairaiiaii Siif/ar Flanfcrx' Sta. Rpt. 1906, pp. 

 ■'>■')). — The general work of the station during the year ended September :J0, 



