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how to plant, and how to care for the school gardens are the principal topics 

 discussed. 



Gardening for schools, S. B. McCready {Ontario Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm 

 Bui. 152, pp. 32, figs. 4, maps 2). — This is one of the series of provincial teach- 

 ers' bulletins, and treats of the place of gardening in education, cooperative 

 experiments in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture, and children's home gar- 

 dening organizations. 



Gardening, W. J. Green (Oltio State Grange Ed. Bui. 2, pp. 12-16). — A 

 course proijared for members of the Ohio State Grange, consisting of 18 lessons 

 based on (ireen's Vegetable Gardening. 



A course of study in farm crops, C. A. McCall (Ohio State Orange Ed. Bui. 

 2, pp. 6-11). — A course of study prepared for the members of the Ohio State 

 Grange, consisting of 17 lessons based on Vol. II of Brooks's Agriculture. 



Improvement of the corn crop, J. A. Foord (Agr. Col. Ext. Bui. [Ohio State 

 Univ.'], 2 (1907), No. 7, pp. 16, figs. 1'/, dgm. 1). — Directions are given for select- 

 ing and making germination tests of seed corn. 



Studies of corn and its uses, F. H. Rankin (Agr. Col. Ext. Univ. III. [Circ.'i, 

 1906. Oct., 2. cd.. pp. -'/O, figs. o). — These include suggestions for studies by young 

 people of the corn plant, studies of an ear of corn, preparing exhibits and using 

 the score card for corn and for oats, studies of the different parts of a kernel 

 of corn, commercial products of corn, and suggestions for experiments with 

 corn. 



Keport of the corn contest, E. C. Bishop (Ann. Rpt. Nebr. Bd. Agr., 1905, 

 pp. 1S4-197).- — This article gives particulars regarding the origin, progress, 

 and final exhibition program and banquet of the Nebraska corn growing 

 contest. 



Tillage and cultivation, A. G. McCall (Agr. Col. Ext. Bui. [Ohio State 

 Univ.], 1 (1906), A'o. 9, pp. 12, figs. 11). — A lesson in elementafy agriculture, 

 with suggestions for a number of experiments with soils. 



Practical experiments with milk and butter, J. W. Decker (Agr. Col. Ext. 

 Bui. [Ohio State Univ.], 2 (1906), No. Jf. pp. 9-13, figs. S).— Ten experiments 

 suitable for use in elementally schools are given. These illustrate the presence 

 of water, organic matter, and mineral matter in milk, the separation of curd 

 and whey, the presence of albumen and milk sugar in whey, the separation of 

 butter fat from cream, the presence of casein in butter, tests to distinguish be- 

 tween butter and oleomargarine, and the effect of heat and cold on the keeping 

 quality of milk. 



Outline of course in nature study, L. PI. Miller and E. B. Babcock (Train- 

 ing Dcpt., Los Angeles Normal School, 1906, pp. 16). — The general purpose of the 

 nature-study work in this school is " to bring the child and nature into the 

 most vital contact possible." 



The course includes work with plants, animals, and nature-study literature. 

 Both wild and cultivated plants are studied — to be able to recognize them, to 

 know what they do, to become familiar with the life history of certain ones, 

 to acquire knowledge of the cultivation of common vegetables and flowers, and 

 to take up eventually some of the more special phases of plant production. The 

 means employed in acquiring this information are the school garden, home gar- 

 dens, and field trips and observations. 



A like comprehensive study of the more common animals — birds, mammals, 

 toads, insects, etc. — and the proper care and treatment of them, is taken up in 

 the schoolroom, at home, and on trips afield. 



The outline of nature-study work in detail was prepared by B. M. Davis, and 

 includes work for each term and grade through the eight years of common 

 school work. The work of the seventh grade consists largely of experiments in 



