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cusses the economic, practical, and moral role of the agricultural home eco- 

 nomics school and calls atention to three principal types of agricultural home 

 economics instruction, viz, the analytical course or school in individual sub- 

 jects, such as cooking, sev^ing, etc.. instruction preparing for the home, and 

 professional instruction as found in the national systems of education of Eng- 

 land, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Hungary, which are de- 

 scribed. 



Woman's place in agriculture {3. Cong. Intemat. Cercles Fennidres Ocmd. 

 1913, Compt. Rend., pp. [133]). — This is a report of the proceedings of the 

 Third International Congress of Farm Women's Clubs held at Ghent June 

 12 to 15. 1913. 



The professional place of the farm, woman (3. Cong. Intemat. Cercles 

 Fermi^res Gand, 1913, Raps. Sect. 2, pp. [112]). — This section's report consists 

 of discussions on farm women's work in dniryiug, poultry raising, kitchen 

 gardening, keeping accounts, and flower and shrubbery ornamentation. 



Associations of farm women {3. Cong. Intemat. Cercles Ferniidres Gand., 

 1913, Raps. Sect. 1, pp. [183]). — This report contains accounts of the organiza- 

 tion, work, and results of farm women's associations in Belgium, Poland, 

 Ireland, the United States. France. Province of Hainaut (Belgium), Kizkim- 

 felegyhaza (Hungary), and the Province of Ontario, Canada, also some ideas 

 relative to rural desertion, some social laws interesting to agriculture, the 

 itinerant home economics course, and the report of the Women's Agricultural 

 and Horticultural International Union. 



The farm woman, the mother of the family, and the housekeeper {3. 

 Cong. Intemat. Cercles Fermi^rcs Gand., 1913, Rap^ Sect. 3, pp. [195]). — The 

 papers presented relate to the farm woman's role in home education, child 

 hygiene, clothing, villnge esthetics, furnishing and decollating the home, food 

 of the lower class, utilization and conservation of vegetables and fruits, look- 

 ing after tlie professional education of children and keeping them on the farm, 

 and organizing rural recreation. 



Eai-niers' clubs, their organization and work (North Carolina Sta. Circ. 15 

 {191Jf), pp. 11). — Informntion is given on how to start a farmers' club, where to 

 obtain material for discussion, and the importance of organization, followed 

 by a topical and seasonal arrangement of subjects, with references. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Beport of Nevada Station, 1913 (Nevada Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 61). — 

 This contains the organization list, a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 191B, a report of the director, departmental reports, the experi- 

 mental work of which is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue, 

 and a list of available publications. 



Thirty-second Annual Beport of Ohio Station, 1913 (Ohio Stn. Bui. 263 

 (1913), pp. X.T.Y. fig. 1). — This contains the organization list, a report of the 

 board of control, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, 

 and a report of the director summarizing the work and publications of the 

 station during the year. 



Press Bulletins (Ohio Sta. Bui. 263 (1913), pp. 543-546) .—Reprints of press 

 bulletins on the following subjects: Grasshoppers; the county experiment 

 farm — how it will be managed and what it is expected to accomplish; seed 

 treatment to prevent oat smut ; and warbles or bots in cattle. 



