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ical Institute, at Budapest; Horticultural and Vlticultural School, Bukovo, 

 near Negotiu, Servia ; Horticultural and Vlticultural School at Plevna, Bul- 

 garia ; Intermediate Agricultural School, Obrassof-Tschifiick, near Eustchuk, Bul- 

 garia ; Chemical Agricultural Experiment and Seed Control Station, Bucharest, 

 Roumania ; Agricultural High School, Herastran, near Bucharest; and Farm 

 Horticultural and AHticultural School, Mediasch, Hungary. 



Reforms in agricultural education in the Kingdom of Servia (Land u. 

 Forstw. Unterrichts Ztg., 27 {1913), No. S-4, pp. 2S8, 239).— This is a summary 

 of proposed reforms in agricultural education in Servia, including the intro- 

 duction of agricultural instruction into normal schools, teacher training insti- 

 tutes, and theological seminaries, to he obligatory in the first-named, the estab- 

 lishment of 17 lower agricultural schools in place of existing agricultural sta- 

 tions, the establishment of a higher agricultural school, and the appointment 

 of 79 itinerant agricultural instructors and 5 agricultural inspectors. 



The "Woodlawn school garden, Alice V. Joyce (Nature-SUuly Rev., 10 (1914), 

 No. 2, pp. 61-65, figs. S). — The garden work of the Woodlawn school is described 

 by grades. Each teacher is given a section in which each of her pupils has an 

 individual plat. The last year there were '585 individual plats, those for the 

 primary grades being 5 by 8 ft. and those for the intermediate and grammar 

 grades 8 by 10 ft. 



Lebanon County boys' agricultural and girls' domestic science clubs, J. W. 

 Snoke {Lebanon Co. [Pcnn.] Boys' Agr. and Girls' Dom. Sci. Clubs Circ. 2 

 {1914), PP- 16). — The objects and plans of work of these clubs in corn and 

 potato growing, fruit canning, bread making, sewing, and vegetable growing 

 contests and the exhibition of products are outlined. 



Industrial clubs and contests for Oregon boys and girls {Oreg. Agr. Col. 

 Bids., 1914, Nos. 97, pp. 12; 98, pp. 16; 109, pp. 8, figs. IS; 110, pp. 4, figs. 5; 

 112, pp. 11, figs. 5). — These bulletins describe respectively (1) the organization 

 of junior club work, by F. L. Griffin, (2) rules governing each of the 10 ap- 

 proved projects for 1914, by F. L. Griffin, (3) directions for making the Bab- 

 cock test and keeping the records, by W. A. Barr, (4) a suggested list of tools 

 and materials for the manual arts contest, by II. C. Brandon, and (5) hotbeds 

 nnd cold frames for the gardener in the A^egetable gardening contests. 



The country home {Proc. Conf. Ed. South, 16 {19 IS), pp. 66, 85-96).— 

 Problems of the country home were discussed as a part of the 1913 conference 

 on the education of women in the country. The papers presented included 

 How to Relieve the Drudgery of Women on the Farm, by J. Cook; Home Eco- 

 nomics and Help for the Home Maker, by B. R. Andrews; Home Economics, or 

 Help for the Home Manager — What Domestic Science is Aiming to Accomplish 

 by Developing Instruction as to Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Home Manage- 

 ment, by Isabel E. Lord ; The Department of Agriculture and Its Work for the 

 Home, by C. F. Langworthy; Social Life in the Country for Women, by Mrs. 

 M. C. Roark ; and The Awakening of Farm Women, by Mrs. W. N. Hutt. 



The Second International Congress of Home Training at Ghent, Ida 

 ScHUPPLi (Land u. Forstw. Unterrichts Ztg., 27 {WIS), No. S-4, pp. 211-221).— 

 An account is given of the proceedings and resolutions of the sections of the 

 congress with reference to the following topics: (1) Home economics instruc- 

 tion in the elementary school or in connection with it in cities, industrial 

 centers, and rural communities; (2) home economics instruction for adults 

 or in connection with the intermediate school; (3) the training of teachers of 

 home economics; and (4) literature, progress made since the Freiburg con-' 

 gress, and the importance of instruction in home economics in its social rela- 

 tions. 



