394 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Lesson exercises, C. A. Stebbins {Univ. Gal. Syllabus Ser., No. 34 (1012), 

 pp. 32, figs. 33). — Twenty-one lessons on the soil and its origin, water and soil, 

 the seed and its needs, propagation of plants, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fer- 

 tilizers, weeds, insects, birds, plant diseases, and trees, are outlined. 



Field trips in elementary agriculture {W. Va. School Agr., Jf (1913), No. 1, 

 pp. 19, figs. 10). — As a means of securing correlation between the schoolroom 

 and the community, outlines for four field trips are presented for the purpose 

 of studying soil formation, forest trees, and insects. Directions for preserving 

 weed specimens and mounting twigs and insects are included. 



Collection and preservation of plant material for use in the study of 

 agriculture, H. B. Dekb and C. H. Lane {V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 5S6, 

 pp. 2.'i, figs. 16). — Methods of collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving 

 plant specimens of various sorts are suggested for the use of teachers of agri- 

 culture. 



Outline of work in agriculture, domestic science, and manual training 

 (Cicero, Ind., 1913, pp. 19, figs. 4). — This is an outline of instruction in agri- 

 culture in the high schools of Jackson township, Hamilton County, Ind., and in 

 domestic science and art, manual training as related to the farm, and mechani- 

 cal drawing in grades five to eight, inclusive, and the high schools. 



[Reading courses in agriculture and home economics] (Cornell Reading 

 Courses, 2 (1913), Nos. 39, pp. 153-181,, figs. 16; J,l, pp. 185-196; 43, pp. 197- 

 208, figs. 6; 45, pp. 209-218; 47, pp. 221-228, figs. 4; 3 (1913), Nos. 49, pp. //7, 

 figs. 27; 51, pp. 1,9-72. figs. 28; 54, pp. 45-G4, figs. 11; 55, pp. 85-103, figs. 10; 

 56, pp. 65-95, figs. 15; 58, pp. 97-116, figs. i9).— These numbers treat of the 

 following subjects: The Farmhouse, by Helen B. Young; Rules for Planning 

 the Family Dietary, by Flora Ro.se; The Box Luncheon, by Clara W. Browning; 

 Hints on Choo.sing Textiles, by Bertha E. Titsworth; A Canning Business for 

 the Farm Home, by Claribel Nye and Bessie Earll Austin; Household Insects 

 and IMethods of Control, by G. W. Herrick; A Story of Certain Table Furnish- 

 ings, by Clara W. Browning and Edith J. Munsell ; The Dairy Herd, by H. H. 

 Wing; Rice and Rice Cookery, by Miriam Birdseye; Practical Horse-Breeding, 

 by M. W. Harper; and Planting the Home Vegetable Garden, by A. E. Wil- 

 kinson. 



Seasonable suggestions, S. A. Mineab (Rural Educator, 3 (1914), No. 3, pp. 

 48, 49). — Directions are given for testing seed corn and making a school garden. 



Testing seed com, A. L. Smith (loiva Agr., 14 (1914), No. 7, pp. 363, 364, 

 fig. 1). — Directions are given for three lessons in testing seed corn, viz, making 

 Hie testing box, filling the box, and reading the test. 



Testing seed corn in rural schools, Augusta D. Evans (III. Agr., IS (1914), 

 No. 6, pp. 343-346, figs. 2). — The author points out the value of seed corn testing 

 and gives directions for making a germination box, preparing the corn for the 

 tester, reading and recording the test, and making a record blank for com- 

 munity testing. 



Modern fruit growing, W. Wilden (Neuseitlicher Obstbau, M[Unchen] 

 (Jladhach, Germany [i9i3], pp. 96, figs. 24). — This is a text and reference book 

 in modern fruit growing for self-instruction and use in seminaries and agri- 

 cultural schools. 



A field lesson on the fuel woods of the farm, J. G. Needham (Nature-Study 

 Rev., 9 (1913), No. 9, pp. 282-290, figs. 5). — A consideration of the fuel value of 

 different kinds of woods is followed by an outline for the study of the fuel 

 woods of the farm in which fuel stuffs are gathered from the woodlot and 

 te.sted in fire making. 



The question of the introduction of instruction in fire extinguishing in 

 the lower agricultural schools (Land u. Forstir. Unierrieht.t Ztg.. 27 (1913), 



