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offers suggestions to teachers, and outlines a course of study in agriculture 

 based upon the Elements of Agriculture, bj' G. F. Warren (E. S. R., 21, p. 494), 

 for class room instruction, and A Unit in Agriculture, by J. D. Elliff (E. S. R., 

 24, p. 293), for laboratory work. He considers that the subject can be pre- 

 sented satisfactorily in 3 recitation and 2 laboratory periods a week. The 

 laboratory period should be double the class period and should come as the last 

 exercise in the day, thus permitting the class to visit neighboring farms without 

 returning to the school after the class period is over. A list of agricultural 

 texts and reference books is included. 



Outlines are also given of courses in home economics, a bibliography for 

 students and teachers, and suggestions concerning equipment. 



Syllabus of illustrated lecture on the peanut: Its culture and uses, W. R. 

 Beattie (U. S. Dei)t. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Farmers'' Inst. Lecture IS, pp. 

 23). — In this lecture, prepared for the use of farmers' institute lecturers, the 

 author gives instruction on the soil and its preparation ; crop rotation in peanut 

 culture; planting, fertilizing, cultivating, harvesting, and marketing peanuts; 

 varieties of peanuts ; uses of peanuts as food, for the production of oil, and as 

 stock feed; and cost of growing peanuts and returns. A list of 50 lantern 

 slides to illustrate the lecture and a list of reference literature are appended. 



Syllabus of illustrated lecture on farm home grounds — their planting' and 

 care, S. \Y. Fletchi;r (U. S. Drpt. A [jr., Office Expt. Stas. Farriers' Inst. Lec- 

 ture Uf, pp. 16). — In this lecture, prepared for the purpose of aiding farmers' 

 institute lecturers in the presentation of this subject, the following topics are 

 considei-ed : A house and a home, farm buildings, outbuildings, valuable trees, 

 neatness, what to plant, the lawn, walks, and drives, and what will it cost. A 

 list of 51 lantern slides to illustrate this lecture is appended. 



Swine husbandry in Oregon, diversified crop production for the Oregon 

 dry farmer, dairy cows and alfalfa, poultry production, J. Withycombf:, 

 E. L. Potter, II. D. Scudder, F. L. Kent, and J. Drydex (Oregon Sta. Circ. 18, 

 pp. o-.'{0, figs. 15). — This circular, dealing in a popular way with the above 

 subjects, was prepared for distribution, on the farming demonstration train 

 known as the Hog and Field Pea Special, and operated over the lines of the 

 Oregon and Washington Railroad and Navigation Co., in conjunction with the 

 Oregon College and Station. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Nineteenth and Twentieth Annual Reports of Oklahoma Station, 1910—11 

 (Oklahoma Sta. Rpts. 1910-11, pp. 230, figs. 61). — This contains the organization 

 list, a report of the director on the v/ork and publications of the station during 

 the year, a financial statement for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1910, and 

 June 30, 1911. brief outlines of work in progress, departmental reports, the 

 experimental work of which is abstracted elsewhere in this issue, and reprints of 

 Bulletins 86 to 92, Circulars 13 and 14, previously noted, Bulletin 93 noted on 

 page 274 of this issue, and of press bulletins entitled The Melon Aphis, Experi- 

 ments with Winter Wheat, Fall Plowing as a Means of Insect Control, Registra- 

 tion of Live Stock, How to Plant a Tree, The Melon Louse and Disease of 

 Chinch Bug, Broom Corn, The San Jos6 Scale, and Alfalfa. 



Report of the director for the year ending June 30, 1911, F. B. Mumford 

 (Missovri Sta. Bid. 101, pp. 201-236, figs. 2). — This contains the organization 

 list, a report of the director on the work and publications of the station, and a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. 



Index, Bulletins No. 83-96 (Missouri Sta. Index Buls. 83-06, pp. 9). 



