492 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A guide for the study of animals, W. Whitney ex al. (Boston, New YorP:, 

 and Chicago, 1911, pp. IX+197). — This guide is intended for pupils in secondary 

 schools, and gives particular attention to the chordates. Special prominence is 

 given to the economic side of zoology, especially its bearing on medicine, sani- 

 tation, household science, and agriculture. 



Oregon boys and girls and the egg problem, J. Dsyden (Oreg. Agr. Col. 

 Bui., Ext. Ser. 2, 1912, No. 2, pp. If). — This bulletin gives instructions for boys 

 and girls on feeding and housing fowls, with an estimate of the profits. 



Ravenel's road primer for children, S. W. Ravenel {Chicago, 1912, pp. 

 159, pis. 21, figs. 34). — This primer was compiled and prepared at the request 

 of the National Congress of Mothers. It gives instruction and suggestions con- 

 cerning elementary principles and practices of road making, causes and effect 

 of good roads, their location, grades, drainage, maps and profiles, construction, 

 and maintenance, narrow and wide tires, some kinds of roads, and machinery 

 necessary for the use of road builders. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Biennial Report cf Connecticut Storrs Station, 1910-11 (Connecticut Stom 

 8ta. Rpt. 1910-11, pp. XL+601, pis. 10, figs. 216). — This contains the organiza- 

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

 June 30, 1911, reports of the director and heads of departments, reprints of 

 Bulletins 59-09. and a general weather review, abstracted on page 414 of this 

 Issue. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1911 (Minnesota Sta. 

 Rpt. 1911, pp. XLIV+188+XI, pi. 1, figs. 38).— This contains the organization 

 list, a list of the publications of the year, a financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1911, a report of the director summarizing the work of 

 the station and its substations, and reprints of Bulletins 121-124, previously 

 noted. 



Twenty-second Annual Report of New Mexico Station, 1911 (New Mexico 

 Sta. Rpt. 1911, pp. 57, figs. 4). — This contains the organization list, a report of 

 the director briefly summarizing the work of the station since its establish- 

 ment, lists of the changes in staff, publications, and exchanges of the year, 

 departmental reports on the various lines of station activities during the year, 

 and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. The report 

 of the meteorologist and a portion of that of the horticulturist are abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Finances, meteorology, index (Maine Sta. Bui. 191, pp. S29-340+XII). — 

 This contains the organization list of the station ; meteorological observations 

 noted on page 414 of this issue; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1911; an index to Bulletins 187-197, which collectively constitute the 

 twenty-seventh annual report of the station; a list of the publications issued 

 during the year ; and announcements and notes on the work, personnel, and 

 equipment of the station. 



Report of work at the Delta Branch Experiment Station for 1911, G. B. 

 Walker (Mississippi Sta, Bui. 157, pp. 23, figs. 5).— This contains a report of 

 the work at this substation during 1911, including in addition to the data on 

 field crops, abstracted on page 429 of this issue, brief notes on the work with 

 cattle, mules, and hogs. 



