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Preparation of teachers for rural work, A. C. Monahan (Winthrop Norm, 

 and Indus. Col. S. C. Bui., 5 (1911), No. 1, pp. 32-40).— The author maintains 

 that, in the future, economy and efficiency will force the number of one-room 

 district schools to decrease constantly and the number of consolidated or cen- 

 tralized schools, to which the pupils are transported at public expense, to in- 

 crease greatly; that agriculture, home economics, prevention of diseases, sani- 

 tation, and good citizenship should be included in the curriculum ; and that the 

 teacher become a permanent part of the community. Although the teacher need 

 not be an expert farmer, housekeeper, doctor, or nurse, she should be well 

 enough informed in these subjects to teach their elements and to aid in the 

 direction and arrangement of more complete instruction for adults. 



The rural school, F. S. Cooley {Bui. Mont. State Col. Agr., 9 {1911), No. 2, 

 pp. 20). — This bulletin contains, among other things, suggestions for rural 

 teachers and others who are interested in developing plans to assist the schools 

 in the discharge of their full function as an agency for country betterment. 



The organization of correspondence courses in agriculture, J. Hamilton 

 {Proc. Assoc. Amer. Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 25 {1911), pp. 1S6-193) .—The 

 author outlines a plan of extension teaching by the correspondence method, in 

 which he suggests the formation of classes of not more than 15 persons to meet 

 daily from 8 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. for a limited period, under the direction of a 

 leader. The leader would in most cases be a layman residing in the neighbor- 

 hood, and should be appointed by the extension department of the agricultural 

 college. His main business would be to see that the students did the required 

 work, to conduct quizzes, assist students in reference work, oversee the practi- 

 cums, have charge of apparatus and materials for laboratory work, l^eep records, 

 and make reports. The course of study should be printed in detail and should 

 be upon a single topic for each class organized. Suggestions are given for the 

 various details of conducting classes in this way, for summer schools for train- 

 ing class leaders, and for the organization of the necessary office force. 



Opportunities in the government service, D. S. Burgh {Wis. Country Mag., 

 6 {1912), No. //, pp. ll-lJf). — In this discussion, the term "government service" 

 refers to work in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



State aid to agriculture in Ireland, H. Plunkett {Jour. Roy. Agr. Soc. 

 England, 12 {1911), pp. 37-61). — This is a detailed account of the administra- 

 tion of state aid for agricultural instruction in Ireland, dealing chiefly with the 

 policy and work of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for 

 Ireland. 



Statistics of education in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg for 1911 (Statis. 

 Unterr. u. Erziehungsip. Kgr. Wiirtteml)., 1911, pp. 64)- — Information is given 

 for 1911 similar to that for 1910 previously noted (B. S. R.. 27, p. 695). 



School agriculture, M. N. Wood {New York and London, 1912, pp. XV +339, 

 pis. Hi, figs. ISO). — This book is intended for classes in rural and graded schools, 

 and includes most of the principles of general agriculture. Experiments and 

 a suggestive list of reference books follow each chapter. Considerable atten- 

 tion is given to illustrations developing the different topics. 



A tentative course of study in the subject of agriculture for the elementary- 

 schools of the State of Ohio for the year 1911-13, F. W. Millee et al. 

 {ColumMs, Ohio: [Dept. Ed.] 1911, pp. 11). 



Lessons from forest and orchard, A. W. Nolan {Agr. Col. Ext. Univ. III. 

 [Circ], 1912, July, pp. 35, figs. 16). — Six lessons in forestry and 7 in orchard 

 management are presented, also practical exercises to be correlated with the 

 school work in nature-study and elementary agriculture. 



The renewal of the neglected orchard, C. S. Wilson {Cornell Reading- 

 Gourses, Fruit Growing Ser., 1912, No. 1, pp. 173-180, figs. 5).— Directions of 



