AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 397 



The cooperative elevator, G. C. Streeter {Farm and Fireside, 32 (1009), 

 JHo. IS, pp. I, .'(, fig. 1). — The author describes the development of grain coopera- 

 tive associations in Illinois and Iowa, and the methods employed by old-line 

 elevator companies to prevent their successful operation. According to statistics 

 there were on March 4. 1900. no less than 1»50 farmers' cooperative elevators in 

 Illinois. 



Robbing- the hand that feeds, F. Crissey {Everybody's Mag., 20 {1909), 

 .Yo. 6, pp. 761-771, figs. H). — A popular article dealing with the methods prac- 

 ticed ,by commercial middlemen for depriving growers and shippers of agri- 

 cultural produce of just prices for their products. Cooperation among farmers 

 is advocated as a remedy for such conditions. 



Bookkeeping for farmers, W. McIver {Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 7 {1909), 

 No. o, pp. 305-312). — A simple system of bookkeeping for farmers is described 

 and illustrated. 



Crop Reporter {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 11 {1909), 

 -To. ?', pp. -'il-'fS). — Statistical data are given on the condition of crops in the 

 United States and foreign countries, the farm values of important products, and 

 the range of prices of agricultural products in the chief markets of the United 

 States. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The American system of agricultural education, A. C. True and D. J. 

 Crosby {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. t^tas. Virc. 83, pp. 27, pis. 9).— A semi- 

 popular discussion of the leading featin-es of American agricultural education 

 in elementary, secondary, collegiate, and graduate courses, with a description 

 of typical institutions and agencies for conducting them. The educational func- 

 tions of this Department, as exercised through this Office, are particularlj^ 

 explained. 



The school of agriculture on the university farm, Davis, California {Cali- 

 fornia Sta. Circ. Jtl, pp. 3-0, figs. 5, dgm. 1). — This circular answers questions 

 such as a boy might ask regarding the school, the conditions of entering, cours-e 

 of study, etc. 



Proceedings of the twenty-second annual convention of the Association 

 of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, held at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, November 18-20, 1908, edited by A. C. True, W. H. Beal, and 

 H. C. White {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 212, pp. 122).— An account 

 of this convention has been given (E. S. R., 20, p. 406). 



Industrial and vocational training in the public schools, E. C. Warriner 

 {Mich. State Supt. Pub. Instr. Bid. 2, 1909, pp. 10).— This bulletin was pre- 

 pared as a contribution to the literature of vocational training. The author 

 briefly reviews the legislation which has resulted in the establishment of 

 special trades schools in Massachusetts and New York, and in the cities of 

 PIiiladel])hia. Portland (Greg.), Milwaukee, and Columbus (Ga.), and dis- 

 cusses the work carried on in these schools. 



Recent tendencies toward industrial education in Europe and America, 

 C. B. Gibson {South. Ed. Rev., 6 {1909), Ao. 1-2, pp. 275-2 8-',) .—This article 

 is a discussion of the present situation in reference to industrial education 

 abroad and at home. 



The essential requirements of negro education, J. H. Phillips {South. Ed. 

 Rrr., {1909). Ao. 1-2, pp. 29'i-302).—Tlie author of this article believes that 

 in direct consequence of the racial r>sychology of the negro child his education 

 should begin early, in the kindergarten and nursery schools, in anticipation 

 of the period of early arrest in mental development. The matter and method. 



