398 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



of instniotlon slioukl be concrete {iml objective. Throughout the elementary 

 school the emphasis should be placed on industrial training. Lessons in 

 hygiene and home sanitation should be given in every grade. Girls should be 

 trained in the sevei-al forms of domestic art and boys in the elements of agri- 

 culture, stock-raising, gardening, and the use of tools. The methods of Hamp- 

 ton and Tuskegee should be extended downwards. Secondary industrial 

 schools should provide advanced instruction in the industrial arts, including 

 English and the advanced academic branches for those preparing to teach. 

 The author believes that " the principle of race identity " requires that at 

 least in the lower schools the teachers should be negroes, and that the incentive 

 of becoming the teacher of his race should not be withheld from the negro 

 student. 



California State farmers' institute at the university farm, Davis, October 

 8, 9, and 10, 1908 {California Sta. Circ. 40, PP- -i)- — This contains the pro- 

 gram of the second institute held at the university farm at Davis. 



Annual report to institute members {Agr. Ed. [Kans. Agr. Col.], Farmers' 

 Inst. Scr. 1, (1909), No. 6, pp. 27, figs. 5). — This number contains information 

 concerning all lines of agricultural extension work planned for the current year. 

 It includes an account of the legislation concerning farmers' institutes and 

 farm demonstration in the State, suggestions in regard to boys' and girls' club 

 contests, monthly meetings of the county institute organizations, a reading 

 course for farmers, and general notes on institute work. The membership 

 reached in the reading course is estimated at 40,000. 



Farmers' institute bulletin, 1907 and 1908, E. R. Lloyd {Mississippi Sta. 

 Bill. 120. pp. 80. figs. 7). — A tabular summary of the farmers' institute work in 

 Mississippi for 1906. 1907, and 1908, is followed by some of the principal ad- 

 dresses given at these institutes on such subjects as growing cotton under boll 

 weevil conditions, alfalfa, vetches, pork production, beef production, drainage, 

 diversification, truck farming, and farm forestry. 



Proceedings of the thirteenth annual meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Farmers' Institute Workers, edited by W. H. Beal and J. Hamilton 

 (U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Office E.rpt. .stas. Bui. 213. pp. 73). — This is a detailed account 

 of the proceedings of the meeting held at Washington. D. C, November 16-17, 

 190S, which has been previously noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 398). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twentieth Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1907 (Colorado Sta. Rpt. 

 1907, pp. 52). — This contains the organization list, a report of the director dis- 

 cussing the function, work, and needs of the station, departmental reports, of 

 which a portion of that of the agriculturist is abstracted on page 371 of this 

 issue, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907. and a list of 

 bulletins issued during 1907. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1908 (Colorado Sta. Rpt. 

 190S, pp. 15-30, 99-l.'i8). — This contains data corresponding to the above for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, and in addition a list of the exchanges received 

 during 1908. The report of the field entomologist is abstracted on page 352 of 

 this issue. 



Annual Report of Florida Station, 1908 (Florida Sta. Rpt. 1908. pp. 

 CXXX+XX). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, a list of the publications of the year, a general 

 review of the work of the station during the year, departmental reports, and a 

 list of the periodicals received by the station. Most of the experimental work 



