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times by jriviug the boy an agricnltural edueation and to keep him on the farm; 

 l)ut whether the boy stays on the farm or not, agriculture should be taught in 

 order that he may be brought into touch with nature in all of her phases and 

 may know something of this great industry upon which all trades and profes- 

 sions depend. 



The Swiss horticultural school for women, L. Henry (Rcr. Hort. [/V//i.s], 

 79 (J.907), No. IS, pp. 305-308, figs. 2).— This is a description of the first Swiss 

 horticultural school for women, which is located at Niederlenz, near Tienz- 

 l)ourg, iu the canton of Argovie. The buildings and groimds are described and 

 some account is given of the work of the institution. 



Teaching- of cookery to public elementary school children in England and 

 Wales; special report by the chief woman inspector of the Board of Educa- 

 tion, M. A. Lawrf:nce {Lotidon Bd. Ed., IDOl, pp. 36).— This is the first special 

 report issued by the Board of Education upon the work of the various training 

 schools for teachers of cookery and upon instruction in cookery actually given 

 to children iu the public elementary schools. In a prefatory memorandum a 

 summary is given showing the regulations governing instruction in this subject 

 and describing the work of training schools in domestic subjects. The report 

 Iiroper deals with the work actually being done in the different centers. 



Nature study teaching, P. H. Arch (Agr. Econ., -',0 (1907). No. .',53. pp. 260, 

 261, figs. 2). — A description of the exhibition of rural school work in nature 

 study, gardening, agriculture, rural handicrafts, and literature at the royal 

 agricultural show at Lincoln. 



Suggestions for grain-growing contests, score cards, and rules for judging 

 wheat, oats, and corn, C. P. Bull (Univ. Minn., Dcpt. Agr.. Rural t^chooi Agr. 

 Bui. 2, rev., pp. 116, figs. 38). — This is a revision of Rural School Agriculture 

 Bulletin No. 2 (E, S. R., 17, p. 715) with the addition of data concerning bar- 

 ley, sewing, cooking, and vegetable and fruit growing. 



Report of curator of school gardens, Louise K. Miller (Ann. Rpt. Bd. Ed. 

 Cleveland Puh. Sehools, 70 (1906), pp. 65-69, p?s. 3). — A report on the supervi- 

 sion of school gardens, improvement of school grounds, the propagating center 

 at Rosedale School, exchange gardens, and lectures on gardening in the Cleve- 

 land public schools. 



Syllabus of illustrated lecture on roads and road building ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Farmers' Inst. Lecture 7, pp. 16). — The topics considered 

 in this lecture, prepared by the Office of Public Roads of this Department, are 

 methods of construction, location, drainage, earth roads, sand-clay roads, burnt- 

 clay roads, dust preventives, hard roads, and road administration. An ap- 

 pendix includes a list of 41 lantern slides, designed to illustrate the lecture, a 

 list of references to publications bearing on the subject, and a table showing 

 the mileage and expenditures for public roads by States during 1904. 



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Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Annual Reports of Delaware Sta- 

 tion, 1904-1906 (Dclan-arc t^ta. Rpts. 190.',-1906, pp. //.5).— This contains a 

 financial statement for the years ended .Tune 30, 1004. 100.'>, and 100(!, the or- 

 ganization list and reports of the chemist, horticulturist, assistant mycologist, 

 and bacteriologist. The report of the chemist includes analyses of pigeon 

 manure, cowpeas, corn, millet, clover hay. and marl. The remaining i)ortions 

 of these reports noting experimental woik other than that previously reported 

 in l)ulletin form, are abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of Hawaii Station, 1906 (Haicaii Sia. Rpt. 1906, pp. 88).— 

 This consists of a general review of the work of the station during the year, 

 reports of the entomologist and horticulturist, and papers on organic nitrogen 



