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Jtfejjort on the work of the Direction of Agriculture for 1913 {Dept, Landb., 

 Nijv. en Handel [Netherlands], Verslag Dir. Landb., 191S, pp. VII-\-71). — This 

 is a report on the activities of tlie Direction of Agriculture of the Netherlands in 

 agricultural instruction, investigation, and extension work in 1913. 



Illustrated lecture on the production of alfalfa east of the ninety-fifth 

 meridian, H. L. Westover and H. B. Hendbick (U. S. Dept. Agr., States Rela- 

 tions Service Syllabus 20 {1916), pp. 11). — This lecture, which is intended for 

 farmers' institute and other extension lecturers, gives a brief history and 

 description of alfalfa, directions for growing and harvesting, and a discussion 

 of its feeding vahie. The syllabus is illu.strated with 51 lantern slides. 



Illustrated lecture on corn production, C. P. Hartley and H. B. Hendrick 

 {U. S. Dept. Agr., States Relations Service Syllabus 21 {1916), pp. 2^).— The 

 authors briefly discuss the corn yield of the United States and give instructions 

 for growing, harvesting, and storing corn. The syllabus is designed to aid 

 farmers' institute and other extension lecturers in presenting this subject 

 before popular audiences, and is illustrated by .52 lantern slides. 



The North Carolina corn bulletin, E. E. Balcomb {N. C. State Sttpl. Pub. 

 Instr., Teachers' Bui. 24 {1915), pp. 80, figs. 28). — This publication has been 

 prepared to help teachers of North Carolina in giving instruction on corn to 

 their classes. It treats of the celebration of Corn Day, the importance of corn 

 and its products, the history of the corn plant, corn growing, judging, testing, 

 selection, improvement, and harvesting, and corn pests and diseases, and sug- 

 gests a field exercise, the systematic preservation of information by means of 

 agricultural booklets, with directions for making them, and industrial work 

 connected with corn, arranged by months. 



Illustrated lecture on orchard management, H. M. Conolly and E. J. 

 Glasson {U. 8. Dept. Agr., States Relations Service Syllabus 23 {1916), pp. 

 15). — Directions are given for selecting the site for and planting the orchard. 

 soil management, pinining, thinning, rejuvenation, spraying, protection from 

 rodents, injurious insects, and diseases. The syllabus is illustrated by 50 

 lantern slides, and has been prepared for the use of farmers' institute and other 

 extension lecturers in presenting this subject to popular audiences. 



Illustrated lecture on how to make good farm butter, J. H. McClain {U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., States Relations Service Syllabus 19 {1916), pp. 10). — This lecture 

 compares the old and new methods of butter making. The syllabus is illus- 

 trated with 51 lantern slides, and has been prepared to aid farmers' institute 

 and other extension lecturers in presenting the subject before popular audi- 

 ences in the Southern States. 



Dairying project, C. A. Norcross and V. E. Scott {Agr. Ext. Univ. Nev. Bui. 

 2 {1916). pp. 20, figs. 11). — The dairy project work outlined in this bulletin for 

 the members of the boys' and girls' animal husbandry club includes a 4-months' 

 practical coui-se in the study of milk, its composition, care, handling, and sani- 

 tation, herd management, feeds and feeding, etc., the use of the Babcock test, 

 and keeping herd records. Members satisfactorily completing the course are 

 awarded a certificate which authorizes them to contract with farmers to test 

 a limited number of dairy cows once a month during one year under the super- 

 vision of the State leader in dairying and to charge at the rate of .$1 a head 

 therefor. 



Illustrated lecture on cattle-tick eradication {U. S. Dept. Agr., States Rela- 

 tions Service Syllabus 22 {1916), pp. 14). — This lecture deals with the life 

 history of the cattle tick, the beginning of tick eradication and reasons therefor, 

 cause of the disease, other kinds of ticks, losses occasioned by cattle ticks, 

 methods of eradication, areas freed of ticks, cooperation between the Bureau 



