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in areas of Lincolnshire other Ihau in the South and Nortli where wumeu 

 have been extensively employed in such work. A County Training and Clear in.i^ 

 House Station accommodating 12 women at a time was organized at Elkington, 

 near Louth, where free instruction extending on an average through two weeks 

 is given in such subjects as weeding corn, hoeing roots, milking, hay making, 

 etc. Wages are paid by the estate for work done that is of value to the farm 

 which may more than cover the nominal fee for board and lodging. Nineteen 

 students, representing women of both the industrial and well-educated classes, 

 had completed the two-weeks course, and three a one-week course. It is re- 

 ported that farmers prefer the well-educated women, although all the women 

 placed seem to have given satisfaction. 



Nature-study in Rhode Island, W. G. Vinal (Nature-Study Rev., 12 {1916), 

 No. 6, pp. 253-262). — In this lecture, given in the extension course of the Rhode 

 Island Normal School, three large phases are distinguished in nature study, 

 namely, the plant-animal phase or community nature study, coming in the first 

 six grades, the physics-chemistry phase, and the gardening phase — school gar- 

 dening in the fifth and sixth grades and home gardening or home science in the 

 seventh grade, broadening into civic science in the eighth grade. The author 

 states that nature study is usually limited to the plants and animals and ele- 

 mentary science to physics and chemistry. They are both scientific and they 

 are both nature study, the only difference being that in nature study emphasis 

 is placed on the appreciative side whereas in elementary science the subject 

 is placed first. He discusses the value of nature study, organization of mate- 

 rial, method of teaching and aids, such as museums, field trips, illustrative 

 material, and exhibits. It is recommended that the material selected include 

 the daily problems of science which are met by the pupils, other things and 

 that every one should know, and the individual needs of the neighborhood, and 

 that the instruction be given by means of illustrations followed by project 

 work. 



September nature-study, Anna B. Comstock (Nature-Study Rev., 12 (1916), 

 No. 6, pp. 280^289, figs. 4)- — The author outlines nature study topics for grades 

 2, 3, 4, and 5 to be used in connection with her Handbook of Nature Study. 



Home school g'ardens {A(/r. Gas. Canada, 3 (1916), No. 7, pp. 638-6^1, figs. 

 2). — This is a collection of articles on the method of conducting home school 

 gardens, their inspection, the number of gardens, etc., in the Provinces of Prince 

 Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and 

 Saskatchewan. 



[School home gardening] (TJ. S. Dept. Int., Bur. Ed., School Home-Garden 

 Cires. 1915, Nos. 1, pp. 4; 2, pp. 4; 3, pp. 3; 4, pp. 2; 1916, Nos. 5, pp. 5, figs. 2; 

 6, pp. 4: 7. PP- 6; 8, pp. 3; 9, pp. 3; 10, pp. 4>' H^ PP- 14)- — These circulars, in- 

 tended to help teachers and garden supervisors, deal respectively with (1) 

 Instructions for School-supervised Home Gardens, (2) A Course in Vegetable 

 Gardening for Teachers, (3) The Winter Vegetable Garden [in the South], (4) 

 Organic Matter for the Home Gardens. (5) Hotbeds and Cold Frames for Home 

 Gardens, (6) Raising Vegetable Plants from Seed, (7) How to Make the Gar- 

 den Soil More Productive, (8) Planting the Garden, (9) Part Played by the 

 Leaf in the Production of a Crop, (10) A Suggestive Schedule for Home- 

 garden Work in the South, and ( 11 ) List of Publications for the Use of School 

 Home-garden Teachers. 



A brochure on school gardens, H. J. Davies (Dept. Land Rec. and Agr., 

 United Prov. Agra and Ondh, Bui. 34 (1915), pp. 17). — Instructions for school 

 flower gardens in the hills and plains of the United Provinces of Agra and 

 Oudh, India, are given. 



