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Women's institutes of Ontario, 1915 (Rpt. Women's Insts. Ontario, 1915, 

 pt. 1, pp. 191). — This report contains the proceedings of the annual conventions 

 of 1915, selected papers, and statistical data. The work now comprises 892 

 branches with a membership of about 30,000. 



Some suggestions on the organization of school gardens, A. H. Rosenfeld 

 (Rev. Indus, y Agr. Tucuman, 6 (1915), No. If, pp. 139-11,8) .—In this discussion 

 the author distributes school garden instruction over three years and suggests 

 the work to be undertaken in each. 



A course in agriculture for the high schools of Michigan, W. H. French 

 {Mich. Agr. Col., Dept. Agr. Ed. Bui. U {1915), pp. 76, figs. 3).— This bulletin 

 contains an outline of a course in agriculture for the high schools of Michigan. 

 It includes suggestions and syllabi on the several subjects to be taught; sug- 

 gestions to school officers on the qualifications and time of employment of 

 teachers of agriculture, rooms and equipment, etc., and suggestions to teachers 

 on methods of instruction, including extension work, school and home projects, 

 field trips, etc. The course in agriculture is elective and includes one unit in 

 each grade of the high school, thus making a four-year course. Each agricul- 

 tural subject constitutes a half unit. There should be daily recitations for 

 two or three days each week, other days being given to laboratory work 

 and to study and observation in the experiment plat and on farms. An agri- 

 cultural reference library and sample score cards are appended. 



Elementary agriculture, J. S. Gkim {Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1916, pp. 

 XVI+490+12, pi. 1, figs. 336). — This book consists of five parts, viz, rural life 

 and activities, the soil and its improvement, crops, stock, and farm economics, 

 with practical questions, suggested home exercises, suggestions to teachers, and 

 references to the literature at the end of eacli chapter. Charts showing the 

 distribution of United States products, lists of farm journals and magazine 

 articles, a sample constitution and by-laws of a boys' pig club, directions for 

 the use of Farmers' Bulletins, a report of a pupil's project, etc., are appended. 



Chemistry of the farm and home, W. E. Tottingham and J. W. Ince {St. 

 Paul, Minn.: Webb Publishing Co., 1916, pp. 434, figs. 115).— This text, for 

 secondary schools giving instruction in agriculture, comprises five chapters in 

 general chemistry to serve as a foundation for the succeeding chapters on 

 chemistry as applied to the plant and its products, the soil, fertilizers, farm 

 manure, the animal and its products, feeding of animals, dairy products, human 

 food and dietetics, and miscellaneous materials of importance in daily life. 

 Each chapter ends with a summary and review questions. The book concludes 

 with 126 laboratory exercises, and appendixes containing a list of supple- 

 mentary books and bulletins, data on soils and feeding stuffs, required chemicals 

 and apparatus, etc. 



A laboratory manual of soil bacteriology, E. B. Fred {Philadelphia and 

 London: W. B. Saunders Co., 1916, pp. 170, figs. IS). — This laboratory manual 

 Is intended primarily for students of soil bacteriology, soil chemistry and 

 physics, and plant pathology, it being assumed that the student has had pre- 

 vious training in general bacteriology and chemistry. The manual consists of 

 exercises in soil bacteriology which, as far as possible, are planned to give 

 quantitative results, formulae and methods, a list of apparatus for one student, 

 a list of some of the more important books and journals treating of bacteriology, 

 and laboratory rules. 



Sixty-two experiments in crops, C L. Queab {Muncie, Ind.: Industrial 

 School Service, 1916, pp. S9, figs. 45). — This laboratory manual has been pre- 

 pared for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of the public schools. The 

 experiments are arranged in four sections, viz, plant composition, cereal crops, 

 forage crops, and plant economics, following somewhat carefully in the order 



