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of topics presented the following psychological principles: (1) The instincts 

 which characterize the pupil during his adolescent period, (2) the ideas and 

 experiences which he has formerly acquired which relate themselves in such 

 a way as to help him in the clear grasp of agricultural facts, (3) the economic 

 phase, and (4) habits previously acquired by the pupil. 



The chemistry of the garden, H. H. Cousins (London: Macmillan d Co., 

 Ltd., 1916, rev. ed., pp. XIX-j-143). — This small volume treats the subject in a 

 nontechnical way under the following chapters : How plants grow, the air, 

 the soil, the fertility of the soil, manuring, organic manures, artificial manures, 

 garden manuring, fungicides, and insecticides. 



Practical school and home gardens, G. W. Hood (Lincoln, Nebr.: Long and 

 Co., 1916, pp. [61+181, figs. 114). — This book is suitable for school work be- 

 tween the sixth and twelfth grades and for home gardening. Chapters are 

 devoted to the value of a plant, planning the garden, the seed and how to 

 plant it, the soil and its treatment, the hotbed and the cold frame, plants that 

 should be started in the hotbed or the cold frame, spray material and spray 

 machinery, vegetables grown for their roots, vegetables grown for their green 

 parts, vegetables grown for their fruit and seed, and perennial vegetables. 

 At the end of each chapter are review questions and references to literature. 

 Directions are added for making 24 gardens, including suggested plans and 

 records. 



Agricultural woodworking, L. M. Roehl (Mihvaukee, Wis.: The Bruce Pub- 

 lishing Co., 1916, pp. 137, figs. 122). — This is a group of problems for rural and 

 graded schools, agricultural high schools, and the farm workshop. They in- 

 clude plans and lists of material required for making practical articles used 

 in the home and about the farm, hog, poultry, and pigeon houses, a silo form, 

 implement shed, corncrib, combined dairy and horse barn, combined horse 

 and cow barn, plan for a farmstead, etc. A number of these problems ap- 

 peared in a pamphlet entitled Manual Training for the Rural Schools (B. S, R., 

 36, p. 96). 



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Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1916 (Alabama 

 Col. Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 2S). — This contains the organization list, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, and reports of the director 

 and heads of departments on the work of the station during the year. 



Twenty-eighth Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1915 (Colorado Sta. 

 Rpt. 1915, pp. 30). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, a report of the director on the work 

 and publications of the station, and departmental reports. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Report of South Carolina Station, 1916 (South Caro- 

 lina Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 64). — This contains the organization list, a report of 

 the director on the work of the station, a financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1916, departmental reports, of which that of the botanist 

 and plant pathologists is abstracted on page — , and two special articles ab- 

 stracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation (Washington 

 Sta., West. Wash. Sta. Mo. Bui, 4 (1917), No. 11, pp. 16, figs. 2).— This number 

 contains brief articles on the following subjects: Udder Diseases and Their 

 Treatment, by J. W. Kalkus ; Celery Culture in Western Washington, by J. L. 

 Stahl ; and Breeding for Egg Production, by Mr. and Mrs. G. R. -Shoup. 



