1918] MISCELLANEOUS. 95 



to meet the present war emergency conditions, the lines of work found most 

 beneficial in the State, methods by which the measures are being promoted 

 and developed, and the estimated effect of the present conditions of labor and 

 feed on poultry production in the State. 



Illustrated lecture on cow testing and dairy records, D. Stuart {U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., States Relat. Serv. Syllabus 30 {1911), pp. iO).— This syllabus, pre- 

 pared by direct cooperation between the Bureau of Animal Industry and this 

 Service, gives instructions for testing cows and keeping dairy records. It is 

 designed to aid farmers' institute and other extension lecturers. A list of 40 

 lantern slides to illustrate the lecture is appended. 



Report of committee on education: Instruction in farm machinery, F. A. 

 WiBT {Trans. Amer. Soc. Agr. Engin., 10 {1916), No. 1, pp. 104-llJf). — This is 

 the result of a study, through questionnaires and letters, of the subject matter 

 and method of presentation of the first college course in farm machinery, to- 

 gether with a recommendation by the committee of the best method of handling 

 such a course. 



Short-course instruction in gas engines and tractors, L. F. Seaton {Trans. 

 Amer. Soc. Agr. Engin., 10 {1916), No. 2, pp. 146-lJf9). — This paper has been 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 36, p. 400). 



College instruction in concrete construction, A. J. R. Cuktis {Trans. Amer. 

 Soc. Agr. Engin., 10 {1916), No. 2, pp. 156-160). — The author describes an essen- 

 tially practical, rather than scientific, course in concrete, suitable for college 

 agricultural engineering classes, without any attempt to make suggestions suit- 

 able for civil-engineering classes. His chief problem is to eliminate all but 

 the essentials of theory and practice directly applicable to rural concrete work 

 owing to the limited time allotted to this subject in the agricultural engineering 

 curriculum. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Thirty-fourth. Annual Report of New York State Station, 1915 {New York 

 State Sta. Rpt. 1915, pp. 1012, pis. 61, figs. 47). — This contains the organization 

 list ; a financial statement as to the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1915, and as to the State funds for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1915 ; 

 and reprints of Bulletins 394-413, Technical Bulletins 40-46, Circulars 33-46, 

 and popular editions of Bulletins 394, 396-400, 402, 406, 409, 411, and 412, all 

 of which have been previously noted. 



Annual Report of Pennsylvania Station, 1915 {Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 

 1915, pp. 528, pis. 100). — This contains the organization list, a financial state- 

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

 work and publications of the station during the year, departmental reports, and 

 many special articles abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation {Washington 

 Sta., West. Wash. Sta., Mo. Bui., 5 {1917), No. 6, pp. 78-92, fig. i).— This num- 

 ber contains brief articles on the following subjects : Making Silage, by H. L. 

 Blanchard ; Preparing for Fall Seeding, by E. B. Stookey ; Harvesting and 

 Storing Vegetables for Winter, by J. L. Stahl; Poultry Feeding Problems, by 

 Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Shoup ; Feeding Straw, by W. A. Linklater ; and Pickles, by 

 Mary E. Sutherland. 



Federal legislation, regulations, and rulings affecting agricultural col- 

 leges and experiment stations {U. S. Dept. Agr., States Relat. Serv. [Pub.], 

 1917, pp. 56). — A revision to July 15, 1917, of the circular previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 36, p. 598). 



