196 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 3S 



The luncheon as a project in elementary and secondary education, Jenny 

 H. Snow (Jotir. Home Econ., 9 (1917), No. 8, pp. 361-86^) .—This is a discus- 

 sion, from the standpoint of the large city, of some of the things that are being 

 done and planned along this line in Chicago. Both class and individual projects 

 are found possible, those being practical applications of lessons learned. Work 

 which is not educationally valuable becomes paid service. 



Soils and fertilizers, T. L. Lyon, edited by L. H. Bailey {New York: The 

 Macmillan Co., 1911, pp. XX +255, pis. 16, figs. S4).— This text on soils for 

 secondary schools, short courses in agriculture, and summer courses for teach- 

 ers, deals with soils as a medium for plant growth ; soil formation and transpor- 

 tation ; texture and structure of soils ; organic matter ; soil water ; plant food ; 

 materials in soils ; acid and alkali soils ; the germ life of the soil ; soil air and 

 soil temperature; nitrogenous, phosphoric acid, potash, and sulphur fertilizers; 

 lime; the purchase, mixing, and use of fertilizers; farm and green manures; 

 and crop rotation. Questions and field and laboratory exercises accompany 

 each chapter. No chemical symbols or formulas have been used. 



Our bird book, A. C. Webb {Kansas City, Mo.: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1911, 

 pp. XII+244, pi. 1, figs. 28). — This nature reader, prepared for use in schools, 

 presents a simple and definite educational plan for the study of common birds. 

 In connection with the lesson on each bird, there is a blank page for a record 

 of the pupil's personal observations. On a long sheet. inserted in the book are 

 the pictures of 14 birds in their natural colors, which are to be mounted on 

 specially prepared pages scattered throughout the book in connection with the 

 stories describing the birds. 



Field lore for young' farmers, Katherine A. Geimes, edited by W. L. 

 HuycHiNSON {Dallas, Tex.: The Southern Publishing Co., 1911, pp. X-{-194, figs. 

 gg). — This text on nature, intended for the graded schools, is devoted to a 

 study of such topics as nature's elements and compounds, the soil, plant food, 

 inside and outside growers, the right plant in the right place, rotation of crops, 

 handling difficult soils, planting, taking care of the crop, cotton, beneficial and 

 Injurious weeds, birds, and insects, plant diseases, how to get good seed, the 

 life work of the plant, how seeds travel, the farm wood lot, the home garden, 

 making home attractive, and chickens. 



Outlines of agricultural economics, E. G. Notjrse {Chicago: Univ. Chicago 

 Press, 1911, pp. IX +95, figs. S). — This is a cla^ book of questions and prob- 

 lems to accompany the author's text on agricultural economics, already noted 

 (E. S. R., 36, p. 390). 



Home demonstration work as correlated with the Louisiana public schools, 

 Alice S. Hickman et al. {La. Agr. Col. Ext. Div. Bui. 24 {1911), pp. 110, figs. 

 SS). — The home demonstration work outlined in this bulletin comprises four 

 projects, gardening, canning, cooking, and sewing, each extending over four 

 years and with the first year in the elementary or grammar schools. A credit 

 of one unit for high school graduation is given on completion of the foiir years' 

 work. 



Report of the women's institutes of the Province of Ontario, 1916 {Rpt. 

 Women's Insts. Ontario, 1916, pt. 1, pp. 120, figs. 2). — This is the annual report 

 on the progress of women's institute work in Ontario for 1916. It consists of 

 the proceedings of the annual conventions of 1915, together with statistical data 

 for 1915-16. The demonstration lecture work included 75 courses in food and 

 cooking, sewing, and home nursing and first aid, attended by about 2,700 women 

 and girls. The 1916 home garden and canning contest was participated in by 

 22 branch institutions representing a total of 245 gardens. 



