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In the last three years, or secondary course, the work is differentiated as a 

 home-makers' course for girls, a farm-makers' course for boys, and the rural 

 teacher-training course. The agricultural work is a continuation of that be- 

 gun in the elementay course and includes a simple study of soils and fertilizers, 

 the principle of crop rotation, the study of farm animals, feeds and the prin- 

 ciples of feeding, common fruit trees, insect pests, and plant diseases. Instruc- 

 tion is also given in elementary farm blacksmithing, carpentry, brick laying, 

 and concrete work. The girls' work consists of dressmaking, first aid, elemen- 

 tary nursing, the care of infants, preparation of family meals, and house 

 planning and decoration. The work in teacher training consists of the princi- 

 ples of teaching and school and class management, with special reference to 

 rural conditions and practice teaching. 



The schools have increased from 8 in 1914 to 17 in 1915, 27 in 1J16, and 42 

 in 1917. While the schools work under the immediate direction of the county 

 school boards and superintendents, the State boards of education keep in close 

 touch with them through the State agents of rural schools for negroes who 

 serve the schools as advisors and supervisors. To aid in the establishment of 

 these schools the trustees of the John F. Slater fund have voted an appropria- 

 tion of $500 to each for maintenance. The school property must belong to the 

 State, county, or district, and the school be a part of the public school system. 

 There must be an appropriation for maintenance of not less than $750 from 

 public funds raised by State, county, or district taxation, and the teaching must 

 extend through the eighth year, with the intention of adding at least two years 

 as soon as it shall be possible to make such extension. Nearly all of these 

 schools have also been assisted in the past three years with appropriations from 

 the General Education Board for equipment, particularly for industrial training. 



Swine-judging suggestions for pig-club members, J. D. McVean and F. G. 

 ASHBEOOK (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 83 (1917), pp. 13, figs. 4).— This 

 circular, intended mainly for the beginner, contains a brief study of the lard 

 and bacon types of swine and the market and breeding classes of hogs, an ex- 

 planation of the principal points of the score card and its use, and suggestions 

 for conducting judging contests. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-third Annual Report of Montana Station, 1916 {Montana Sta. 

 Rpt. 1916, pp. 151-193). — This contains the organization list, a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, and a report of the director on the 

 work and publications of the station. The experimental work reported is for 

 the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Rhode Island Station, 1916 (Bui. R. I. 

 State Col., 12 {1911), No. 4, pp. 17-2^, 32, 33).— These pages include a report 

 of the director and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 

 1916. The experimental work recorded is for the most part abstracted else- 

 where in this issue. 



Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Annual Reports of 

 Tennessee Station, 1913, 1914, 1915 {Tennessee Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 139-164, 

 figs. 9; 1914, pp. 265-287, figs. 6; 1915, pp. 111-133, figs. 9).— These reports con- 

 tain the organization lists, reports of the director and the various departments, 

 the experimental features of which are for the most part abstracted elsewhere 

 in this issue, and financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1913, 

 1914, and 1915. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Ohio Experiment Station {Mo. Bui. Ohio Sta., 2 

 {1917), No. 11, pp. 349-383, figs. i5).— This contains several articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue and notes. 



