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market classes and grades, the relation of type to efRciency, and the score card ; 

 (2) a description of mutton sheep; and (3) suggestions on practice judging, 



A simple course in home economics for rural schools, Mary E. Geakinq, 

 Jessie P. Rich, and M. Minekva Lawrence {Bui. Univ. Tex., No. 49 (1916), 

 pp. VIII-\-9-162, figs. 5). — These lessons have been specially prepared to meet 

 the needs of the small schools in which a special teacher and expensive equip- 

 ment are not as yet possible. The course is intended to give pupils an intelli- 

 gent understanding of the composition of foods, their value and uses in the body, 

 and the proper combinations and amounts necessary for a well-balanced diet, 

 and to enable them to prepare and serve wholesome and attractive dishes at 

 the minimum expenditure of time, labor, and money. Each lesson consists of 

 subject matter, references to literature, a plan for teaching and correlating 

 with other school subjects, and recipes. A plan for the practical application 

 of the work to solve the question of the noon lunch is suggested. Two lists of 

 cooking equipment for the 1-room rural school, costing, respectively, $6.50 and 

 $18.50, are included. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Biennial Report of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1914—15 (Connecticut Storrs 

 Sta. Rpt. 19U-15, pp. IX +302 +253-27 Jf, figs. 116).— This contains the organiza- 

 tion list, a financial statement for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1914, and June 

 30, 1915, a report of the director, and reprints of Bulletins 80-89, previously 

 noted. Meteorological data for 1914 and 1915, noted on page 41G, are appended. 



Thirtieth Annual Report of Vermont Station, 1917 (Vermont Sta. Bui. 208 

 (1917), pp. 16). — This contains the organization list, a brief announcement con- 

 cerning the station, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, 

 and a report of the director on the publications and work of the station. 



The work of the Umatilla Reclamation Project Experiment Farm in 1915 

 and 1916, R. W. Allen (U. S. Depi. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus., Work Umutilla 

 Expt. Farm, 1915-16, pp. 39, figs. 3). — This report includes a summary of 

 meteorological observations from 1912 to 1916, a review of climatic and agi-icul- 

 tural conditions on the project, and a report of the work on the experimental 

 farm during 1915 and 1916. The experimental work reported is for the most 

 part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation (Washington 

 Sta., West. Wash. Sta., Mo. Bui., 5 (1917), No. 9, pp. 125-1^0, flg. i).— This con- 

 tains brief articles on the following subjects : The Activities of the Office of 

 Farm Markets, by A. Hobson; Redwater or Bloody Urine in Cattle, by J. W. 

 Kalkus (see p. 486) ; Fertilizer Saving by Improved Stable Methods, by H. L. 

 Blanchard ; Increasing Crop Production by Drainage, by E. B. Stookey ; Mainte- 

 nance of Egg Production During Winter, by Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Shoup; The 

 Adaptability of the Tractor to the Smaller Farms, by J. P. Fairbanks ; Getting 

 Rid of Rats; and Farmers' Winter School. 



Index to General Bulletins 1 to 25, H. B. Clees (Washington Sta., Index 

 Gen. Buls. 1-25 (1917), pp. 12). — This is a combined subject and author index. 



Index (Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Sta., Div. Ent. [Patnphlet}, pp. 8). — An 

 index to Volume 3, comprising Bulletins 6-13. 



Two methods of orientation of small objects in paraffin, J. A. Nelson 

 (Science, n. ser., J,6 (1917), No. 1190, p. 387). 



