898 EXPERIMENT STATION BECORD. [Vol. 38 



is intended as a book of i-eference and suggestions for teachers, Indicating to 

 them wliat may be learned about a given topic and ways in which boys and 

 girls may be led to gain the knowledge by first-class observation and experience. 



Part 1 contains extracts from letters from rural and urban teachers, stating 

 their attitude toward and success in nature-study work ; articles by a number 

 of scientific writers on such topics as the Migration of Birds, Keeping Dairy 

 Herd Records, Handling Milk, Biting and Sucking Insects, and Potato Growing ; 

 and descriptions of various birds, insects, common farm crops, weeds, trees, etc. 

 Suggestions for using the technical knowledge are contained to some extent 

 in the articles themselves but more largely in editorial notes introducing the 

 various sections. 



Part 2, Home Making, consists of a special article on hand sewing, by Julia 

 Gleason, including a few examples of the application of various processes. 



Part 3 is devoted to notes and suggestions on the teaching of nature study, 

 physical training, children's gardens, the improvement of school grounds, ob- 

 servations on corn day, a general exhibition for farmers' week in February, 

 1918, junior home project work, etc. A brief list of reference books on nature 

 study and elementary agriculture, home making, plant life, animal life, etc., is 

 included. 



Rural science, including school g'ardening, R. N. Sheridan {Dept. Agr. 

 and Tech. Instr. Ireland Jour., 11 {1917), No. 2, pp. 260-263 ) .—After briefly 

 defining the school garden, the author discusses its evolution and development 

 in Ireland. 



A primer of household biology, E. W. Gudgeu {Bui. N. C. State Norm, and 

 Indus. Col., 7 {1917), No. 1, pp. 103, figs. 25). — In this bulMin it is the purpose 

 of the author to give students a sound scientific conception of some of the 

 fundamental principles of biology and a practical knowledge of certain im- 

 portant living things. The plan, which is the outcome of 12 years' teaching 

 of household biology to freshmen students in the State Normal College of North 

 CJarolina, began as a course strictly in preparation for domestic science, but 

 has widened its scope to include some of the fundamentals of hygiene and 

 sanitation and of the maintenance of soil fertility. It includes studies of a 

 green alga, an animalcule, yeasts, bacteria, molds, and the cycles of matter. 

 A statement is made at the beginning of each chapter as to where and how the 

 material needed can be obtained. 



The States Relations Service and the cooperative extension service, A. C. 

 True {Gen. Fed. {Women's Clubs) Mag., 17 {191S), No. 1, pp. 19-21, fig. 1).— 

 The work of the States Relations Service of particular interest to women is 

 discussed. This includes home economics club work ami extension activities. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Report on experiment stations and extension work in the United States, 

 1916 {V. S. Dept. Agr., Rpt. Agr. Expt. Stas. and Coop. Agr. Ext. Work. U. S., 

 1916, pp. 33Jf+406, pis. IS). — This report, prepared by the States Relations 

 Service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, consists of two parts. 



Part I. Work and expendittires of the agricultural experiment stations, 

 1916. — This part includes the usual report on the work and expenditures of the 

 agricultural experiment stations in the United States, including Alaslva. Hawaii, 

 Porto Rico, and Guam, together with detailed statistics compiled from official 

 sources as to the organization, revenues, additions to equipment, and expendi- 

 tures of the stations. 



The total income of the experiment stations, including the insular stations, 

 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, was $5,334,073.90. Of this amount 



