MISCELLANEOUS. 7l9 



Agricultural and viticultural calendar, V. Vermorel {Agenda agricole et viti- 

 cole. Monipellier and ViUefranche {Bhune): Bihl. Frog. Agr. et Vit., 1903, pp. 333). — 

 This calendar, Avhich is the eighteenth of the series, gives a large amount of informa- 

 tion in a condensed form which is of value to the agriculturist and viticulturist. Con- 

 siderable attention is given to the sul)ject of plant diseases and insect enemies, with 

 suggestions for their cdutml. 



The country gentlemen's estate book, 1902, W. Broomhall [London: The 

 Country Gentlemen's Association, Ltd., 1902, pp. VI + 600). — This book is the corona- 

 tion edition of the tenth yearbook of the Country Gentlemen's Association. It con- 

 tains articles on different phases of farm management and many useful notes and 

 memoranda for landowners and farmers, a number of which are noted elsewhere. 



Timely hints for farmers [Arizona Sta. Bui. 45, pp. £15-238, figs. 5). — This con- 

 tains reprints of press bulletins issued separately by the station from October 15, 



1901, to June 10, 1902, on the following subjects: Something worth knowing about 

 mud, legumes for forage and green manuring, sugar beets, the dairy cow and the 

 weather, extermination of gophers and ants, the rise of the alkali, and Lippia nodifiora 

 (see p. (wT) . 



Secondary courses in agriculture, A. C. Trie et al. ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office 

 of Experiment Stations Circ. 49, pp. 10). — This is an extract from the seventh report of 

 the committee on methods of teaching agriculture of the Association of American Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Cooperation is urged between country 

 districts, villages, cities, and the State to provide means for the maintenance of agri- 

 cultural courses in high schools. It is believed tliat the courses of study now in use 

 in most high schools could be easily modified so as to include agriculture as a part 

 of the course. One additional teacher would be necessary for this work, who should 

 if possible Ije a graduate of some agricultural college. The present programmes for 

 high schools in Indiana, Lowell, Mass., Des Moines, Iowa, and Washington, D. C, are 

 given, with the number of recitation periods per week for each subject. Based on 

 these programmes parallel columns are given showing tentative agricultural courses. 

 It vi believed that it would be entirely practicable to so adjust the present high school 

 schedules a= to make the teaching of agriculture in these schools lairly satisfactorj-. 



Proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the American Association 

 of Farmers' Institute Workers ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experimerd Stations Bui. 

 IJO, pp. 119). — This IS a detailed account of the proceedings, edited b_v A. C. True, 

 D. J. Crosby, and G. C. Creelman, a summary of which has already been given 

 (E. S. R., 13, p. 1110). 



Report of the Farmers' Institutes of the Province of Ontario, 1901 ( Toronto: 

 Ontario Dept. Agr., 190..', pt. 1, pp. i-V, figs. 25). — This includes a brief account of 

 farmers' institute work in Ontario and numerous papers and discussions 



A list of bibliographies of special subjects [Chicago: The John Crerar Library, 



1902, pp. 504). — This IS a classified list of subject bibliographies in the John Crerar 

 Library, Chicago. 



