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yal is well classified and ably presented. The book contains an 

 excellent bibliography. 



Fundamentals of Agriculture, edited by James Edward Halligan, 

 Chemist in charge, Louisiana State Experiment Station. D. 

 C. Heath & Co., Boston. 1911. 492 pp. S-jixSyi ins. 

 A well illustrated text-book on general agriculture, of the type 

 now largely used by secondary schools offering agricultural in- 

 struction. There is a brief introduction by Pres. Jkitterfield, of 

 Mass. The chapters are: The Soil; Plant Life; Manures and 

 Fertilizing Materials ; Farm Crops ; Trees and the Garden ; Plant 

 Diseases; Insects and Birds; Live Stock and Dairying; Feeds and 

 Feeding; Miscellaneous. A unique feature is that "every subject 

 in this book is written by an expert in his line. This idea was 

 carried out in order to furnish the student with thi best informa- 

 tion that could be obtained." The section on sugar cane, for ex- 

 ample, is written by Prof. H. P. Agee, then of the Louisiana 

 Sugar Experiment Station, now of the H. S. P. A. Station. The 

 book is distinctly southern in its point-of-view, and is thus of 

 interest to Hawaii. The accounts of cotton, rice, sugar cane and 

 tobacco, are explicit and well written. Each chapter contains a 

 good set of references for collateral reading. The illustrations 

 are of good quality throughout. The appendix contains a num- 

 ber of tiseful tables, and suggestions for an agricultural school 

 library. Teachers in Flawaii's rural schools could make good 

 use of this book. 



Cultivation of Tobacco in the Philippine Islands, by B. E. Brewer. 

 Philippine Bureau of .Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 16. 

 1910. Pp. 23, plates 3, figs. 3. 

 This is a brief handbook of information for the tobacco grower 

 in the Philippines. 



Sisal Hemp in Fiji, bv C. IT. Knowles. Dept. of .\gric. of I'iji. 

 Bui. 1, 1911. Pp. 16, plates 2. 

 Directions for growing and harvesting sisal, and for extracting 

 the fiber ; with statement of results obtained at the experiment 

 station. 



Australian Timber; Its Strength, Durability and Identification, 

 by J. Mann. Melbourne. ' 19W. Pp. xvi-148. figs. 19. 

 A compilation of data available prior to 1900. relative to the 

 strength and durability of about fifty of the best known engineer- 

 ing and construction timbers of Australia. 



The Granite Thrips, by P. K. Jones and J. K. Horton. V. S. 

 Dept. Agric. Bur. Entomol. P.ul. 99, part 1. pp. 1'., plates 3. 

 figs. 2. 

 A report of progress for the years 1909, 1910. .\n important 



