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Suggestions to school authorities concerning the organization of Federal 

 and State aided vocational schools, departments and classes under the 

 Smith-Hughes Act {Missouri State Bd. Ed.. Yocat. Ed. Bui. 2 (1918), pp. 15).— 

 This bulletin contains suggestions concerning (1) curricula and courses of 

 study in vocational agriculture, (2) project work in agriculture, including the 

 common essentials of all project work and an outline of a type farm crop pro- 

 ject, and (3) the construction ami equipment of the school shop. A suggested 

 curriculum for the all-day two-year trade or Industrial school, and suggested 

 two-year courses in vocational home economies, including one for cities of 

 more than 25,000 inhabitants, are outlined. 



The management of the soil, C. It. Jackboh and Mi:s. L. S. DattqEKBTT 

 [Albion, Idaho, and Cameron, Mo.: Authors, 1918, pp. Xll+xs, figs. '42). — The 

 authors, having come to the conclusion from several years of experience that it 

 is not feasible to try to teach general agriculture In the time allotted to it in most 

 secondary schools, are preparing a series of short courses in agriculture each 

 giving the underlying principles of a special phase of agriculture. This first 

 course deals with the formation, agricultural types of soils, the importance of 

 water, soil management, and factors of soil fertility. Suggested exercises, 

 problems and experiments, a brief list of simple apparatus and materials for 

 soil exercises, and a list of reference books and bulletins are included. 



Household arts: Teachers' manual and course of study for grades seven 

 to ten. inclusive ( Bui. Bd. Ed. Mass., No. 29 i IBIS), pp. EX + [3] + 15.',, fig. 1).— 

 This manual and course of study for the seventh and eighth grades and the 



tirst two years of the high school was prepared by a committee of the household 

 arts department of the Pramingham Normal School. Courses are outlined in 

 clothing, foods, management, child aiming, bousing, accounting, and Illness, 

 together witb general directions concerning rooms and equipment and the time 



allotment for each course. The units of stud; are the project and the topi. . 

 Suggestions are also offered on various general administrative problems, e. g., 

 the selection of teachers, time allotment, cost per unit of instruction, short 

 units, organization of the work in large and small schools, the school luncheon, 

 the disposal of other products, and credit for admission to higher educational 

 institutions. A list of books for reference reading is Included. 



The agricultural college and the working farmer. K. I., l'-n ikkfikt n (/' 

 2. Ban Amor. Sci, Cong., 1915-16. vol. 3, pp. 882-888). — This paper has been 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 34, p. 308). 



Agricultural extension work in the United States, C. B. Smith [Apr. I 

 Canada. 5 [1918), No. u. pp. 907 uiO). — This address on the organization of 

 agricultural extension work In the United States was given at a conference 

 of Ontario agricultural representatives. 



Boys' and girls' clubs [Agr. 00*. Canada. 5 (1918). Xo. 9, pp. S96-902, fig. 

 1). — This is a series of brief articles, by provincial agricultural officials, indi- 

 cating to some extent the character and nature of boys' and girls' club activi- 

 ties, fostered under the Agricultural Instruction Act Of Canada, In Nova Scotia, 

 New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British <'. 

 luinbia. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Report of the Guam Agricultural Experiment Station. 1917 (Guam Sta. 

 Rpt. 1917, pp. 62, pis. 7). — This contains reports of the animal husbandman 

 In charge and the agronomist and horticulturist, and a special report on the 

 plant disease situation. The experimental work recorded is for the most part 

 abstracted elsewhere in this Issue. 



