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of gardening In the city of San Francisco, the irrigation of gardens, the advisa- 

 bility <>f training the youths of the city In agriculture, teacher training, the 



vjiii f school-directed borne gardening to San Francisco children, and the 



present status of Instruction In nature study and elementary science which are 



required subjects. 



In conclusion it is stated that school and home gardening and elementary 

 agriculture have not been given adequate recognition or financial aid In the 

 school system. Brief accounts are given of a dry-farming club project and of 

 a study of the economic value of gardening and agricultural Interests of the 

 borne thai might heroine BChool-directed projects, it is recommended that a 

 director of nature study and school and home gardening be appointed to act 

 under the direction of the deputy superintendent responsible for vocational 

 education and the manual arts, and that he should work out a complete plan of 

 home and school gardening and other home project activities for the city. 

 From 10 to 15 grade teachers should also be appointed at once as school and 

 home garden teachers under a schedule which would permit them to teach 

 gardening in the upper grades during school hours and direct the practical 

 work out of school hours. 



Annual report of the Atlantic County vocational schools, Atlantic County, 

 N. J. {Ann. Rpt. Atlantic Co. [N. J.] Vocat. Schools, 1911, pp. 27).— This is a 

 Statement, by the director of the schools, of the history and organization of the 

 instruction in agriculture and home economics in the schools of agriculture 

 located at Hammonton, Pleasantville, Cologne, and Minotola, N. J., and part- 

 time schools, including statistics of student enrollment and attendance, and the 

 number and kinds of projects undertaken, together with an outline of the course 

 of study and extension work. 



Directors of agriculture: Regulations governing appointment and duties 

 {Univ. state N. Y. Bui. G5-' f {1918), pp. 11). — Information is given concerning 

 the requirements and qualifications of directors of agriculture in New York 

 cities, towns, ami school districts not maintaining a school of agriculture, me- 

 chanic arts, and homemaklng. This is followed by an outline of suggested 

 types of work, a description of types of work carried on during the summer of 

 1917 by the directors of agriculture in the city of Troy and in a rural com- 

 munity in Montgomery County, and a summary of four type projects. 



The home project as a phase of vocational agricultural education, F. E. 

 Heald {Fed. lid. Vocat. Ed. Bui. 21 {1918), pp. Itf).— This bulletin has been 

 prepared In order to supply information and suggestions concerning the nature 

 and conduct of home-project work as a phase of secondary instruction in voca- 

 tional agriculture. It discusses the application of the term " home project " 

 and the essentials of a home project ; the project plan in detail, including a 

 form of agreement ; the relation of schoolroom instruction to home-project work, 

 including types of outlines for various projects; detailed project records and 

 reports ; and the supervision of projects. A memorandum on instruction in 

 agriculture in vocational schools and extension work in agriculture, and a list of 

 typical publications dealing with the teaching of agriculture and invoving the 

 home-project method, are included. 



Farm science, W. J. Spu.lman {Yonkcrx-on-lludson, N. Y.: IVorld Book Co., 

 1918. pp. YII+. SJ,.'f. flps. 174, pis- 2).— This text deals with the fundamental 

 principles underlying agriculture, the subject matter being presented in a form 

 Suitable for classroom use. Its four parts treat respectively of the soil, the 

 plant, the animal, and the farm, the latter including a discussion of the farm 

 business, how to secure the best results from growing crops, live stock enter- 

 prises, and the farm investment and income. The experiments following the 



