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dcs Productrurs de Nitrate de Soude du Chili, 1917, 4- p ^., rev., pp. 83, figs. 

 10). — This pamphlet deals with methods of cultivation of cereals, legumes, 

 vegetables, forage crops, vineyards, and orchards in Algeria and Tunis, with 

 recommendations as to the time and method of purchase and the use of fer- 

 tilizers. 



Annual report on the Punjab Colonies for the year ended September 30, 

 1916 (Ann. lipt. Punjab Colonics, 1916, pp. [12]+.',.',).— This is an annual re- 

 port on colonization operations in the Punjab, with tables coinpHed to show 

 land allotment, areas sown to crops,- and other details of land settlement and 

 Improvement in the three canal colonies t'<>r the year 1915-16. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Proceedings of the twenty-second annual meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Farmers' Institute Workers, 1917, edited by YV. Webb (Ptoc 

 .inter. Assoc. Farm-era' Inst. Workers, 22 (1917), pp. 139, pi. 1, figs. 7). — This 

 is a detailed report of the proceedings of the meeting held at Washington, 

 D. C, November 12, 13, and 14, 1917. In addition to the reports of officials and 

 committees of the association and remarks on institute work in the different 

 States, it includes the following papers and addresses : Address of Welcome, 

 by C. Vrooman ; Response to Address of Welcome, by W. Webb ; Farmers' 

 Institutes in the United States in 1917, by J. M. Stedman ; An Account of 

 What New England Has Been Doing in the Food Conservation and Production 

 Campaign, by W. Wheeler ; Report on Farmers' Institute Organization and 

 Work for the Province of British Columbia, by W. E. Scott ; Report on Movable 

 Schools of Agriculture Under War Conditions, by D. J. Crosby ; Some Timely 

 Topics of Interest to Farmers' Institute Workers, by A. C. True ; Canada's 

 Part in the War, by G. C. Creelman ; The Duty of the Farmer to the Com- 

 munity, by A. R. Mann; What Farmers' Institutes May Do for Food Con- 

 servation, by F. L. Kelly ; Saving the Children, by Mrs. Max West ; Conserva- 

 tion of Fabrics and Household Equipment, by A. P. Norton ; Federal Farm 

 Loans, by H. Quick ; and Junior Farmers' Institute Work, by O. H. Benson ; 

 and Liming, by W. Frear. 



Bibliography of the college. — I. The institution (Mass. Agr. Col., Semicev.t. 

 Pub. No. 2, pt. 1, 1917, pp. 69). — This is the second of a series of publications 

 issued in commemoration of the completion of the first 50 years of instruction 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1867-1917. It is a bibliography of 

 material relating to the history of the institution, including anniversary, 

 baccalaureate, commencement, and miscellaneous addresses; and literature 

 on the subjects of the various departments, divisions, etc., of the college, the 

 experiment stations, the extension service, and the graduate school. 



Statistics of vocational schools and of vocational teacher-training centers 

 for the year ended June 30, 1918 (Fed. Bd. Vocat. Ed., Vocat. Summary, 1 

 (1918), No. 7, pp. 1-4)- — This brief summary of returns made to the Federal 

 Board for Vocational Education by the State boards contains data for 1,741 

 schools which conducted vocational courses during the year. 



Teacher-training courses for teachers of vocational agriculture were given 

 in 40 educational Institutions, for teachers of trade or industrial subjects in 

 45 institutions, and for teachers of home economics in 60 institutions. Teacher- 

 training centers were reported from all but 6 States. There were 5,257 

 teachers of vocational courses In the 1,741 schools reporting, of whom 895 were 

 teachers of agricultural subjects, 3,276 were teachers of trade or industrial 

 eubjects, Including 827 part-time school-teachers, and 1,086 were teachers of 



