1819] MISCELLANEOUS. 599 



In reviewing the season's work it was found that Inch school hoys, when care- 

 fully selected, develop rapidly Into good farm workers; their trained minds 

 and responsive hands are turned to good advantage on farms. In contrasting 

 the camp plan with that of the Individual farm proposition wherein the 1 >■ >y 

 QOt only gets an all-round farm training but also a substantial sum for his 



season's work, the Chicago education authorities are inclined to advocate 

 the latter. 



Agriculture for the common schools of the counties of northwestern In- 

 diana, 1918-19, J. S. BOBDNEB ([South Bend],, ln<l.\: Author, pp. 21).— This 

 contains outlines of lessons arranged In monthly sequence, consisting of class 

 and practical work In animal husbandry, including poultry. The outlines have 

 been prepared for both teachers and pupils, and are to be used in connection 

 with Benson and Betts' text on agriculture (E. S. It., 3G, p. 394). 



Illustrated lecture on soy beans, YV. J. Morsk and H. B. Hendrick (17. S. 

 Dept. Ar/r.. States Relat. Serv. Syllabus 85 {1919), pp. 16).--This syllabus, p-c- 

 pared by cooperation between the Bureau of Plant Industry and this Service, 

 is designed to aid farmers' institute and other extension lecturers in presenting 

 this subject before popular audiences. It deals with the value of soy beans for 

 stock feed and for other purposes, requirements for successful production, 

 varieties of soy beans, their place in the cropping system, and harvesting and 

 storing. A comparison of soy beans and cowpeas is made. A list of 50 lan- 

 tern slides to illustrate the lecture is appended. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of California Station. 1918 {California Sta. Rpt. 1918, pp. 

 139, pi. 1). — This contains the organization list and a report of the director, 

 the latter consisting mainly of an enumeration of the various station projects. 

 An historical article by E. J. Wickson (pp. 35-101), entitled Beginnings of Agri- 

 cultural Education and Research in California, traces the development of agri- 

 cultural education at the University of California and the various linos of in- 

 vestigation at the station. A list of publications of the station from 1877 to 1918, 

 with a general index thereto, both prepared by F. YV. Woll, are appended. 



Thirty-sixth Annual Report of New York State Station, 1917 {Neic York 

 Stair Sta. Rpt. 1911. pp. VIII+7S4, pis. 66, figs. 3.',).— This contains the organi- 

 zation list; .i financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917; a list 

 of the periodicals received by the station; and reprints of Bulletins 429-433, 

 435-439, and 442-115. Technical Bulletins 57-63, and popular editions of Bulle- 

 tins 429, 432, 433, 436, 437, 439, 142, and 443, all of which have been previously 

 noted, and of Circular 52, Orchards: Location am! Care, by O. I'. Hedrick; 53, 

 Culture of Field Brans, by J. W. Wellington ; 54, Milking .Machines; and ",.", The 

 K"se Leaf Hopper, by I-'. II. Lathxop. 



A day at the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, M. C. Mikku.i., < >. \\ . 

 Israelson, and B. Al.oer {Utah Sta. Circ. 39 {1918), pp. 3-57, ftps. 108).— This 

 Includes brief biographical notes of the various directors of the station, a large 

 number of illustrations with descriptive text depicting various phases of the 

 station's work, and a list of the bulletins and circulars issued since its estab- 

 lishment. 



