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and food values; principles of cooking; the preparation and use of protein foods, 

 vegetables and fruits, and cereal products ; an adequate diet ; preservation of 

 food by canning; and demonstrations. References to literature are appended to 

 each chapter. 



Economy in food, M. T. Weli.man (Boston: Little, Brovn cf Co.. 1918. pp. 

 [2] +36). — The author discusses economy in buying, storing, and serving food 

 and in planning meals, the uses of left-overs, recipes, and fuel. A table showing 

 the cost of 100-calorie portions of foods and factors for calculating them are 

 included. 



The business of the household. C. W. Taber et al. (Philadelphia and Lon- 

 don: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1918, pp. XII+438, pi. 1, figs. 41). — This book presents 

 a detailed study of the business of the household finance, based on practical 

 experience of nearly a quarter of a century In the management of a household. 

 It may be used as a text by upper-high school and college students, or as a 

 reference book for the teacher of home economics in schools of all grades and 

 the home maker and housekeeper. Its four parts deal, respectively, with the 

 fundamental principles of household finance, factors in the family budget — 

 necessities and higher life — and the legal and business status of the family. 

 Suggestions in regard to the use of the text by the teacher and student are in- 

 cluded. Quest ion-, problems, and demonstrations, and references to literature 

 follow the various chapters. 



Mathematics for collegiate students of agriculture and general science, 

 A. M. Kk.nyox and W. V. LOVITT (Nt W York: Tin Maaitillan Co.. 1918, rev. td., 

 pp. yii-t. 187+1, figs. 129). — This book Is designed as a text in freshman 

 mathematics for students specializing In agriculture, biology, chemistry, and 

 physics in colleges ;md technical schools. The exercises constitute about one- 

 fifth of the text, and Include much data taken from agricultural and other 

 experiments to show the application of general principles to problems which 

 actually arise in real life. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Thirty-first Annual Report of Alabama College Station. 1918 {Alabama 

 Col. Sta. Rpt, 1918, pp. 86).- This contains the organization list, a financial 

 statement for the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, and 

 reports of the director and heads of departments on the work of the station 

 during the year. The experimental work reported is for the most part ab- 

 stracted elsewhere in this Lssue. 



Nature and progress of the work of the agricultural experiment station. 

 M. Nelson i irkansas Sta. Bui 158 {1918) t pp. OS, figs. 4).— This contains the 

 organization list, a financial statement for the Federal funds for the fiscal 

 year ended June 80, 1918, a list of publications issued during the year ami 

 brief summaries of their contents, and brief summaries of the chief liin 

 work in progress at the station. The experimental work recorded is for the 

 most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Thirty-first Annual Report of Indiana Station, 1918 (Indiana sta. B),t. 

 1918. pp. .''.'', figs, 10). — This contains the organization list, reports of the 

 director and heads of departments, the experimental features of which are for 

 the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue, lists of the organized line- of 

 work, publications of the year, changes in staff, etc, ami a financial statement 

 for the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, and for the re- 

 maining funds for the period ended September 30, 1918 



Special report of the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station, P. W. HoTTS- 

 holdeb (Michigan sta. Spec. Bui. 90 (1918), pp. 31, figs. 83).— This includes 



