MISCELLANEOUS. 295 



of farming and gardening, simple botany, scliool gardens, horticultnral prac- 

 tice, crop pests, and tal>les in regard to seed germination and fertilizers. No 

 attention Is directly given to animal husbandry. 



Rural industrial education, B. M. Davis {Miami Bui. [Ohio State Xormal 

 Col.], S. scr. (IDJO), Xo. 9, pi>. io). — This bulletin presents the outline of a 

 2-year training course in industrial education for rural schools, with an intro- 

 duction calling attention to the pressing demand for properly prepared teachers 

 and the special advantages of the Ohio township system of district organization 

 for the rapid introduction of instruction in agriculture, manual training, and 

 domestic science into rural schools. 



Among' school g-ardens, M. Louise Greene (Neiv York. 1910, pp. XV+388, 

 pis. 2-'i, fiys. 8t, dgms. 11). — A study of various successful school gardens and 

 a collation of the facts and principles illustrated by them. 



Separate chapters deal with the evolution of the school garden, the various 

 kinds and objects of garden work, the question of soil fertility, cost of equip- 

 ment, the planning, iilanting. and cultivation of the garden, the recognition 

 and eradication of some garden weeds, and the handling of the garden during 

 the term and vacation time. Some educational and social results of garden 

 work are presented in the last chapter with appendixes of practical informa- 

 tion, representative quotations, and a bibliography. 



[Papers] for distribution on the farming- demonstration train {Oregon 

 Sta. Circ. 8, pp. 33, figs. 17). — This circular, intended for distribution on the 

 better-farming train recently sent out in Oregon, contains the following popu- 

 lar articles: Livestock the Basis of Agricultural Prosperity, by James Withy- 

 combe (pp. 3-8) ; Tillage and Cropping Methods for the Eastern Oregon Dry- 

 Farmer, by H, D. Scudder (pp. 8-17); Soil Fertility, by C. E. Bradley (pp. 

 17-19) ; The Home Orchard in Eastern Oregon, by C. I. Lewis (pp. 20-25) ; 

 Better Cows, by F. L. Kent (pp. 2(>-30) ; and Poultry on the Farm, by James 

 Dryden (pp. 30-33). 



Literature for the practical farmer, T. M. Mygdal {Tidsskr. Landokonomi, 

 1909, Xos. 9, pp. .'/.57-//78; 10. pp. 590-595). — The author discusses the literature 

 available for Danish farmers, and to what extent this is valuable. He pleads 

 for an increased interest in agricultural literature and for its adaptation to 

 the immediate needs of the practical farmer. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Hawaii Station, 1909 {Haicaii Sta. Rpt. 1909, pp. 76, ph. 

 7, figs. 8). — This contains the organization list, a summary by the Si>ecial 

 Agent in Charge as to the investigations of the y^ar, and reports of the ento- 

 mologist, horticulturist, chemist, and agronomist. These reports are abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Annual Reports of Wisconsin Station, 

 1908-9 {Wisconsin Sta. Rpts. 1908-9, pp. IV+35+52+22S, pf. 1, figs. 29).— 

 This contains reprints of Bulletins 171 and 193, previously noted, these being 

 the reports of the director for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1908. and June 

 30, 1909. respectively, and of Research Bulletins 1-6. previously noted. 



Finances, meteorology, index {Maine Sta. Bui. 175, pp. 330-3^0+ XII, pis. 

 2).— This contains the organization list of the station; meteorological obser- 

 vations noted on page 219 of this issue; a financial statement as to the federal 

 funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, and as to other funds for the 

 fiscal year ended Decemr)er 31. 1909; an index to Bulletins 164 and 165, which, 

 together with Official Inspections 7-18, previously noted, collectively consti- 

 tute the twenty-fifth annual report of the station; a list of bulletins and of 



