298 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Farm forestry, A. Akerman (Athens, Ga.: Jackson, Ga., Progress Print, 

 1914, PP- 2+5.i+Jf, pis. 9). — This text has been prepared for use in agricultural 

 high schools and colleges in Georgia and surrounding States. It discusses the 

 life processes of trees, the distinguishing characteristics and utility of some 

 of the more important trees of the South, reproduction, protection, thinning, 

 cutting mature timber, preservatives, firewood, and the place of woodlands , in 

 farm management. A preliminary outline of this text has been previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 21, p. 339; 22. p. 197). 



A manual of exercises in forest mensuration, H. Winkenweeder and E. T. 

 Clark (Seattle, Wash.: Authors, 1915, pp. U6). — This book gives detailed direc- 

 tions for conducting the various operations involved in the determination of 

 the contents of logs, trees, and stands. 



Modern methods of testing milk and milk products, L. L. Van Slyke (A'ew 

 YorJc: Orange JuM Co., WIS, 2. rev. ed., pp. XII+286, pi. 1, figs. 62).— In this 

 revision of this text (E. S. R., 18, p. 7), chapters have been added on methods 

 of testing butter and cheese for fat, butter for water and for salt, and milk 

 for casein, and several other chapters have been completely rewritten to cover 

 new developments. 



The nature-study course of the elementary school, O. W. Caldvv'ell (Natitre- 

 Stiidij Rev.. 10 (1914). No. 9, pp. 358-367, figs. 3).— A synopsis is presented of 

 the purposes, projects, and materials of the nature-study course for the first 

 to the eighth grades, inclusive. This outline is the result of several years of 

 experience. 



The nature-study course of the school of observation and practice, Adeline 



F. ScHiVELY (Xature-Study Rev., 10 (1914), No. 9, pp. 337-358, figs. 6).— This 

 is an outline of a course planned for grades 2 to 8, inclusive. The subject 

 matter is arranged in seasonal sequence under plant life, animal life, minerals, 

 experimental work (mainly in chemistry and physics), earth study, and mis- 

 cellaneous. The work is correlated with geography and occasionally with 

 physiology, and garden work, mostly at home, is encouraged. 



Nature study, J. A. Churchill (Nature-Study Rev., 10 (1914), No. 9, pp. 

 868-374). — The author outlines a grade plan of nature study for the elementary 

 schools in Oregon and discusses methods of instruction. 



Nature study and agriculture (In A Manual Containing the Course of Study 

 for the Elementary Schools of West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va.: Dept. Free 

 Schools, 1914, rev. ed., pp. 141-169). — ^An outline of a course in nature study for 

 grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and in agriculture for grades 7 and 8 is presented, 

 with directions for making an agricultural booklet. The use of notebooks and 

 the bulletin board, collections, correlation, preliminary school exercises, con- 

 tests, and home and community projects are recommended. 



Nature study at the Van Vlissingen School, G. A. Brennan (Nature-Study 

 Rev., 11 (1915), No. 1, pp. 12-25, figs. 4)- — ^An outline is given of the course 

 in nature study from the kindergarten to the eighth grade, inclusive, used in the 

 Van Ylissingen School, located in Roseland, a Chicago suburb, which was for 

 years a farming community. During the past 4 years the teaching has been 

 subdivided into departments of horticulture, plants and propagation, including 

 forestry, agriculture, molds and blights, floriculture, pollination, window gar- 

 dens, etc., represented by committees of teachers, each group si)ecializing in 

 the department to which it was assigned. The publications in the library on 

 nature study are listed and the school garden work is described. 



Home work for winter months for canning-club girls of Tennessee, Louise 



G. Turner (Col. Agr. Univ. Tcnn., Ext. Div. Pubs. 2 (1914). pp. 12, figs. 2; 3, 

 pp. 16). — The first bulletin discusses kitchen rules, setting the table, and bever- 

 ages, and the second cereals amd breads. 



