94 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECORD. 



AGRICTJLTITRAL EDUCATION. 



Proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual convention of the Association 

 of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, edited by J. L. 

 Hills (Proo. Assoc. Amer. Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 2S {19U), pp. 272).— This 

 is a detailed account of the proceedings, including reports of committees and 

 papers submitted, of the convention held at Washington, D. C, Noyember 11 to 

 13, 1914 (E. S. R., 32. p. 8). 



Cooperative agricultural extension work ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 

 47 {1915), pp. i2).— This circular gives a brief explanation of the extension 

 work now carried on in this country, discussing the cooperative .agricultural 

 extension act (E. S. R., 30, p. 601) ; organization of the extension work in the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture and the States; types of extension work- 

 farm demonstrations, the county agent, boys and girls' club work, girls' demon- 

 stration work, home economics extension work, extension work through spe- 

 cialists, and movable schools; money available under the Smith-Lever Act, in- 

 cluding a tabulated statement showing amounts available to the several States ; 

 and a list of Department and state officers in charge of extension work. 



[The Smith-Lever Law and its probable operation in a number of the 

 States] {Quart. Alpha Zeta, 13 {19U), No. 2, pp. ^5, figs. 5).— This issue con- 

 tains the text of the Smith-Lever Act and a series of articles by extension men 

 and others interested in this woi'k, gi\ang an idea of the contemplated use of 

 these funds in nearly all sections of the country. 



Educational [work], R. H. Fokbes (Arizona 8ta. Rpt. 1914, pp. 373-378).— 

 This is a progress report for the year on the regular and special agricultural 

 courses and extension work of the Arizona College of Agriculture, including 

 data as to attendance, etc. 



[Instruction in home economics] (Utah Agr. Col., Ext. Div. Circ, 2 {1914), 

 Nos. 23, pp. 7, fig. 1; 41, pp. 4; 3 {1915), No. 5, pp. 4). — These circulars include 

 Instructions in Organization of Home Economics Associations, by Gertrude M. 

 McCheyne, Home Building Contest, and Program of Home Economics Associa- 

 tions, respectively. 



[Agricultural and domestic science instruction in the high schools of 

 Wisconsin] (In Manual of the Free High Schools of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: 

 Democrat Printing Co., 1914, pp. 13-16, 71-92, 160-168, 178-180, 183, i<S// ) .— This 

 manual outlines general requirements for securing special state aid for instruc- 

 tion in agriculture and home economics in high schools; the plan and method 

 of work in agriculture, to be developed by means of- suitable class-room instruc- 

 tion, observation and experiment work, field work, home projects, manual 

 training projects related to the farm, community or extension work, including 

 lists of apparatus and supplies, illustrative material, texts, and reference books ; 

 requirements for state aid for agriculture in the seventh and eighth grades ; 

 suggested courses of study in domestic art and science for Wisconsin grade and 

 high schools, as outlined by a committee appointed by the Wisconsin Teachers' 

 Association in 1910 ; methods of instruction, subject matter in sewing and cook- 

 ing in the seventh and eighth grades, and in sewing, cooking, food study and 

 dietaries, hygiene, and home management in the high school ; and the state 

 laws relating to state aid for agricultnral and home economics instruction. 



High school clubs in agriculture and home economics, C. L. Anderson and 

 Claiue Parrish {Utah Agr. Col., Ext. Div. Circ, 2 {1914), No. 43. pp. 6).— This 

 circular outlines the purpose and plan of these high .school clubs, which have 

 for their aim the study of industrial subjects and the development of a healthy 

 community life. 



