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Boys' and girls' demonstration club work in Arkansas, W. J. Jernigan 

 {Arkamas Sta. Virc. 21 {1U15), pp. lU). — This circular oatlines the purpose and 

 method of conducting and some of the results of the boys' and girls' corn, cot- 

 ton, pig, canning, and poultry club work in Arkansas, as well as a tentative 

 course for teachers in conducting club work in the schools. 



School credit for home work, J. C. Werner (Kansas Agr. Col. Ext. 

 IPampMet], 1914, PP- 7). — The author calls attention to the importance of 

 home work and gives a suggestive list of subjects for credit for home work 

 and a plan for allowing credit and reporting to teachers. 



The Montana Country Life Education Association (Bozeman, Mont., 1014, 

 pp. 16). — This bulletin contains the proclamation of the governor of Montana 

 setting apart October 9, 1914, as Rural Life Day, the constitution of the asso- 

 ciation, a model constitution and by-laws for local units, etc. A bibliography is 

 added. 



Agriculture, O. H. Benson and G. H. Betts {Indianapolis: Bolths-MerriU 

 Co., 1915, pp. 9+444+16, figs. 183). — This elementary text combines practical 

 and scientific information on the importance and value, geographical distribu- 

 tion, varieties, diseases and insect enemies, growing, harvesting, and storing of 

 the principal farm and horticultural crops ; the soil ; the uses, value, distribution, 

 judging and selecting breeds, feeding and care, and diseases of cattle, horses, 

 swine, sheep, and poultry ; farm and home management, the home grounds 

 and wood lot, the county agricultural agent, farm implements and mechanics, 

 road building and maintenance, and birds and other insect destroyers. 



Practical helps in agriculture and nature study, E. S. Jones and H. L. 

 FowKEs {Taylorville, III.: Authors, 1914, pp. 88). — This is intended as a supple- 

 mentary book of practical information and scientific facts, rather than an out- 

 line or a manual, on cereals, legumes, soil, live stock, birds, the forest and 

 ornamental trees, fungi, the potato, insects, farm machinery, composition of 

 air. effects of heat upon bodies, siphons, collections and preservation of ma- 

 terial for use in the study of agriculture, and school gardens and school yards. 

 It includes type lessons, a number of bil)liographies. score cards, and tables. 



Outline of course in nature study and agriculture, D. R. Wood (Cal. Ed., 2 

 (1910), No. 3, pp. 143-205). — ^The author defines nature study, discusses its 

 purpose, the training it gives, and the use of nature-study material, and out- 

 lines a course in nature study, through the seven grades, a course in the prin- 

 ciples of agriculture, and a course in and directions for school-garden work. 

 Types of nature-study lessons and experiments, an article on How to Find 

 Material for Nature Study, by Mrs. L. C. Gay, and numerous bibliographies and 

 references for teachers are included. 



Nature study and agriculture for the rural schools of Texas, W. S. Taylor 

 and C. H. Winkler (Bnl. Univ. Tex., No. 361 (1914), PP- 73).— This is an out- 

 line of work in nature study for use in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and of work in 

 elementary agriculture for the seventh grade. A bibliography of reference 

 books on nature study and agriculture for the rural schools is appended. 



Nature study and agriculture in Manitoba schools (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 1 

 (1914), No. 11, pp. 932, 933). — ^An outline is given of the courses in school 

 gardening and nature study in grades 1 to 8 of the elementary schools and in 

 agriculture in grades 9 and 10 of the secondary schools. 



Fights of the farmer, A. Snydee (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott 

 Co., 1914, PP- XIV-i-234, pi. 1, figs. ii5).— Instruction is given on fighting soil 

 erosion, the loss of soil moisture and fertility, the wind, frost, weeds, injurious 

 insects and animals, and farm waste. While intended primarily for the farmer, 

 it can be utilized in nature study from an agricultural standpoint and for 

 supplementary reading in the schools. 



