494 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A historical sketch of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial Uni- 

 versity (Sapporo, Japan, 1915, pp. 22, pis. i2).— This sketch indicates what 

 American educators have done to assist in the founding and development of the 

 College of Agriculture at Sapporo, Japan, including its founding in 1876 by- 

 William S. Clark, then president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



Does an agricultural education pay? C. H. Lane (High School Quart. [Ga.], 



3 (1915), No. 3, pp. 203-205). — The author calls attention to the results of sev- 

 eral studies relating to the incomes of farmers with varying degrees of educa- 

 tion. 



How to teach agriculture, C. W. BuRKim, F. L. Stevens, and D. H. Hill 

 (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1914, rev. ed., pp. 22). — This is a revision of the text 

 issued in 1906, in which the authors offer suggestions on what to teach, what 

 not to teach, and how to teach, including the conduct of experiments, and a sug- 

 gested outline of lesson topics based on Agriculture for Beginners (E. S. R., 16, 

 p. 832). 



Agriculture for the Kansas common schools, L. E. Call and H. L. Kent 

 (Topeka, Eans.: State, 19U, pp. V+468, pis. 4, figs. ^^3).— The subject matter 

 of this text was prepared by the staff of the Kansas College and Station, but 

 was rearranged for uniformity and better adaptation to the needs of the 

 schools. It consists of lessons on tbe structure and growth of plants, grain 

 crops, marketing and milling wheat, legumes, grasses, improvement of plants 

 and animals, weeds, soils, drainage, irrigation, feeding and raising farm ani- 

 mals, dairying, poultry, diseases of animals and plants, growing and caring 

 for trees, insects, spraying, orcharding, the vegetable garden, beautifying home 

 grounds, birds, and good roads. Each chapter is followed by review questions 

 and an appendix contains suggestions on method of teaching, list of reference 

 books, directions for making the Babcock test and measuring farm products and 

 land, a seed table for field crops adapted to Kansas, etc. 



Agriculture, theoretical and practical, J. Weightson and J. C. Newsham 

 (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1915, pp. XX+628, figs. 322).— This text- 

 book of mixed farming, for large and small farmers and agricultural students, 

 comprises six parts treating of (1) soils, manures, and crops; (2) live stock, 

 feeding, and economic zoology; (3) buildings, machinery, implements, and 

 accounts; (4) dairying; (5) horticulture; and (6) poultry, rabbits, and bees. 



Agriculture and life, A. D. Cromwell, edited by K. C. Davis (Philadelphia: 

 J. B. Lippincott Co., 1915, pp. X-\-369, pi. 1, figs. i^3).— This text was written 

 for normal training classes and teachers' reading circles to give instruction in 

 methods of teaching agriculture in the common schools. Following the dis- 

 cussion of educational aims in which the author calls attention to the educa- 

 tional, economic, esthetic, moral, and religious values of agriculture, chapters 

 are devoted to seed selection and plant breeding; pets and home projects; 

 stock and grain judging ; feeds and feeding ; farm accounts and farm manage- 

 ment; the soil; school and home gardens; birds and agriculture; insects and 

 agriculture ; plant and animal diseases ; weeds ; rural life institutions ; the rural 

 school, festivals, clubs, short courses, and continuation schools; and courses 

 of study, correlations, booklets, lesson plans, tables, etc. Each topic is followed 

 by review questions and references to the literature. 



Simple laboratory exercises for high schools, M. C. Ceoss (Rural Educator, 



4 (1914), No. 4, pp. 65, 66; 5 (1915), No. 1, pp. 13, i^).— The author outlines 25 

 simple laboratory exercises in plants, animals, farm management and machin- 

 ery, soils, and plant growth, largely adapted from standard texts and bulletins. 



Studies in soils, M. J. Abbey (W. Va. School Agr., 5 (1915), No. 7, pp. 23, 

 figs. 11). — The author outlines lessons in soil formation, activities, and im- 

 provement. 



