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are located in the several counties for educational work, mainly along demon- 

 stration lines; (3) the combined or collective activities of two or more depart- 

 ments presented mainly through the medium of extension courses, schools, edu- 

 cational trains, exhibits, etc. 



[Agricultural and home economics instruction in the public schools of 

 New Hampshire], G. II. Whitcher (.V. //. Dept. Pub. Instr., Inst. Circs. 

 1914-15, Nos. 2, pp. 4; 12, pp. IS; 11, pp. 6; IS, pp. 15; 20, pp. 3).— These circu- 

 lars offer suggestions to domestic arts teachers starting the first course in 

 cooking, on household appliances having to do with heating, ventilating, sanita- 

 tion, food storage, and sewage disposal, and on the tomato project for domestic 

 arts classes; and to agricultural teachers in secondary schools on beginning 

 project work in the spring. 



[Instruction in agriculture, cooking, and sewing, in Porto Rico] (Rpt. 

 Comr. Ed. P. R., 1913, pp. SSJfSSS). — This is a report on the status of instruction 

 in agriculture, cooking, and sewing in the public schools of Porto Rico in 

 1912-13. 



Education for the home, B. R. Andrews {U. S. Bur. Ed. Buls. 1914, Nos. 610, 

 pp. 53, pis. 6; 611, pp. 207, pis. 10; 612, pp. 109, pis. 10; 613, pp. 61).— This is a 

 comprehensive report on the present status of education for the home, arranged 

 in four parts, viz, (1) an introductory survey of certain of the findings and a 

 discussion of equipment for teaching household arts in elementary, high, and 

 normal schools and colleges; (2) state legislation and provisions for education 

 for the home and the work of the rural, elementary, high and normal schools, 

 technical institutes and special institutions, and other agencies and organiza- 

 tions in the home betterment movement; (3) organization of home economics 

 instruction in the various colleges and universities; and (4) a list of references 

 on education for the home, and a list of cities and to\\Tis teaching household arts. 

 Cooking in the vocational school as training for home making, I. P. 

 O'Leary {U. S. Bur. Ed. Bui. 625 {1915), pp. 36, pis. 2, figs. //).— This bulletin 

 discusses the conditions which underlie the necessity for instruction in cooking, 

 defines the aim of such instruction, and offers suggestions toward the final solu- 

 tion of the problem under the following topics : Home making as a vocation for 

 girls, regular school methods and " trade " training in cooking, markets for the 

 product, part-time clas.ses for housekeepers, taking instruction to the pupil, and 

 the kitchen and its equipment, including plans and price list of equii)ment and 

 utensils. 



Lesson plans for teachers in nature-study agriculture, Alice J. Patterson 

 and LoRA M. Dexheimer {Bloomington, III.: Authors, 1914, pp. 166). — These 

 lessons, which are based upon the Illinois state course of study and are ar- 

 ranged in monthly sequence for the eight years of the grammar grades, deal 

 with birds, trees, flowers, garden plants, farm crops, and animals, including 

 poultry, insects, weeds, soils, farm machinery, good roads, dairying, physiology, 

 etc. In addition to the necessary fundamental facts they offer suggestions on 

 how to obtain material, what to have the children observe, how to report the 

 observations, how to conduct simple experiments, etc. 



[Rural school agriculture] ( Univ. Minn., Dept. Agr., Rural School Agr. 4 

 (1914), Nos. 3, pp. 8, figs. 2; 4, pp. S, figs. 3; 4 {1915), Nos. 5, pp. S, figs. 2; 6, 

 pp. 4, figs. 2). — These circulars include a study of legumes, wheat, and alfalfn, 

 an outline for an illustrated corn booklet, a report of boys' and girls' club work 

 for 1914, and directions for organizing pig clubs in 1915. 



Practical lessons in tropical agriculture, Book I, R. L. Clute {YonJiers, 

 N. Y.: World Book Co., 1914, pp. X+228, figs. iSO).— This text, for pupils in 

 the Philippine schools, treats of the plant and its parts and practical applica- 

 tions of the laws governing plant life, each chapter being followed by demonstra- 



