398 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



tion exercises. An appendix gives directions for malsing a balance and rain 

 gauge and a list of agricultural literature. 



Soils and fertilizers for public schools, C. L. Queae, edited by O. L. Boob 

 {[Muncie, Ind.]: Author, 1915, pp. X-\-202, figs. 83).— This text, which is dp- 

 signed for the average district or graded school, includes chapters on the condi- 

 tions necessary for plant life, soil formation, classes, improvement, moisture, 

 drainage and tillage, elements valuable iu fertilizers, natural and artificial fer- 

 tilizers, the hotbed and water supply, and studies in concrete. These are fol- 

 lowed by experiments, directions for making agricultural apparatus, review 

 questions and problems, and references to the literature. 



Potato growing, W. D. Hurd (Mass. Agr. Col., Dcpt. Agr. Ed. Circ. 31 (1914), 

 pp. 23. figs. 12). — This circular for the members of boys' and girls' clubs de- 

 scribes the various operations and methods in growing potatoes. 



Bice judging and study, J. C. Rundles {PJiilipjnne Agr. and Forester, 3 

 (1915), No. 8, pp. 181-190). — ^An outline prepared by the College of Agriculture 

 of the Philippines is given for the study of different varieties of rice, together 

 with exercises in seed selection and vitality tests, a score card, and its explana- 

 tion, for rice in the hull. 



Productive vegetable growing, J. "W. Lloyd (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 

 Co., 1914, pp. XIII +339, pi. 1, figs. 193).— This book is written primarily as a 

 text for use in schools and colleges, from the viewpoint of conditions in the corn 

 belt, but the principles laid down are applicable in all sections. The aim has 

 been to emphasize principles rather than mere details of practice. Temperature 

 requirements of the different crops are made the basis of the classification of 

 vegetables and given special prominence in the cultural directions for the 

 various crops. A chapter is devoted to suggestions for laboratory work, and 

 an appendix gives the chemical composition of vegetables. 



Suggestions to teachers of fruit growing in the high schools, C. S. Wilson 

 (Cornell Countryman, 12 (1915), No. 5, pp. 391-393). — The author discusses the 

 adaptation of subject matter in fruit growing to the needs of high school 

 students, and gives an outline of topics under the subject of pruning, indicating 

 those suitable for use in the high school. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Report of Rhode Island Station, 1913 

 and 1914 (Bill. R. I. State Col., 10 (1915), No. 4, pp. 23-27, 30-32) .—These 

 pages include a report of the director for the period from June 30, 1912, to De- 

 cember 31, 1914, on the work, publications, and personnel of the station, and a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1914. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1913 (South Dakota Sta. Rpt. 

 1913, pp. 38). — This contains a report by the director on the organization, work, 

 and publications of the station, a list of exchanges, a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, and departmental reports, portions of that 

 of the agronomist being abstracted on pages 321 and 331 of this issue. 



Report of the director, 1914, H. L. Russell (Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 250 (1915), 

 pp. 109, figs. 49). — This contains the organization list, a report of the work of 

 the station during the year, portions of which are abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue, brief summaries of the publications of the year, and a financial state- 

 ment for the federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. 



