AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 599 



School gardening and school fairs {Agr. Oaz. Canada, 2 (1915), No. 1, pp. 

 52-61, figs. 2). — ^Accounts are given of the present status of school gardening 

 and school fairs in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 

 and Alberta. 



School-ground improvements, N. H. Foreman (Manila: Bur. Ed., 1914, pp. 

 56, figs. 4)- — -^ 4-weelis' course of 13 lessons is outlined .for teachers of all 

 grades in the Philippines for the purpose of giving them instruction in improv- 

 ing the school grounds with student labor. Directions are given for presenting 

 the course at division normal institutes. 



School and home gardening, N. H. Foreman (Manila: Bur. Ed., 1914, pp. 

 56, figs. 2). — This is an outline of a 4-weeks' course in school and home garden- 

 ing for teachers of elementary grades in the Philippines, together with the 

 method of presentation of the course at division normal institutes. 



Home gardens, field crops, and home canning for boys' and girls' club 

 work, O. H. Benson (Ann. Rpt. Missouri Bd. Agr., 46 (1913), pp. 286-295, figs. 

 2). — The author dicusses essentials, objects, and evidences of good club work, 

 school credit, leadership, relations, projects, prizes and premiums, follow-up 

 work, and club work as related to markets and consumers. 



Boys' agricultural clubs, W. H. Kendrick (IF. Va. Univ., Agr. Ext. Dept. 

 Circ. 2 (1915), p. 15, figs. 11). — Instructions are given for organizing boys' 

 and girls' com, pig, potato, and poultry club work. 



Annual report of the School Garden, Association of America (Ann. Rpt. 

 School Gard. Assoc. America, 4 (1014), pp. 30, figs. 19). — This report contains, 

 among other data, a list of books on home canning, domestic science, poultiy, 

 and birds of interest to city people, plans of a model garden, and excerpts 

 from addresses and papers presented at the 1914 annual meeting. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Montana Station, 1914 (Montana 8ta. Rpt. 

 1914, pp. 383-408). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, a report of the director on the work and 

 publications of the station, and a summary of meteorological obsei^vations for 

 1914. The experimental work reported is for the most part abstracted else- 

 where in this issue. 



Annual Report of Porto Rico Station, 1914 (Porto Rico Sta. Rpt. 1914, VP- 

 35, pis. 3). — This contains the organization list, a summary by the special 

 agent in charge as to the investigations conducted at the station during the 

 year, and reports of the chemist and assistant chemist, horticulturist, assistant 

 horticulturist, plant pathologist, and entomologist abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1914 (South Dakota Sta. Rpt. 

 1914, pp. 26). — 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, 1914, and departmental reports. 



General review [of the Fourth Scientific Congress], E. Poirier (4. Cong. 

 Cient. [Santiago de Chile], 1908-9, Reseila Gen. [puh. 1915], pp. 304, pls. 4, 

 figs. 60). — ^This is a general review of the Fourth Scientific Congress (First 

 Pan-American Scientific Congress), held at Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1908, 

 to January 5, 1909, which has been previously noted (E, S. R., 20, pp. 608, 695). 



