196 EXPEEIMENT STATIOIST EECOED. 



Dept. Free ScJwols, 1912, pp. 60-70).— This is a suggested outline of a 4-year 

 course in agriculture, followed by a more detailed outline of tlie subject matter 

 for eacb semester. 



Corn and its uses {Chicago: American Manufacturers' Association of Prod- 

 ucts from Corn, pp. i2).— These five lessons on the use of corn and its products 

 have been prepared for the use of colleges and domestic science, normal, and 

 high schools. 



Agricultural competition for boys and girls in New York State, E. M. 

 TuTTLE {Cornell Countryman, 12 {19U), No. 2, pp. 109-115, figs. Jf).— The author 

 discusses the preparation for boys' and girls' agricultural competitions, kinds of 

 contests, follow-up work, and the exhibit end school fair as valuable in the 

 development of country life teaching. " Effort is being made in New York to 

 have the opportunity for better country living opened to all school children as 

 a part of the daily work of the school rather than through isolated clubs." A 

 year ago over 50 of the 207 district superintendents conducted agricultural 

 competitions of some kind, and this year at least half have taken leadership in 

 the movement. 



How to organize a club and keep up interest, T. J. Xewbill {State Col. 

 Wash. Dcpt. Ext. Bui. 8 {1914). pp. 75).— This bulletin discusses the objects to 

 be sought, and offers suggestions for the organization of a club, keeping up 

 interest, prizes, and club meetings. A list of helpful publications is included. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-sixtli Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1913 {Georgia Sta. Rpt. 

 1913, pp. 309-319). — This contains the organization list, reports by the president 

 of the board of directors and the director of the station on its work during the 

 year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. 



Twenty-seventh. Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1914 {Georgia Sta. 

 Rpt. 1914, pp. 259-272). — Data corresponding to the above are presented for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. 



Twenty-fiftb Annual Report of North Dakota Station, 1914 {North Dakota 

 Station Rpt. 1914, pis. 1, pp. 21; 2, pp. 41)- — Part 1 of this report contains 

 the organization list, a report of the director, and a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. The portion of the report or: the pure seed law 

 is abstracted on page 138 in this issue. 



Part 2 comprises the report of the food commissioner on food, drugs, and 

 sanitation, and is abstracted on page 164. 



Java and the Philippines, E. B. Copeland {Philippine Agr. and Forester, 

 4 {1915), No. 1. pp. 1-28). — ^An account of the organization of governmental 

 aid to agriculture in Java, based largely on the author's personal observations, 

 and discussed with special reference to conditions in the Philippines. 



