698 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



Annual report of director of extension for ttie year ending November 

 1, 1914 (N. J. Agr. Col. Ext. Bui., 1 {1915), No. 1, pp. i6).— Tliis report deals 

 with the farm demonstrations, county work, lectures, correspondence, publica- 

 tions, farmers' week. etc. * 



Farmers' cooperative demonstration and extension work, W. W. Long 

 (Glcmson Agr. Col. S. C, Ann. Rpt. Demon, and Ext. Work, 1914, PP- 63). — This 

 report includes a review of an experiment conducted by J. M. Napier, demon- 

 strator in agricultural education, in teaching agriculture in five rural con- 

 solidated schools in Darlington County. Each school was visited twice a week 

 by the demonstrator and has 3 acres devoted to soil-building demonstrations 

 by means of a 3-year rotation and 1 acre to orchard. 



Farmers' institute work in the United States in 1914, and notes on 

 agricultural extension work in foreign countries, J. M. Stedman ( U. 8. 

 Dept. Agr. Bid. 269 (1915), pp. 21). — This is the annual report of the Farmers' 

 Institute Specialist of the Office of Experiment Stations on the progress of the 

 farmers' institute movement in the various States and Territories for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1914, including a list of the officials in charge of farmers' 

 institute work in the United States arid the usual statistical tables covering 

 various lines of institute effort. Notes on agricultural extension work in 

 foreign countries are also given. 



MISCEILANEOTJS. 



Annual Beport of Alaska Stations, 1914 (Alaska Stats. Rpt. 1914, pp. 96, 

 pis. 12). — This contains the organization list and a report of the several lines 

 of work carried on during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. Meteorological 

 data and accounts of the extensive tests with field and garden crops, live-stock 

 operations, and of other lines of work are abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of Nevada Station, 1914 (Nevada Sta. Rpt. 1914. PP- 55, 

 pis. 2). — This contains the organization list, a report of the director on the 

 work of the station and including a discussion of a number of problems of 

 experiment station organization and policy, departmental reports, the experi- 

 mental work in which is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue, 

 a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, and a list of 

 the publications of the year. 



Monthly bulletin of the "Western Washington Substation (Washington Sta., 

 West. Wash. Sta., Mo. Bui, 3 (1915), Nos. 4, pp. S; 5, pp. i6).— These numbers 

 contain brief articles on the following subjects : 



Vol. 3, No. 4. — Managing the Bull, by H. L. Blanchard ; Summer Care of 

 Strawberries, by J. L. Stahl ; Plant Diseases are Prevalent, by H. L. Rees ; 

 Late Sown Feed Crops, by E. B. Stookey ; and Care of Moulting Hens, by V. R. 

 McBride. 



Vol. 3, No. 5.— Agricultural Fairs ; Always Hill Select Potato Seed, by H. L. 

 Rees ; Preparing for Fall Planting, by E. B. Stookey ; Common Errors in 

 Poultry Keeping, by V. R. McBride; The Queen Bee, by J. W. Ware; and A 

 Remedy for Clover Bloat. 



Program of work of the United States Department of Agriculture for the 

 fiscal year 1916, E. H. Bradley (Washington: Govt., 1915, pp. XXVI+447).— 

 The proposed activities of this Department are set forth in project form. 



Laws applicable to the United States Department of Agriculture, compiled 

 by O. H. Gates (Washington: U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Solicitor, 1915, 3. Sup., 

 pp. 11). — This publication represents a revision of that previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 32, p. G93), embracing legislation enacted from October 25, 1914. to 

 March 4, 1915, inclusive. 



