492 EXPERIMENT STATIOX EECORD. 



Teachers' extension scliools, O A. Brickkr (Rural Educator, 4 (1914), No. 1, 

 pp. 6-9, figs. 2). — This article has been previouslj' noted (E. S. R., 27. p. 195) 

 with the exception of an added scheme for the establishment of a system of 

 teachers' extension schools, taking.' the county as a unit, in any State. 



Agriculture in the high school and community service, G. A. Works {Bui. 

 Univ. Witi., iS'o. 5'Jl [191S], pp. 10-lS. fifj. 7).— In this jtaper. presente<l at the 

 third annual Wisconsin Country IJfe Conference in January. 1913. the author 

 suggests opportunities for community service by the high schools giving in- 

 struction in agriculture. 



Rural schools linked up with home and farm, Ellen B. McDonald {Bui. 

 Univ. Wis., No. 591 [J91S'\, pp. 7S-81, fig. l).—ln this paper, presented at the 

 third annual Wisc-onsin Country Life Conference in January. 1913, the author 

 points out opportunities in country schools for ijractical work related to the farm 

 and the home in civics and history, arithmetic, language, hygiene, geography, 

 agriculture, boys' and girls' farm contests, harvest festivals in schoolhouses, 

 sewing, and industrial work. 



Agriculture in the Idaho Falls high school, B. R. Crandall {Amcr. School 

 Bd. Jour., 49 {1914), No. J,, pp. 17, 18, figs. 4). — A description is given of the 

 4-year agricultural course, which is cultural as well as vocational. A short 

 winter course in English, farm accounting, general agriculture, irrigation farm- 

 ing, dairying, and farm repairs is also offered for boys unable to take the longer 

 course. 



Boys' and girls' demonstration work in the Southern States, O. B. Martin 

 (Proc. Conf. Ed. South and Ann. Meeting South. Ed. Assoc, 1914. PP- 57-62). — 

 This is a review, including the best individual and collective records, of the 

 girls' canning club and boys' corn club work in the Southern States in 1913. 



School gardens {Atlantic Ed. Jour., 10 {1914), No. 1, pp. 26-30).— A survey 

 of experiments in community work among school children that are being tried 

 in various sections of the country. 



Gardening in public schools, H. P. Williams {Breeder's Gaz., 66 {1914), 

 No. 6, pp. 187, 188. figs. 4)- — General notes on boys' and girls' club work are 

 followed by an account of the school garden work in Cook County, 111., by K J. 

 Tobin and S. Shepard. 



The Portland school gardens, M. O. Evans, jr. {Amer. School Bd. Jour., 49 

 {1914), No. 1, pp. 36, 37, figs. 2). — A brief description is given of the 43 

 school gardens in Portland, Oreg., covering a total area of approximately 16 

 acres. A total of 10,600 children are participating in school and home gardens, 

 or 39 per cent of the total public school enrollment. 



[Instruction in agriculture and home economics in Alaska] ( U. S. Bur. 

 Ed. BuL, No. 36 {1913), pp. 19-30). — Reports by teachers in the public schools 

 under the control of the Federal Government include notes on instruction in 

 agriculture, cooking, sewing, and laundering. 



The folk high schools of Denmark, 1^ L. Friend {U. S. Bur. Ed. BuL 5 

 {1914), pp. 24+III, pis. 4^- — Tli^" author gives a brief historical sketch and 

 describes the organization and work of the folk high schools of Denmark, points 

 out what they have accomplished for Denmark, and offers suggestions as to the 

 possible application of the folk high school idea in the mountain and Piedmont 

 sections of the South in this country. As in Denmark, the sijecial mission of 

 such schools would be to offer short \vinter courses to young men and women be- 

 tween the ages of 16 and 25 or 18 and 30, to awaken their intellectual life and 

 give them technical instruction in the pursuits of rural life. A suggested pro- 

 gram for a course for young men, covering three winter terms of five months 

 each, is outlined. 



