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discusses the priucipal lines of woric carried ou and the results obtained, and 

 gives a brief histoi-y of the branch organizations. 



[Marketing' of agricultural products in Queensland] (Ann. Rpt. Dcpt. Agr. 

 ana Stock [Qucemluml], 1913-14, pp. 13-10, 25-30, pis. 5). — This section calls 

 attention to the various problems connected with the marketing of meat, fruit, 

 and dairy products, and with the development of agricultural production In 

 Queensland. 



First annual report of the bureau of farm development, 1914 {Wfi.shing- 

 ion Sta. Bill. 120 (.1915), pp. 36, fhjs. 6), — This report sets forth, by counties, 

 the results of the work for the calendar year 1914. The principal lines of ex- 

 tension work taken up were the control of blow soils and weeds, introduction 

 of forage crops, successful methods of summer fallow tillage, the building up 

 of the hog and dairy industries, the control of orchard pests, and the reclama- 

 tion of tide flat lauds. There were also a number of farm management demon- 

 strations and boys' and girls' clubs formed. The text of the act establishing 

 the bureau (E. S. K., 28. p. 900) is apiiended. 



First annual report, department of dry land demonstration and experi- 

 ment, 1914 (Washington 8ta. Bui. 119 (1915), pp. i6).— This report sets forth 

 the efforts to improve the agricultural practices in the " dry belt " of Washing- 

 ton. It contains a brief survey of the climatic conditions and agricultural prac- 

 tices and outlines the methods to be used in improving the agricultural condi- 

 tions in this area. A number of field tests are to be made to determine the best 

 methods of plowing and cultivation and the best crops to be grown. An attempt 

 will be made to distribute trees for windbreaks, to introduce pure live stock, to 

 improve the social and living conditions, to introduce silos, to examine soils, 

 and to collect data regarding rainfall. (See also a previous note, E. S. R., 

 30, p. 497.) 



Report of Missouri Country Life Conference, 1914 (MissouH Bd. Agr. Mo. 

 Bill., 12 (1914), No. 4, pp. 138, figs. 34). — This report contains a series of ad- 

 dresses concerning the farmer and his family, the country schools, the country 

 church, and other ])hases of the rural life movement. 



The enonomic org'anizatiou of England, W. J. Ashley (London: Longmans, 

 Green, and Co., 1914, pp- VIIT-{-213). — This book contains a series of eight lec- 

 tures, among which are the English agrarian system, with the manor as start- 

 ing point; the beginnings of modern farming; the break-up of the manor; and 

 agricultural estates and English self-government. 



AGRICTJLTUEAL EDUCATION. 



Important features in rural school improvement, W. T. PIodges (U. S. 

 Bur. Ed. Bui. 599 (1914), pp. 55). — This bulletin contains extracts and sum- 

 maries of reports of rural superintendents of schools as to plans for improving 

 the schools under their sui>ei'\'ision by means of better administration, courses 

 of study, methods of teaching, buildings and grounds, and closer cooperation 

 of home and school. A study of the reports fi'om which these abstracts am 

 taken reveals that " there is a feeling that the country child will be best edu- 

 cated for whatever life he may lead, whether in the city or in the country, if 

 taught in terms of country life," and that practical subjects, such as agriculture, 

 cooking, sewing, etc., add vitality and interest to the courses of study. 



Vocational education and the State, E. Davenport (School and Home Ed., 

 34 (1914), Xo. 4y PP- 131-133). — In this discussion of the separate system of 

 vocational schools, the author outlines as some of the disadvantages the result- 

 ing stratification of society, the need of new and si>ecial teachers, and the In- 



