1917] MISCELLANEOUS. 895 



actual machine processing begins, and comprises the following chapters : Struc- 

 ture, properties, and characteristics of wool ; classes of fleece wool, including 

 brief descriptions of important long and medium-wool breeds of sheep ; grading 

 and sorting; shrinkage; shearing, preparing, and marketing wool; pulled wools; 

 mohair and other textile hair fibers; wool substitutes and waste products; fabric 

 requirements; and historical synopsis. Statistics of wool production and impor- 

 tation in the United States, distribution of sheep, score cards for sheep, and 

 other useful data are appended. 



[Conference of the Alabama Home Econom^ics Association] {Ala. Girls 

 Tech. Inst. Bui, n. ser.. No. S8 (1916), pp. 37). — This bulletin contains the fol- 

 lowing addresses given at the second annual conference of the Alabama Home 

 Economics Association held at the Alabama Girls' Technical Institute, Monte- 

 vallo, January 27-29, 1916 : Home Economics in the New and Socialized Cur- 

 riculum, by Z. Judd ; Vocational Phases of Household Arts Education, and Sur- 

 vey of Household Economics in the High School, by Mary S. Woolman ; and 

 Club Work for Women and Girls ; and a round table discussion of What Has 

 Been Done in Home Economics in Alabama during 1915, including an outline 

 of a suggested four-year course in home economics in the high schools of 

 Alabama. 



Report of the supervisor of women's institutes, Hazel E. Winter (Rpt. 

 Agr. New Brunsicick, 1916, pp. 51-55). — This is a report on the growth, patriotic 

 work, short courses, and the fourth annual convention of the women's insti- 

 tutes of the Province of New Brunswick. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (Mo. Bui. 

 Ohio Sta., 2 (1017), Nns. 7, pp. 211-247, figs. 21; 8, pp. 249-281, figs. 14).— These 

 numbers contain, in addition to several articles abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue and miscellaneous notes, the following: 



No. 7. — Buckwheat Culture. — A Bread-making Grain Commanding Unusual 

 Attention this Year, by C. G. Williams; Wheat-flour substitutes. — Kolled Oats, 

 Corn Meal, and Buckwheat Flour Provide Cheaper Food, by Mabel K. Corbould ; 

 Diseases of Wheat. — Methods of Control Possible by Seed Treatment, by A. D. 

 Selby ; Grain-bin Sanitation. — Insect Injuries to Stored Cereals Prevented by 

 Cleaning Bins, by W. H. Goodwin ; Silage for Fattening Cattle. — Economy in 

 Winter Feeding Results, Experiment Proves, by B. E. Carmichael; Thinning 

 Fruit. — Greater Yields of High Quality Result from Removing Part of Crop, by 

 W. J. Green ; and Insect Pests of Vegetables. — Methods of Control Suggested for 

 the More Troublesome Kinds, by J. S. Houser. 



No. 8. — Harvesting Soy Beans. — Special Care Needed in Cutting and Curing 

 the Crop, by C. G. Williams, an extract from Bulletin 312 (E. S. R., 37, p. 235) ; 

 Late Blight of Potatoes. — Weather Conditions May Necessitate Continued, 

 Thorough Spraying, by D. C. Babcock ; and Fuel and the Woodlot. — Marketing 

 Wood Provides Winter Labor and Improves Timber Areas, by E. Secrest. 



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

 West Wash. Sta., Mo. Bui., 5 (1917), No. 5, pp. 62-76, figs. 4).— This number 

 contains brief articles on the following subjects : Use of Soiling Crops, by H. L. 

 Blanchard ; Eradication of Rootstock Weeds, by E. B. Stookey ; A Commercial 

 Poultry Plant, by G. R. Shoup; Agricultural Fair Exhibits; Mountain Beavers; 

 and Farmers' Excursions. 



