1917] MISCELLANEOUS. 95 



food, furnish a basis for the discussion of tlie procedures used in cooliery, and 

 give a grasp of the principles involved that will enable the student to work 

 without recipes or to develop her own. Thoroughly tested recipes, a consider- 

 able number of score cards for judging the finished products, illustrative calcu- 

 lations of nutritive values of typical cooked foods, and references to literature 

 are included. 



A rural arithmetic, I. A. Madden and E. A. Turner (Boston: Houghton 

 Mifflin Co., 1916, pp. XV +258, figs. SO). — The problems in this text are based 

 on rural activities, such as the mathematical phases of farm crops, fertilizers, 

 feeding of live stock, household economy, fencing, building and construction, 

 silos, and horticulture. Two chapters are devoted to business forms and farm 

 accounts, and about one-fourth of the book to a systematic review of the funda- 

 mentiil principles of arithmetic. It is intended for the seventh and eighth 

 grades of rural schools and for secondary schools offering courses in a,griculture. 



The school garden: How to establish it, practical instructions and direc- 

 tions, J. C. Magnan (Min. Agr. Prov. Quebec Bui. 12 (1915), pp. 24, pis. 7, 

 figs. 6). — This bulletin contains directions for establishing school-garden work 

 and reasons for teaching agriculture in the elementary school. 



Gardening for the schools of Saskatchewan (Regina: Dept. Ed., 1915. pp. 

 41, pis. 12). — This publication discusses the desirability of school gardening in- 

 struction, defihes horticulture, and gives detailed directions for school-garden 

 work. 



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Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1916 (Georgia .S7o. Rpt. 

 1916, pp. 31, figs. 6). — This contains the organization list, reports by the presi- 

 dent of the board of directors and the acting director of the station on its work 

 during the year, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, 

 and two special articles, which, together with the experimental work reported 

 in the acting director's report, are abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of Idaho Station, 1916 (Idaho 8ta. Bui. 92 (1916), pp. 71, 

 figs. 9). — This contains the organization list, reports by the director and heads 

 of departments, the experimental features of which are for the most part 

 abstracted elsewhere in this issue, and a financial statement for the main sta- 

 tion for the fiscal year endefl June 30, 1916, and for the substations for the 

 period from December 1, 1914, to December 31, 1916. 



Annual Report of Iowa Station, 1916 (Iowa Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 36).— This 

 cont;iins the organization list and a report by the director of the work of 

 the station, including a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1916. The experimental work recorded is for the most part abstracted else- 

 where in tills issue. 



Annual Report of Nevada Station, 1916 (Nevada f^ta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 56, 

 figs. 8). — This contains the organization list, a report of the director on the 

 work of the station, departmental reports, the experimental work in which is 

 for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue, a list of the publications of 

 the year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916. 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report of New Mexico Station, 1916 (New Mexico 

 Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 64, figs. 4)- — This contains the organization list, a report 

 of the director on the work, publications, and exchanges of the station, including 

 reports of heads of departments, and a financial statement for the Federal funds 

 for the year ended June 30, 1916. The experimental features are for the most 

 part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



