1917] MISCELLANEOUS. 195 



and industrial arts, including suggestions for practical work and correlation 

 with other school subjects, for the first six grades of the Indiana public schools. 

 A suggestive list of books for reference in practical arts work is included. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Report of Hawaii Station, 1916 (Hawaii Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 46, pis. 6). — 

 This contains the organization list, a summary by the agronomist in charge 

 as to the work of the year, and reports of the divisions of horticulture, chem- 

 Isti-y, plant pathology, agronomy, extension, and Territorial marketing, and 

 of the Glenwood substation. The experimental work recorded is for the most 

 part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Keport of South. Dakota Station, 1916 (Sorith Dakota Sta. Rpt. 

 1916, pp. 27). — This contains a report by the director on the organization, work, 

 and publications of the station, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 191G, and departmental reports, of which a portion of that of the 

 horticulturist is abstracted on page 142 of this issue. 



First Annual Report of the Adams Branch Experiment Station, 1916, 

 M. A. M'Call {Washington Sta. Bui. 138, pp. 16, figs. 9). — This contains a re- 

 port of the superintendent of this substation for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1916, including a description of the projects initiated. 



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

 Ohio Sta., 2 (1917), Nos. 1, pp. 3//, figs. 5; 2, pp. 37-68, figs. 10; 3, pp. 71-102, 

 figs. 6). — These numbers contain, in addition to several articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue and miscellaneous notes, the following: 



No. 1. — The Wheatfield in Winter. — Improvement by Use of Manure, Com- 

 mercial Fertilizers and Lime, by C. E. Thorne; Corn and Oats for Work 

 Horses. — A Comparison of Their Efficiency and Economy in Feeding, by B. E. 

 Carmichael, adapted from Bulletin 195 (E. S. R., 20, p. 470) ; The Field Bean.— 

 A Promising Crop for Many Ohio Farms, by S. N. Green ; White Snakeroot a 

 Poisonous Plant. — Trembles in Animals and Milk Sickness in Man Often Fatal, 

 by A. D. Selby ; Composition of Limestone. — The Relative Merits of Magne- 

 sian and Nonmagnesian Forms, by J. W. Ames and C. J. Schollenberger, an 

 extract from Bulletin 306 (abstracted on page 124) ; Selling Woodlot Products. — 

 Advantages Secured through Cooperative Marketing, by J. AV. Calland, an ex- 

 tract from Bulletin 302 (E. S. R., 36, p. 244) ; The Feeding Situation.— Sugges- 

 tions for Computing Winter Rations for Dairy Cows, by C. C. Hayden ; and 

 Farm-management Field Studies. — A Reconnaissance Conducted in Butler Town- 

 ship, Knox County, by C. W. Montgomery. 



No. 2. — Mineral Requirements of Milch Cows. — Heavy Milk Production In- 

 volves Loss of Minerals from Body, by E. B. Forbes, an abstract of Bulletin 

 308, noted on page 169 ; Boys' and Girls' Club Work. — County-agent Demon- 

 stration in Butler Township, Knox County, by C. W. Montgomery. 



No. 3. — Range Versus Confinement for Laying Hens. — Profits Materially In- 

 creased under Range Conditions, by W. J. Buss, an abstract of a portion of 

 Bulletin 291 (E. S. R., 35, p. 171) ; Fire Blight.— Timely Suggestions for Its 

 Control, by R. C. Walton ; Cutworms. — Their Habits, Characteristics, and 

 Means of Control, by H. A. Gossard ; and Arlington Timothy. — New Variety 

 Being Sent from Experiment Station. 



