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relative feeding /alues, etc.; and (2) illustrating calculations of rations for 

 farm animals, the rights and wrong uses of the various feeds for feeding horses, 

 cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry, and general problems connected with the feed- 

 ing of farm stock. Digestion coefficients of common feeding stuffs, in percent- 

 ages, and a brief list of suggested apparatus with prices are included. 



Proceedings of the twenty-first annual meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Farmers' Institute Workers, edited by L. R. Taft (Proc. Ayner. Assoc. 

 Farmers' Inst. Workers, 21 {1916), pp. 139, figs. 2). — This is a detailed report 

 of the proceedings of the meeting held at Washington, D. C, on November 

 13-15, 1916. It includes the reports of committees on institute organization, 

 institute lecturers, cooperation of farmers' institutes with other educational 

 agencies, movable schools of agriculture, young people's institutes, resolutions, 

 etc., and the following papers: President's address, by F. S. Ck)oley; farmers' 

 institute work in Wisconsin, Delaware, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania, and 

 Iowa, by E. L. Luther, W. Webb, L. R. Taft, J. W. Neill, C. E. Carothers, and 

 Catherine J. MacKay, respectively ; extension work in Oregon, by Anna M. 

 Turley ; The Work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, by C. Vrooman ; The 

 Extent and Possibilities of Cooperative Marketing, by C. E. Ba.s.sett ; The Rela- 

 tion of the Smith-Lever Funds to Farmers' Institutes, by A. C. True; The 

 Present Relation of Farmers' Institutes and Extension Schools, by D. J. Crosby ; 

 A Balanced Ration for a Conunuuity, by J. C. Ketcham ; The Humus Content 

 of the Soil, by H. J. Wheeler ; Nebraska Junior Institutes in Agriculture and 

 Home Economics; The School Lunch Basket and Its Projiaration, by Mrs. D. H. 

 Stockman ; A Home Demonstration Project, by Anna M. Turley ; Extension and 

 Farmers' Institute Work in Home Economics, by Belle M. Hoover; Women's 

 Institute Work in Ontario, by G. A. Putnam; Essentials in Home Economics 

 Teaching, by Mrs. I. L. Harrington; Statistics of Farmers' Institutes in the 

 United States, 1915-16, by J. M. Stedman; and special ni)tes of the work iu 

 various States and notes on farmers' institute work in Canatia. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Report of the Guam Agricultural Experiment Station, 1916 (Chiam Sta. 

 Rpt. 1916, pp. 58, pis. 10, figs. 5). — This contains reports of the agronomist in 

 charge, the foreman of the Cotot stock farm, and the animal husbandman and 

 veterinarian. The experimental work recorded is for the most part abstracteil 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Work and progress of the agricultural experiment station for the year 

 ended June 30, 1916 (Missouri Sta. liul. 1 ',1 (1917), pp. 6f figs. iO).— This con- 

 tains the organization list, a report of the director on the work and publications 

 of the station, and a financial statement for the Federal funds for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30. 1916. The experimental work reportetl and not previously 

 noted is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this l.ssue. 



