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Food study, Mabel T. Wellman {Boston: Little, Breton and Co., 1911, pp. 

 XXIV+324, pis. 8, figs. 38). — This text in home economics for high schools 

 consists of a study of the principles involved in cooking, the economic and dietary 

 value of foodstuffs, their care and preservation, the origin of various food 

 plants, and the manufacture of food products. The instruction given from an 

 inductive standpoint consists of classroom cooking and experiments. Food re- 

 quirements for adults, tables of height and weight and of fuel values, and a list 

 of supplementary laboratory lessons are appended. 



Illustrated lecture on practical improvement of farm grounds, F. L. Mul- 

 FORD and H. M. Coxolly (U. S. Dept. Agr., States Relat. Serv. Syllabus 28 

 {1917), pp. IS). — Suggestions are given with reference to the location, ex- 

 posure, and type of house ; location of barns ; the size, arrangement, and care jf 

 grounds ; walk^- and drives ; entrances ; the lawn ; plan of the gn unds ; and 

 where, what, when, and how to plant, and cost of planting, in order to make 

 the farm-home grounds attractive and interesting. A list of 51 lantern slides 

 to illustrate the syllabus and a brief list of references to literature on the 

 subject are appended. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Abstracts of papers not included in bulletins, finances, metereology, index 

 {Mai7ie Sta. Bui. 251 {1916), pp. 3 43-361+ XI I). —This contains the organiza- 

 tion list of the station; abstracts of 6 papers published elsewhere and pre- 

 viously noted, and abstracts of 3 papers noted elsewhere in this issue; meteoro- 

 logical observations noted on page 314; a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1916; an index to Bulletins 246 to 2.57, inclusive, which collec- 

 tively constitute the thirty-second report of the station ; and announcements as 

 to the work, publications, and equipment of the station. 



Director's report for 1916, W. II. Jordan {New York State Sta. Bui. 428 

 (1916). pp. 529-558). — This contains the organization list and a review of the 

 work and publications of the station during the year. 



Twenty-sixth Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1916 {Wyoming Sta. 

 Rpt. 1916, pp. 61-100). — Tliis contains the organization list, a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, reports of the acting director and 

 heads of departments, of which that of the parasitologist is abstracted on page 

 374 of this issue, and meteorological observations noted on page 314. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Ohio Experiment Station {Mo. Bui. Ohio Sta., 2 

 (1911), No. 5, pp. 131-111, figs. 11). — This contains several articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue, together with the following: The Soy-bean crop, by 

 C. G. Williams, adapted from Bulletin 312 (E. S. R., 37. p. 23.5) ; The Les.ser Peach 

 Tree Borer, by J. L. King, an abstract of Bulletin 307 (E. S. R., 37, p. 159) ; 

 More Corn to the Acre, by C. E. Thorne ; and Notes. 



