1917] MISCELLANEOUS. 297 



Illustrated lecture on sweet potatoes: Culture and storage, H. M. Conolly 

 (f. S. Dept. Agr., States Rciat. Serv. Syllabus 26 {1017), pp. 22).— This syl- 

 labus deals with the raising of sweet potatoes, including a discussion of soils, 

 rotations, propagation of plants, manures and fertilizers, preparation of the 

 soil, planting, harvesting, storage, diseases, varieties, marketing, cost of produc- 

 tion, and sv,-eet potatoes as a feed for live stock. A list of 51 lantern slides to 

 illustrate the syllabus is included. 



Illustrated lecture on the farm vegetable garden, H. C. Thompson and 

 H. M. CoNOLLY (U. S. Dept. Agr., States Relat. Serv. Syllabus 21 {1911), pp. 

 15). — In this syllabus, prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, the authors briefly discuss reasons for establishing a vegetable garden, 

 Its location, soil and plan, seed, methods of planting, establishing the garden, 

 cultivation, irrigation, control of insects and diseases, special practices, etc. 

 A list of 50 lantern slides to illustrate the syllabus is appended. 



Agricultural arithmetic, G. C. Shutts and W. W. Weik {St. Paul, Minn.: 

 Webb Publishing Co., 1916, pp. 255+10, figs. 5^).— Part 1 of this book is de- 

 voted to a review of the processes of arithmetic. Part 2 is an application of 

 arithmetic to farm experiences, including problems dealing with farm crops 

 and animals, feeds and feeding, the dairy, the soil, fertilizers, farm manage- 

 ment and measurements, orchard and garden, household economy and human 

 feeding, etc. 



Illustrative fair exhibits, P. M. Lutts {Ohio Sta. [Pub.], 1911, Feb., pp. 27, 

 figs. 21). — This gives the earlier history of the illustrative fair exhibits of the 

 Ohio Station ; brief descriptions of the State fair exhibit and of the county 

 fair exhibits, the latter representing nine station departments ; information 

 with reference to exhibit assignments, publicity, memorandum of imderstand- 

 ing between the station and fair association, and the bill of material ; and a 

 summary of fair exhibit work in 1916. 



MISCELLANEOTJS. 



Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1916 {U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Rpts. 1916, pp. T7-f^5i). — This contains the reports of the Secretary and 

 heads of bureaus and other administrative officers. The various reports are 

 also issued as separates. Sections dealing with roundworms of sheep and 

 the food supply of the United States are abstracted on pages 277 and 289 of 

 this issue. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Illinois Station, 1916 {Illinois Sta. Rpt. 

 1916, pp. 18). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, brief notes as to the principal lines of work, 

 a note commemorative of the work of the late Dr. T. J. Burrill, and a list of 

 the publications of the year. 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1916 {Minnesota 

 Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 83). — This contains the organization list, a financial state- 

 ment for the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, and for the 

 State funds for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1916, and a report of the 

 director summarizing the work of the station and its substations. The 

 experimental work recorded is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue. 



Report of the superintendent, Northwest Experiment Station, 1910—1916 

 {Minnesota Sta., Rpt. Crookston Substa., 1910-1916, pp. 102, pi. 1, figs. 14). — 

 This contains the organization list and a report of the superintendent of the 



