19161 CONTENTS. VIT 



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Forest Service proposes Douglas fir grading rule 188 



Gas tractors and their work, Perkins 188 



General notes on power farming, Wiggins 188 



The adjustment and operation of engine plows, Reed 189 



A homemade windmill, Smith 189 



Harvesting grain in California: Combined harvester v. grain binder, Ilendiy . . 189 



Using the modem grain separator, Conner 189 



The drinking of dairy stock and automatic watering devices, Felix 189 



Experiments with aluminum milk and dairy receptacles, Peter 189 



Protective paints for metal, wood, canvas, and cement roofs, Schrader 189 



Rural sanitation, Givens 189 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



How Department of Agriculture promotes organization in rural life, Thompson. 190 



How Hawaii helps her farmers to market their produce, Wilcox 190 



The cooperative purchase of farm supplies, Bassett 190 



A successful rural cooperative laundry, Hanson 191 



A graphic summary of Arnerican agriculture, Smith, Baker, and Hainsworth. . 191 



Some outstanding factors in profitable farming, Cates 191 



Unprofitable acres, McDowell 192 



Monthly crop report 192 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The development of the Philippine Islands, Waters 193 



Agricultural instruction in Suiinam, Leys 193 



Horticultural winter schools, Jung 194 



Report of the work of the School Garden Association in 1913 and 1914 194 



Regulations for grants in aid of agricultural education and research, 1916-17 194 



Second thousand answered questions in California agriculture, Wickson 194 



Elementary vocational agriculture for Maryland schools, ]\Iiller 194 



Extension course in soils for self-instructecl classes, Wliitson and Ilendrick 194 



Suggestions for school and home projects in agriculture, Hatch and Stewart. . . 195 



Practical examples in dairy arithmetic, Ross, Guthrie, and Fisk 195 



How the whole county demonstrated, Knapp and Jones 195 



The boys' pig club work, Ward 195 



The poultry club work in the South, Slocum 195 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1915 195 



Annual repoit of the director for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915 195 



Getting the most out of farming, Wallace 195 



What shall the farmer read? Hall 195 



