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which are attached to institutions for men; (2) that the amount of instruc- 

 tion offered to rural women, or young women of the tenant farmer or small- 

 holder class, consisting of itinerant instruction and in a few counties of short 

 courses at a farm school or similar institution, is totally inadequate. Only 

 two of the twelve institutions which may be classed as farm schools attempt 

 to give any practical instruction except in dairying. In the opinion of the 

 conference the itinerant instruction should take the form of organized classes 

 rather than lectures, especially in poultry keeping and horticulture. 



The conference recommends that (1) the curriculum provided for girls 

 should include instruction in the care of animals, the minor farm processes, 

 and domestic economy, including fruit bottling and jam making; (2) instruc- 

 tion in home management should be provided for women in any grouped course 

 of agricultural education, as in Ireland, Belgium, and Canada, where instruc- 

 tion in home management forms the central feature of the agricultural educa- 

 tion provided for women; and (3) there is room for the provision, at one 

 or more of the collegiate institutions, whether entirely devoted to women or 

 not, of a systematic course in general agriculture comprising both the practical 

 and scientific side, for women of the professional and land-owning classes and 

 the daughters of the larger farmers, whether they intend to become teachers 

 or to take positions involving management. 



[Animal husbandry extension course for boys' and girls' clubs], C. A. 

 NoECROSS (Agr. Ext., Univ. Nev. Buls., 1916, Nos. 1, pp. 20, figs. 10; 3, pp. 20, 

 figs. 14). — These bulletins comprise the first six lessons of the course and deal 

 with the three general divisions of cattle, viz, dairy, dual-purpose, and beef 

 cattle, including a study of the origin of cattle, the development by breeding of 

 the tliree distinct types, history and characteristics of the leading breeds of 

 each, farm and range management, and judging cattle. 



Arithmetic problems based upon agricultural club work {N. C. Agr. Ext. 

 Serv. Circ. 8 {1916), pp. 10-15). — This is a series of 50 problems in arithmetic, 

 based on corn, pig, and poultry club work and prepared for supplementary work 

 in rural schools. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-eighth Annual Report of Louisiana Stations, 1915, W. R. Dodson 

 (Loidsiana Stas. Rpt. 1915, pp. 32). — This contains the organization list, a 

 report by the director discussing the work of the stations, an account of their 

 progress including brief departmental reports, and a financial statement as to 

 the federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, and as to the state 

 funds for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1915. The experimental work 

 reported is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Twenty-third Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1915 {Minnesota Sta. 

 Rpt. 1915, pp. 74). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement 

 for the federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, and for the state 

 funds for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1915, and a report of the director sum- 

 marizing the work of the station and its substations. The experimental work 

 recorded is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation ( Washington Sta., 

 West. Wash. Sta. Mo. Bui., 7, {1916), No. 2, pp. 15, figs. 12).— This number con- 

 tains brief articles on the following subjects : The Root Maggot Pest, by E. B. 

 Stookey ; Plant Good Potato Seed, by J. L. Stahl ; Field Corn in Western Wash- 

 ington, by E. B. Stookey (see p. 339) ; Teaching the Young Stock to Roost, by 

 Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Shoup (see p. 377) ; and Preserving Eggs, by W. R. McBride. 



