690 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 35 



Horse barns for prairie farms, A. R. Greig and A. M. Shaw {Brit. Columbia 

 Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 4 {1915), pp. 50, figs. 16). — 

 This bulletin describes and illustrates the structural details of four horse barns 

 and discusses the details of roof framing, stalls, and ventilation. 



Sheep bams for prairie farms, A. R. Geeig and A. M. Shaw {Brit. Columbia 

 Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 5 {1915), pp. 34, fiffs. 13). — 

 This bulletin describes and illustrates the structural details of four sheep barns 

 and of feeding devices and gives bills of materials. 



Piggeries and smokehouse for prairie farm.s, A. R. Greig and A. M. Shaw 

 {Brit. Columbia Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 6 {1915), 

 pp. 38, figs. 13). — This bulletin describes and illustrates the structural details 

 of two permanent piggeries, a portable piggery, and a smokehouse, and gives 

 bills of materials. 



Poultry houses for prairie farms, A. R. Greig and R. K. Baker {Brit. Co- 

 lumbia Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 7 {1915), pp. 35, 

 figs. 12). — This bulletin describes and illustrates the structural details of one 

 permanent and two portable poultry houses, trap nests, feed hoppers, and a 

 coop for a setting hen, and gives bills of materials. 



The pullet laying house, G. R. Shoup {Washington Sta., West. Wash. Sta. 

 Mo. Bui. 4 {1916), No. 4, pp. 12-20, figs. 2). — This describes the construction of 

 a pullet laying house adapted to Washington conditions. 



Commercial poultry house equipment, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Shoup {Wash- 

 ington Sta., West. Wash. Sta. Mo. Bui., 4 {1916), No. 5, pp. 3-11, figs. ^).— This 

 article describes the necessary furnishings and equipment for the efficient hand- 

 ling of laying pullets. 



Implement sheds and granaries for prairie farms, A. R. Greig and A. M. 

 Shaw {Brit. Columbia Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 8 

 {1915), pp. 38, figs. 10). — This bulletin describes and illustrates the structural 

 details of a portable granary, two permanent granaries, and two implement 

 sheds, and gives bills of materials. 



Silos and root cellars for prairie farms, A. R. Greig and A. M. Shaw {Brit. 

 Columbia Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 9 {1915), pp. 38, 

 figs. 17). — This bulletin describes and illustrates the structural details of two 

 stave silos and a root cellar and gives bills of materials. 



Silos and silage, H. L. Blanch ard {Washington Sta., West. WasJi. Sta. Mo. 

 Bui. 4 {1916), No. 4, pp. 2-10, figs. 7). — This is a brief description of the stave, 

 wooden hoop, concrete, and pit silo, and methods of silo filling. 



Houses for prairie farms, A. R. Greig and L. B. Beale {Brit. Columbia 

 Dept. Lands, Forest Serv., Farm Build. Ser. Bui. 10 {1916), pp. 70, figs. 29).— 

 This bulletin describes and diagrammatically illustrates six farmhouses, gives 

 bills of materials, and discusses septic tanks and methods of laying out farms. 



Modem plumbing illustrated, R. M. Staebuck {New York: The Norman 

 W. Henley Publishing Co., 1915, 3. ed., rev. and enl., pp. 407, figs. 58; rev. in 

 Engin. News, 75 {1916), No. 24, pp. 1134, 1135).— This book contains 58 figures 

 illustrating the details of different types and methods of plumbing. It is de- 

 signed to cover the entire field of plumbing as far as possible. " It takes up not 

 only plumbing as practiced in towns and cities under strict plumbing regulations, 

 but plumbing construction under conditions obtaining in country districts, where 

 the problems which arise are often of an entirely different nature, and where 

 there is not in existence any public regulation of sanitary work. 



" The subjects considered cover a variety of lines of work, including fixture 

 work in detail, the construction of the drainage and vent systems in detail, and 

 complete plumbing systems of buildings of various kinds. The work is designed 

 essentially to cover subjects pertaining to drainage alone, but it is clear that in 



