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raising, dairying, poultry raising, and fruit, flower and vegetable gardening; 

 (3) time schedules showing the distribution of subjects and time devoted to 

 theoretical and practical instruction in each; (4) exercises in cooking, baking, 

 and preserving; and (5) written and theoretical-practical oral examination 

 requirements, the former including two theses on methods of teaching and 

 agricultural and home economics subjects, respectively. This training is given 

 in the agricultural seminars of six of the farm and home management schools 

 designated by the Minister of Agriculture, Domains, and Forests, viz, at Obern- 

 kirchen, Maidburg, Bad Weilbach near Florsheim, Mallinckrodthof at Pader- 

 horn, and Luisenhof at Barwalde. 



Scientific informations (Netherlands East Indian San Francisco Com., 

 Dept. Agr., Indus, and Com., Essay No. S (1914), pp- 91, pis. 18). — Part 1 of 

 this pamphlet gives a history of the Department of Agriculture, Industry, and 

 Commerce of Netherlands East India, and an account of its present organiza- 

 tion and work. I'art 2 deals with the history and work of private experimental 

 stations, the cost of which is borne privately but which nevertheless form a 

 part of the agricultural department or are in some way connected with it. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Iowa Station, 1915 (Iowa Sta. Rpt. 1915, pp. 22). — This 

 contains the organization list and a report by the director and vice director on 

 the work of the station, including a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1915. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Nebraska Station, 1915 (Nebraska Sta. 

 Rpt. 1915, pp. XXXVII, figs. 6). — This contains the organization list, a report 

 as to the work and publications of the year, a report of the extension service 

 of the college of agriculture, and a financial statement for the period ended 

 June 30, 1915. Data as to animal husbandry and dairying are abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation (Washington 

 Sta. West. Wash. Sta. Mo. Bui, 4 (1916), Nos. 4, pp. 20, figs. 10; 5, pp. 16, 

 figs. 4). — These numbers contain brief articles on the following subjects: 



No. 4. — Silos and Silage, by H. L. Blanchard (see p. 600) ; Summer Pruning, 

 by J. L. Stahl; and The Pullet Laying House, by G. R. Shoup (see p. 690). 



No. 5. — Market for Mole Skins, by W. A. Linklater ; Commercial Poultry 

 House Equipment, by Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Shoup (see p. 690) ; Rye in Western 

 Washington, by E. B. Stookey ; Black Spot Canker on the Pear, by A. Frank ; 

 Select Plants for Potato Seed, by J. L. Stahl ; and Molting, by Mrs. G. R. Shoup. 



Successful farming, F. D. Gakdner (Philadelphia: J. C. Winston Co., 1916, 

 pp. loss, pis. 9, figs. 452). — This treatise is termed "a ready reference on all 

 phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada." It is 

 divided into ten main parts, viz, soils and soil management ; farm crops ; horti- 

 culture, forestry, and floriculture; live stock farming (animal husbandry); 

 dairy farming (dairy husbandry) ; farm buildings and equipment; farm manage- 

 ment ; plant and animal diseases, insect enemies and their control ; home 

 economics and agricultural education ; and tables of weights, measures, and 

 agricultural statistics. Many of the chapters are contributed by members of the 

 instruction staff of the Pennsylvania College and other institutions. 



The autobiography of a farm boy, I. P. Roberts (Albany, N. Y.: J. B. Lyon 

 Co., 1916, pp. IV-\-3Sl, pis. 7). — This autobiography gives considerable space to 

 the author's work at the Iowa College and Cornell University, including graphic 

 accounts of some of the conditions and difficulties encountered in organizing 

 agricultural instruction and research in the pioneer days at these institutions. 

 The introduction is by Dr. L. H. Bailey. 



