AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION". 93 



and village high schools of Ohio. Plant and animal studies are arranged from 

 September to January, machinery and general farm management studies dur- 

 ing December and January, soil studies during Februai-y and March, and 

 studies in conditions of plant growth during April and May. 



An outline of a year's work in beg'inning agriculture, W. F. Copeland 

 (Ohio Teacher, 32 {1911), No. 1, p. 12).— The work is outlined by months- 

 September to April — and includes the subject matter to be taught each month, 

 together with laboratoi*y, field, observation and report, and home study work. 



Laboratory manual for elementary agriculture, J. M. Wilson (In Ele- 

 mentary Course of Study and Manual for County Institutes, June, 1913-14. 

 Little Rock, Ark.: State Dcpt. Ed. [19131, pp. 250-2G7).— The exercises in this 

 outline are to be used in connection with some text-book in agriculture and 

 cover in an elementary way such subjects as soils, plant production, live stock 

 and dairying, insects, and plant diseases. 



The agricultural booklet, C. H. Lane (Bui. Univ. Texas, 1912, No. 251, pp. 

 26-33). — Full directions are given for making a booklet on cotton adapted to 

 the fifth and sixth grades of the elementary school. 



Dairy laboratory guide, G. L. Mabtin (St. Paul, Minn., 1913, pp. IJ/O, figs. 

 17). — This laboratory guide is designed to give the beginner in the study of 

 daiiTing a few suggestions as to tli^e production and care of milk, and the 

 testing, manufacturing, and marketing of dairy products. The object of each 

 exercise, the apparatus needed, steps taken in performing the exercise, and 

 problems involving a practical application, are set forth. 



Exhibits of grains, grasses, and legumes for farm and school use, A. O. 

 Arny (Minnesota Sta. Press Bui. 42, pp. 4, figs. 3). — The 7 sets with which this 

 series of exhibits on farm crops deals are wheat, barley, millet, miscellaneous 

 grains, seeds of common farm crops, grasses, and legumes. It is announced 

 that if there is suflicient demand for these sets so that they can be made in large 

 numbers, the University of Minnesota will sell them at cost, estimated at 75 

 cts. each. 



Classifi.ed bibliography of home economics books and pampihlets for study 

 and reference work, Latjka Comstock and Cornelia Palmeb (Timely Helps for 

 Farmers [Col. Agr. Univ. Me.], 6 (1913), No. 6. pp. 33-44). 



A simple method of cataloguing agricultural pamphlets suitable for the 

 school or home library, C. H. Lane (Bui. Univ. Texas, 1912, No. 251, pp. 18- 

 22). — This description of cataloguing agricultural publications has been pre- 

 pared in the hope of helping teachers of agriculture to appreciate and use the 

 wide range of useful information embodied therein, but often unused and 

 unusable. 



Boys' and girls' clubs, O. B. Maetin (Tenm. Agr., 1 (1912), No. 4, pp. 173- 

 183). — An address given before the East Tennessee Farmers' Convention and 

 Institute, May, 1912. The object of the boys' and girls' demonstration work 

 and its influence upon the farmers and upon the boys and girls, educationally 

 and otherwise, are discussed in full. 



Agricultural contests (Cornell Rural School Leaflet, 6 (1913), No. 4. pp. 

 224-318, figs. 31). — The purpose of this bulletin is to help in organizing agri- 

 cultural contests for boys and girls. The contests are arranged in 3 groups, 

 (1) for boys and girls under 16 years of age, (2) for boys from 16 to 21 years 

 of age, and (3) for girls only. In the first group the contests include growing 

 for prizes ears of corn, a peck of potatoes, and small lots of vegetables, flowers, 

 and apples. The second group includes contests with an acre of corn, oats, or 

 clover, a half acre of potatoes, or plats of vegetables or strawberries, occupying 

 50 by 100 ft. of ground. 



