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ress by States and Territories, aud tlie usual statistical tables covering various 

 lines of institute effort. 



The farm adviser in Missouri, F. B. Mumford and D. H. Doane {Missouri 

 Stat. Circ. 59, rev., pp. 189-202). — This circular describes the plan of organiza- 

 tion which now exists in Missouri relative to the employment of farm advisers 

 or county agents, gives the text of an act of the legislature authorizing county 

 courts to appropriate funds for a county farm adviser to act in cooperation with 

 the college of agriculture, and outlines the necessary steps in organizing a 

 county for the purpose. 



The county farm adviser plan, D. H. Doane {Missouri Sta. Circ. 60, pp. 

 203-206). — This circular gives a briefer outline of the plan noted above. 



[Sug'gestions for extension work in rural schools], W. E. Mokton and D. S. 

 BxJtLOCK (Quart. Bui. Stephenson Training and Agr. School, 2. ser., 1913, No. 1, 

 pp. 7). — This bulletin presents some suggestions as to the best method? of 

 testing seed corn, and calls attention to some of the ways in which the Stephen- 

 son Training and Agricultural School is prepared to assist farmers. 



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Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, 1912 {V. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1912, pp. 383, pis. 17, figs. 3).— This includes the usual 

 report on the work of this Office for the fiscal year ended June .30, 1912, ;;nd 

 of the work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations in the 

 United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, aud Guam ; statistics of 

 the agricultural colleges and experiment stations for 1912, noted on page S97; 

 and reviews of the progress of agricultural education and farmers' institutes 

 and extension work, abstracted on pages 897 and 898. 



Annual Report of California Station, 1913 {Calif o^tiia Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 

 LXX, pis. 6). — This contains the organization list, a report of the director on 

 the work and publications of the college of agriculture and station during the 

 year, and a list of the station publications available for distribution. The 

 experimental work reported is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this 

 Issue. 



Thirty-first Anniial Report of New York State Station, 1913 {New 

 York State Sta. Rpt. 1912, pp. VII+900, pis. 69, figs. 19).— This contains the 

 organization list; a financial staten'.ent as to the federal funds for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1912, and as to the state funds for the fiscal year ended 

 September 30, 1912; reprints of Bulletins 343-356, Technical Bulletins 19-24, 25 

 (corrected), and 26, Circulars 18 and 19, and popular editions of Bulletins 

 343-347, 349, 350, 352, 353, and 355, all of which have been previously noted; 

 a list of the periodicals received bj^ the station ; and meteorological observations 

 noted on page 812 of this issue. 



Laws applicable to the United States Department of Agriculture, compiled 

 by O. H. Gates {Washington: U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Solicitor, 1912, pp. ^Jf2; 

 1. Sup., pp. 61). — These publications represent a revision of that previously 

 noted (B. S. R.. 20, p. 94), the first embracing legislation hi force August 27, 

 1912, and the supplement that enacted from that date to March 4, 1913. 



The county experiment farm law {Ohio Sta. Circ. 139, pp. 139-l-'f2). — This 

 contains the text of the law authorizing the establishment of county exf)eriment 

 farms in Ohio as amended April 14 and 15, 1913. 



