k 



1920] AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 797 



68, figs. 2). — Tliesubject matter outlined for this course deals with the history 

 and development of boys' and girls' club work and club reports, stories, and 

 exhibits, to be taught by the county normal princii)al ; principles of organiza- 

 tion and follow-up work, to be taught by members of the State staff; and 

 psychology of boys' and girls' club work and recreational activities related to 

 club work, to be taught by the principal and reinforced by a member of the 

 State staff. 



[Nature study and agriculture], II. N. Goddard (In Manual of the Ele- 

 mentary Course of Study for the Common Schools of Wisconsin. Madison, 

 Wis.: Dept. Pub. Instr., 1!)19, 16. ed., rev., pp. 188-235, fly. i).— This manual in- 

 cludes general suggestions and topics, in sea.sonal sequence, in nature study 

 and general suggestions and outline of a course of study in agriculture, together 

 with treatment of topics, tests, and examinations, and references for the com- 

 mon schools of Wisconsin. 



Lessons with nature for school, garden, farm, and home, A. L. Mebane 

 (Greensboro, N. C: Ayr. and Tech. Col., 1917, pp. 62. flys. 3). — The author out- 

 lines lessons and experiments dealing with soils, manures, rotation of crops, 

 production of new varieties of plants, seed testing, culture of field and gardeji 

 crops, and treatment of diseases of garden plants, including the making of 

 fungicides and insecticides. 



Hints for special-class gardens, C. H. Tether (Albany, N. Y.: Univ. State 

 New York [1920], pp. S). — Thei author presents simple hints for gardeners 

 gained from two years' experience in the supervision of gardening projects, of 

 the special schools at the Oswego (N. Y.) State Normal School. Each child in 

 the special class, regardless of his special physical handicap, had some part in 

 the garden work. 



Lessons in plant production for southern schools, E. H. Shinn (Fed. Bd. 

 Vocat. Ed. Bui. 53 (1920), pp. JS3). — This bulletin outlines suggestive lessons 

 for a year's work in plant production arranged in seasonal sequence for south- 

 ern schools of vocational agriculture. It includes a suggested weekly program 

 as a plan upon which to base the work. The lessons suggest sources of infor- 

 mation, illustrative material, class exercises, practical exercises, and a project 

 study outline or shop practice. The subjects dealt with include crops, soils, fer- 

 tilizers, gardening, orchai'ding, farm management, roads, farm implements and 

 machinery, etc. 



I'rinciples of veterinary science: A text-book for use in agricultural 

 scliools, F. B. Hadley (Philadelphia and London. W. B. Saunders Co., 1920, pp. 

 Ji20, flys. 101). — This text, which is a development of the author's former pub- 

 lication entitled The Horse in Health and Disease (E. S. R., 34, p. 794), has been 

 amplified to meet better the growing needs of the animal husbandman. It 

 endeavors to bring out the close relationship that should exist between vet- 

 erinary science and the natural and physical sciences now taught. Part 1 deals 

 with tl-.e anatomy and physiology of animals, and part 2 treats of the conunon 

 animal diseases including their prevention and control. An outline for the study 

 of the control of comamnicable disea.ses, and lists of diseases of man carried by 

 domestic animals, diseases of swine that render the flesh unfit for food, and the 

 bones of the skeleton of the horse are appended. 



Courses of study: Foods and related work, J. Callahan and M. Johnston 

 (Wis. Bd. Vocat. Ed. Monoy. 9 (1920). pp. //O).— This monograph contains out- 

 lines of 8 unit courses in foods, comprising a total of 34 lessons, and of 10 

 unit courses, with a total of 33 lessons, for first and second year cour.ses, re- 

 pectively, for part-time and evening schools of the State. Each lesson indi- 

 cates topics for discussion, practical work, related work, and references. 



