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contains outlines of simple exercises with plants and animals, arranged after 

 a monthly sequence plan, for the first five grades in Southern rural schools. 

 It is intended to serve as an approach to the study of formal or text-book 

 agriculture in the upper elementary grades. Practical exercises and field trips, 

 as well as correlations with other school subjects, are suggested. An appen- 

 dix includes lists of birds and references to literature, and a planting table. 



A manual of soil physics, P. B. Barker and H. J. Young (Boston and Lon- 

 don: Ginn and Co., 1915, pp. yi-\-101, figs. 14). — This loose-leaf manual con- 

 sists of exercises on the origin, composition, and pjiysical properties of soils 

 and the relation of these properties to methods of soil management. The work 

 outlined is sufficient for two semesters with two laboratory periods a week, 

 and is the outcome of ten years' experience in teaching the important physical 

 properties of soils. 



Lessons on cotton for the rural common schools, C. H. Lane ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Bui. 294 {1915), pp. 16, figs. 4)- — The author outlines 14 lessons and exer- 

 cises in cotton growing to serve as a supplement to the organized school work 

 in elementary agriculture in the rural common schools. Suggestive correlations 

 with other school subjects and references to literature are included. 



The wheat industry for use in schools, N. A. Bengtson and Donee Gkif- 

 riTH (yew Yorlc: The Macmillan Co., 1915, pp. XIII +341, pi. 1, figs. 1S4).— 

 This text for use in the upper grades of elementary schools consists of a study 

 of the wheat plant, its cultivation and growth, harvesting, thrashing, local trans- 

 portation and storage, production, marketing, and milling, the uses of wheat 

 products, an industrial review, and wheat in Australia, Argentina, the United 

 States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Each chapter is followed by questions and 

 exercises. 



The science of home making, Emma E. Pieie {Chicago: Scott, Foresman, and 

 Co., 1915, pp. 404, pl- Ij fiffs. 39). — This text, which is planned to cover two 

 years of work but may be adapted to a shorter period, is intended for use in 

 home economics classes of the gi-ammer and lower high-school gi'ades in both 

 city and rural schools. It treats of (1) the home and its care, (2) the selection, 

 preparation, and serving of food, including a chapter on the family budget and 

 marketing, (3) the care and feeding of children and invalids, and (4) launder- 

 ing. The underlying facts and principles of the various subjects are taken up 

 and experiments, questions, and problems are included. Emphasis is given 

 to the physiological facts of food and digestion, hygiene, sanitation, and the cost 

 of material. An appendix contains supplementary recipes, lists of equipment 

 for the kitchen and for cleaning and laundering, forms for household accounts, 

 and a bibliography. 



Outline for home furnishing- and decoration, C. Fletcher (Utah Agr. Col. 

 Ext. Div. Circ. 32 (1915), pp. It). — The outline is divided into 10 lessons and 

 deals with principles governing beauty, exterior and garden treatment, and in- 

 terior treatment. A bibliography is included. 



First social ag-ricultural week, October 3—10, 1913 (Santiago, Chile: TJni- 

 versidad Catolica de Santiago, 1914, pp. LX XVI II +392, pi. 1, figs. ^7).— This 

 report contains addresses made at the first .social agricultural week in Chile, 

 October 3-10, 1913, at the Catholic University of Santiago. The leading agri- 

 culturists of all the Provinces were invited to attend. 



