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Yearbook of figures, 1914 (Chicago: Drovers Journal Publishing Co., 1915, 

 pp. 112). — Contaiued in this pamphlet are data relating to receipts of live stock 

 at the principal markets for 1914, and for Chicago the number of head, car 

 loads, average weight of stock, and average, low, and high prices for a series 

 of years. 



General abstracts showing the acreage under crops and the number and 

 descriptions of live stock in each County and Province, 1914-15 (Dept. Agr. 

 and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1915, pp. 31). — This annual statement 

 gives statistical data showing the acreage in crops and the number of live 

 stock and poultry by Provinces and Counties for 1914-15. There is also a sum- 

 mary statement for Ireland, as a whole, giving comparative data for earlier 

 years. 



[Agricultural statistics of France] (Ann. Statis. [Francel, 33 {1913), pp. 

 113-13S). — These pages contain statistical data showing the acreage, produc- 

 tion, average yield, and value of the principal agricultural crops for 1912, the 

 number of live stock on December 31, 1913, and the prices of the principal agri- 

 cultural products and provisions. 



[Consumption of agricultural products in Trance] (Ann. Statis. [Fraiwel, 

 S3 (1913), pp. 106*-117*). — There is given in these pages the production, im- 

 ports and exports, and total and per capita consumption, from 1827 to 1913, 

 of wheat, potatoes, sugar, wine, beer, tobacco, tea, coffee, cocoa, cotton, wool, 

 and silk cocoons. 



Annual report of the department of agriculture, Uganda, 1915 (Ann. Rpt. 

 Dept. Agr. Uganda, 1915, pp. 89, pi. Jf).— In addition to the reports of the 

 different branches of the department relative to their work, there is included 

 information concerning the number of live stock, area in crops, and area in 

 agricultural products. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The means and methods of agricultural education [in the United States 

 and Canada], A. H. Leake (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915, pp. XXin-\- 

 273, pis. 13, fig. 1). — The author gives an historical review of the development 

 of agricultural education including some ancient records, and discusses some 

 conditions of rural life; the rural elementary school and its improvement; 

 teaching agriculture in the rural school, including the correlation of agricul- 

 ture with other subjects, the place, purpose, and character of nature study, 

 school and home gardens, hindrances to the introduction of nature study and 

 agriculture, and benefits to be derived from the teaching of these subjects; 

 the consolidation of schools; rural school extension comprising school credit 

 for home projects, boys' and girls' agricultural clubs, school fairs, young people's 

 institutes, short courses, and rural evening schools ; secondary education in 

 agriculture, including its monetary value, the advantages of agricultural in- 

 struction in existing high schools and their reorganizaation for such instruction, 

 advantages and organization of separate or special agricultural high schools, 

 the need of both, the course of study, and the need for specially trained 

 teachers ; the use of land in connection with the schools, and home projects ; 

 agricultural colleges — their purpose, struggles, place in the educational system, 

 and future, the report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 

 Teaching regarding them, and the broader problems awaiting the colleges ; the 

 scope, organization, phases, and outlook for future development of the agricul- 

 tural college extension service ; institutes and other helps for the adult 

 farmer ; the women on the farm, including work for the farm girl in the 

 elementary rural school and high school, household science in the home, col- 



