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third year, and farm mechanics and management the fourth year. A satis- 

 factory arrangement of the general subjects, particularly the science courses, 

 is one of the unsolved problems if the principles of science should be taught in 

 courses more or less separate from the agricultural courses. The content of 

 the agricultural courses is under vigorous consideration at the present time, 

 under the stimulation of the Smith-Hughes legislation, which is interpreted by 

 some to mean a protest against the present materials in the agricultural sub- 

 jects." The author finds that a definite formulation of a course in agriculture 

 in harmony with the recommendations of the 50 educators and the discussions 

 does not seem advisable. 



Lessons on potatoes for elementary rural schools, A. Dilub {U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Bui. 784 {1919), pp. 2S). — This bulletin contains outlines of twelve lessons 

 dealing with the selection, planting, cultivation, harvesting and grading, mar- 

 keting, winter storage, judging, and uses of potatoes, the structure of the potato 

 tuber, the place of potatoes in the rotation, soils, seed treatment, and pests. Sug- 

 gestions are given with reference to sources of information, illustrative mater- 

 ial, the survey, the home project, and correlations. 



Lessons on dairying for rural schools, A. Dille {TJ. 8. Dept. Agr. Bui. 763 

 {1919), pp. SO, figs. 1^). — The author outlines twelve lessons in dairying, which 

 deal, respectively, with the production, care, weighing, and testing of milk, 

 records and marketing, profit and loss, judging and purchasing, care and 

 handling of the dairy cow and barn, butter making, the food value of milk, cot- 

 tage cheese, and the use of milk and its products in cookery. An outline for a 

 district dairy cow survey, score cards for sanitary inspection of dairy farms 

 and for dairy cows and butter, and suggestions witli reference to sources of in- 

 formation, illustrative material, and the home project, are included. 



List of workers in subjects pertaining to agricu-lture, home economics, and 

 marketing, 1918-19 {V S. Dept. Agr., List of Workers in V. S. Agr., 1918-19, 

 pp. 73-\-89). — This is the usual organization list of workers along these lines 

 (B. S. R., 39, p. 497). Part 1 deals with the TJ. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and part 2 with the agricultural colleges and experiment stations. 



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Report on experiment stations and extension work in the United States, 

 1917 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Rpt. Expt. Stas. and Ext. Work, U. 8. 1917, pts. 1, pp. 

 835:2, pp. 416, pi. 1). — This repoit, prepared by the States Relations Service for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, consists of two parts. 



Part I. Work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations, 1917. — 

 This part includes the usual report on the work and expenditures of the agri- 

 cultural experiment stations in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, 

 Porto Rico, and Guam, together with detailed statistics compiled from official 

 sources as to the organization, revenues, additions to equipment, and expendi- 

 tures of the stations. 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, the total income of the stations, 

 including those in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Guam, was $5,642,149.16. 

 Of this amount $718,744 was derived under the Hatch Act, $718,358.04 under 

 the Adams Act, $143,000 from the Federal appropriations for the insular sta- 

 tions, $2,322,335.65 fronj State appropriations, $30,764.78 from individuals and 

 communities, $365,552.53 from fees, $696,108.33 from the sale of products, and 

 $644,387.87 from miscellaneous sources. The value of additions to the equip- 

 ment of the stations during the year is estimated as $751,198.33, of which 

 $318,500.59 was for buildings. 



The stations employed 1,955 persons in the work of administration and in- 

 quiry. Of this number 950 were also members of the teaching staff of the col- 



