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11 broader viewpoint of the subject and showing something of the educative 

 value of forest materials for use in the schoolroom ; also to furnish sug- 

 gestions and suliject matter adapted to the child mind. In order to illustrate 

 methods of teaching, the material is arranged successively in topical subjects — 

 in rhyme and story, in question form, making a direct appeal to observation and 

 experience, and in cultural selections offered as helps for the teacher. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Idaho Station, 1918 (Idaho Sta. Bnl. 113 (1918), pp. 

 JfG). — This contains the organization list, reports of the director and heads of 

 departments, the experimental features of which are for the most part ab- 

 stracted elsewhere in this issue, and financial statements for the Federal funds 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, and for the remaining funds for the fiscal 

 year ended Decemlier 31, 1918. 



Annual Report of Iowa Station, 1918 (Iowa Sta. Rpt. 1918, pp. 62, figs. 

 3). — This contains the organization list and a report by the director on the 

 work of the station, including a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1918. The experimental work recorded is for the most part abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of Nevada Station, 1918 (Nevada Sta. Rpt. 1918, pp. 53, 

 fif/s. 8). — This contains the organization list, a report of the director on the 

 work of the station, departmental reports, the experimental work in which is 

 for the most part aljstracted elsewhere in this issue, a list of the publications 

 of the year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1918 (South Dakota Sta. Rpt. 

 1918, pp. 27). — This contains a report by the director on the organization, work, 

 and publications of the station, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1918, and departmental reports, of which that of the entomologist and 

 portions of that of the horticulturist are abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Thirtieth and Thirty-first Annual Reports of Texas Station, 1917 and 

 1918 (Texas Sta. i?pf.s. 1917-18, pp. JfO, pi. i).— This contains the organization 

 list, a financial statement for the Federal funds for the fiscal years ended 

 June 30, 1917, and June 30, 1918, and for various State funds for the fiscal 

 years ended August 31, 1917, and August 31, 1918, a report of the director on 

 the work of the station and the various substations, and a list of the station 

 publications available for distribution. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Ohio Experiment Station (Mo. Bui. Ohio Sta., Jf 

 (1919), No. 5, pp. 139-167, figs. 14). — This contains several articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue, together with the following: Methods of Feeding and 

 Feeds for Chicks, by W. J. Buss ; Apple Blotch. — A Serious Fruit Disease in 

 Ohio, by A. D. Selby ; and Notes. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation (Washington 

 Sta., Wes't. Wash. Sta. Mo. Bnh, 7 (1919), Nos. 1, pp. 20, figs. 11; 2, pp. 21-36, 

 figs. 4; 3, pp. 37-52, figs. 3). — These numbers contain several articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue, and brief articles as follows : 



No. 1. — Proposed Plan for Buying and Distributing Breeding Sheep lor 

 Western Washington Farm Flocks, by W. A. Linklater; Apple and Pear Scab, 

 by A. Frank ; and Potato Planting, by J. L. Stahl, 



No. 2. — Establishing a Farm Flock, by W. A. Linklater; Late-Sown Crops, by 

 E. B. Stookey ; Rose Diseases and Insect Pests and Their Control, by A. Frank ; 

 and Grow More Squash, by J. L. Stahl. 



No. 3. — What Makes Prime Berries? by J. L. Stahl; Testing Cereal Varieties, 

 by E. B. Stookey ; and Insect Pests of the Garden and Their Control, by A. 

 Frank. 



