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Textiles and clothing, E. B. McGowan and C. A. Waite (Netc York: The 

 Macmillan Co., 1919, pp. IX+268, pi. 1, figs. 7i).— This text for the high school 

 deals with the source, composition, classiticatiou, and general characteristics of 

 textile fabrics ; the development of spinning and weaving methods ; the structure 

 of fabrics ; the origin, classification, distribution, cultivation or production, 

 manufacture, finishing processes, and finished products of cotton, flax, wool, 

 and silk; textile testing; care and repair of clothing; and econonfics and hy- 

 giene of clothing. A bibliography and glossary are included. 



Clothing for the family, L. I. Baldt {Fed. Bd. Vocat. Ed. Bui. 23 (1918), 

 pp. 115, pis. If, figs. 60). — This course is designed especially to meet the needs 

 of part-time and evening schools and classes for a general course of instruction 

 in the principles of clothing. It is intended primarily to equip the beginner 

 with the fundamental principles of clothing economics, including a knowledge 

 of textiles, an appreciation of design, training in the elementary technical 

 processes of sewing, and a knowledge of the elements of the care and repair of 

 clothing. The five sections of the course deal, respectively, with the making of 

 undergarments, 16 lessons ; elementary dressmaking, 17 lessons ; advanced 

 dressmaking, 30 lessons ; infants' and children's clothing, 17 lessons ; and milli- 

 nery, 19 lessons. Suggestions and outlines for a group of lessons on the con- 

 servation of clothing are included. A lesson plan and bibliography ane 

 appended. 



MISCELLA2TE0US. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1918 (U. S. Dept. Agr. Year- 

 book 1918, pp. 160, pis. 62, figs. 50). — This contains the report of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture ; 31 special articles abstracted elsewhere in this issue ; an 

 appendix containing a directory of the agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations, the State officials in charge of agricultural and extension work, and 

 National and International livestock associations ; and the usual statistics of 

 the principal crops, farm animals and their products, the Federal meat inspec- 

 tion, imports and exports of agricultural products, crop summaries. States 

 leading in staple crops, crop value comparisons, estimated value of farm 

 products, world production and export trade in important crops, foreign trade 

 in foodstuffs, miscellaneous information relating to various crops and to live 

 stock, production per man and per acre for different countries, movement of 

 farm produce, prices paid by farmers for miscellaneous articles, information 

 pertaining to farm labor, value of plow land by States, depth of plowing by 

 States, index numbers of prices of crops and meat animals, materials used in 

 brewing in the United States, hop movement and consumption, farm prices 

 of turnips, cabbage, onions, turkeys, and chickens, railway freight tonnage for 

 1915-17, wagon and motor-truck hauls from farms to shipping points, rural and 

 agricultural populations and area of agricultural land by countries, area and 

 utilization of the National Forests, area and carrying capacity of pasture land 

 by States, and bushel weights of commodities for which bushel weights have 

 been established in the United States and in the different States. 



Thirty-first annual report of Michigan Station, 1918 (Michigan Sta. Rpt. 

 1918, pp. 2S1-9S1, figs. SOI). — This contains a financial statement for the year 

 ended June 30, 1918; reports of the director and heads of departments on the 

 work of the station during the year, the experimental features of which have 

 been for the most part abstracted elsewhere In this issue, but including also 

 bacteriological analyses of well waters and canned fruits and vegetables and 

 brief notes on a stump-clearing test and feeding trials with pigs on velvet 

 beans, velvet bean feed, and garbage ; and reprints of Bulletins 279-281, Special 



