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cedure which the author helieves to lie of importance for tlie advancement of 

 vocational agricultural education; and suggestions to agricultural instructors 

 on organizing and conducting pi'oject work. A comparison is made of the 

 county schools and high-school departments in tlie IMassachusetts no-dormitory 

 system as to requirements and advantages. A chapter is devoted to a de- 

 scription of the Massachusetts method of listing agricultural pi"oject and 

 related study reference materials and their sources. 



Agriculture and home economics bulletin v/ith a moral code, R. H. Wilson 

 ET AL. {Okhihoma City: State Bd. Ed., 1917, pp. ^8, flf/s. 11). — A 2-year course in 

 agriculture for the rural schools of Oklahoma is outlined by months, including 

 class work, field or laboratory work, and mechanical work in soils and crops 

 in the first year, and animal husbandry in the second year. Instructions to 

 teachers are included. The home economics work outlined is for the sixth, 

 seventh, and eighth grades of the rural schools. The work of the first year 

 consists entirely of sewing, and that of the second and third years, of foods. 

 The work is planned for one lesson a week for 30 weeks in class periods of not 

 less than 30 minutes. 



[Elementary agriculture and home economics instruction in New Mexico 

 schools]. It. C. ]MiLi,KK {Dcpt. Ed. N. j}ilc.c., Ed. Bid., htdiis. Scr., 1918, Nos. 3, 

 pp. U; 4, pp. 6, fii/s. 2; 5, pp. 8; 1919, iVo«. 6, pp. 24; 9, pp. 16; 10, pp. IJ,; 11, 

 pp. 16). — These bulletins deal, resijectively, with thrift clubs for patriotic 

 service in food production, a project for classes in sewing, agriculture in the 

 elementary schools, and elementary home ]irojects in gardens, pig raising, calf 

 raising, and field crops. 



Plant production, R. A. Moore and C. P. Halligan (Netc York: American 

 Book Co., 1919, pp. 428, figs. 211). — This text on the science and art of produc- 

 ing agricultural plants consists of two parts, viz, agronomy, including the more 

 important economic crops, and horticulture. Following each chapter are sug- 

 gested exercises and home projects. 



Vocational agriculture in hig'h schools: Animal husbandry series No. 2, 

 T. H. Eaton and C. E. Lee (State Bd. Ed. Conn. Bui. 20 {1918-19), pp. 23).— 

 Suggestions are given with reference to the teaching of poultry husbandry in 

 the approved course in agriculture as regards the place of poultry husbandry In 

 the course; a preliminary survey to find the place of poultry keeping as a 

 farm interest in the vicinity ; surveys of types of poultry husbandry to find 

 the chief factors in the business; local feeding practices and available feeds, 

 poultry houses and arrangements, and feeding and watering devices ; marketing 

 poultry products ; and incubating and brooding equipment. A brief list of 

 reference books and other publications is included. 



Malaria: Lessons on its cause and prevention, H. R. Carter (Pub. Health 

 Rpts. [U. tS'.], Sup. 18 (1918), rer. cd., pp. 20, p?.s-. 4)- — These lessons, which are 

 intended for the use of schools and especially those in the country, deal with 

 malarial fever and its cause and four methods of preveutlon of malaria. The 

 subject matter is arranged as questions and answers. 



Distribution of eggs to school children (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 6 (1919), No. 3, 

 pp. 274-278). — This series of articles describes the methods of distribution of 

 eggs to school children in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, 

 Manitoba. Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia by agricultural officials. 



Domestic science: Principles and application, P. L. Bailey (St. Paul, Minn.: 

 ^Vehh Pub. Co., 1918 [2.] ed., rer., pp. XVI+SSS + US], pi. 1, figs. 44).— This is 

 a revised edition of an earlier text, previously noted (E. S. R., 32, p. 394), to 

 which has been added material on the cold-pack method of canning vegetables 

 and fruits, 100 caloric portions of common foods, and tables and lists of foods 



