1919] 



MISCELLANEOUS. 897 



Food saving and sharing, E. M. Tappan et al. {Garden City, N. Y.: Double- 

 day, Page ct- Co., 191S, pp. X+102, figs. 13). — This book, prepared under the direc- 

 tion of the U. S. Food Administration in cooperation with the U, S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and the U. S. Bureau of Education, gives instruction on 

 the wise selection of the different kinds of foods for their value in giving 

 health and strength and in saving and sharing, and tells what this country did 

 to provide food during the war and what is yet to be done. 



Sewing and textiles, A. Tuknek {Neiv York and London: D. Appleton & Co.,. 

 1918, pp. [o]+^4&, figs. 6Ji). — This test for graded and rural schools is de- 

 signed especially for teachers who have had little training and experience. It 

 contains detailed directions for making the various stitches, a needle book, a 

 sewing book, garments, darning and patching, embroidery and tine needle 

 work, the use of commercial patterns and principles of cutting and fitting, 

 and the use and care of the sewing machine ; studies of cotton, woolen, linen, and 

 silk materials, including the evolution of weaving and spinning, history, growth 

 and manufacture, properties of fiber, finish, judging and testing for quaUty,. 

 comparison of wearing qualities with price, etc. ; laundry problems ; and 

 clothing — hygiene, functions, and budget. The material is arranged in sequence. 



BUS: Rural uplook service, compiled by L. H. Bailey {Ithaca, N. Y.: 

 Author, 191S, pp. 313). — This register of 2,746 entries is described as "a pre- 

 liminary attempt to register the rural leadership in the United States and 

 Canada." It constitutes a rural Who's Who, and is based on replies received 

 to requests sent out to 7,061 persons " regularly and prominently engaged in 

 rural work as farmers, teachers, investigators, business men, ministers, lec- 

 turers, farm agents, authors, editors, rural organizers, administrators, if their 

 efforts are such as to make them public characters." 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Report of the Hettinger substation for the years 1913 to 1918, inclusive 

 (North Dakota Sta. Bid. 130 {1919), pp. 3-56, figs. 6).— This bulletin consists of 

 reports for this substation for the years 1913 to 1918. The experimental data 

 recorded are for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly bulletins of the Western Washington substation {Washington 

 Sta., West Wash. Sta. Mo. BuL, 7 {1919), Nos. 6, pp. 86-100. figs. 4; 7, pp. 102- 

 116, fig. 1; 8, pp. 118-132, fig. 1). — These numbers contain two articles ab- 

 stracted elsewhere in this issue, and brief articles as follows : 



No. 6. — Future of Small Fruit Growing in Western Washington, by J. L. 

 Stahl ; Variations in Milk and Cream Tests, by L. E. Carter ; Farm Crops for 

 Fall Seeding, by E. B. Stookey ; Sorting and Moving Flocks, by G. R. Shoup; 

 Late Blight of Potatoes, by A. Frank ; and Egg-laying Contest. 



No. 7. — Summary of Small Fruits, by J. L. Stahl ; Work of the Veterinary 

 Department, by W. T. Johnson; Wliat is Skim Milk Worth to the Farmer? by 

 L. E. Carter ; Potato Wart — A Dangerous Disease, by A. Frank ; and Western 

 Washington Egg-laying Contest. 



No. 8. — Strawberries in Western Washington, by J. L. Stahl ; How Can W^e 

 Increase Crop Yields? by E. B. Stookey ; Abnormal Milk and Cream, by L. E. 

 Carter; Animal Proteins; A Controlling Factor in Egg Production, by G. R. 

 Shoup; Poultry Mortality, by AV. T. Johnson; Controlling Mountain Beavers, 

 and Farmers' Winter School. 



The history of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, C. I. Waxkeb 

 {Charleston: Agr. Soc., S. C. [1919], pp. IX-\-168. pis. 15). — An account is given 

 of the establishment and accomplishments of this society, organized at Charles- 

 ton, S. C, August 24, 1785. 



