CONTENTS. IX 



RURAL ENGINEERING. 



Page. 



Seepage losses from earth canals, Moritz 288 



The development of balancing devices for centrifugal pumps, Mueller 288 



Construction of concrete pipe lines, Etcheverry 289 



Large clamshell dredges; levee building methods and standards, Tibbetta 289 



A study of steam and electrical pumping plants fur drainage 289 



Ground water, drainage methods, and open channel drainage, Schmeer 289 



Land drainage in Louisiana, Shaw 289 



The drainage of Lower Egypt, Willcocks and Mosseri 289 



Drainage and purification of the soil, Gagey 289 



Text-book on hip;hway engineering, Blanchard and Drown*^ 289 



Hard roads in ^^ ayne County, Michigan 290 



Asphalt paving cements and road binders, Howard 290 



Puzzolan mixtures tested for Oregon roads, McAlister 290 



Road rollers in the Netherlands, Steffelaar et al 290 



Testa on small gasoline engines, \\Tiite 290 



A new method of cooling gas engines, Hopkinson 291 



A traction engine whose four wheels are driving wheels 291 



Trials with liquid manure spreaders, Dall and Feilberg 292 



The trials of corn and seed drills, 1912, Hall 292 



Grain cleaning contest 292 



Test of a feed-grinding and sifting mill, Rezek 292 



The effect of saturation on the strength of concrete, Van Ornum 293 



Test of pressure of wet concrete, Germain 293 



Tests of reinforced concrete builduigs under load, Talbot and Slater 293 



( Constructing a silo roof of concrete 293 



The pet eilo for western Kansas, McKee 294 



Farm water supplies, pumping machinery, and accessories, Hoffmann 294 



Shower bath for country houses, Fox 294 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



A questionnaire on markets, Farley 294 



Some typical American markets. — A symposium 294 



Cleveland's retail markets, Carpenter 295 



Car-lot markets and how they are supplied, Andrews 295 



Markets for American fruit 295 



Prevention of waste and price fluctuations through refrigeration. Holmes 295 



The motor truck as an agency in du-ect marketing, Phillips 295 



The Long Island home hamper, FuUerton 295 



The cooperative lamb club as an agency for lower marketing costs, Doane 295 



An inquiry into agricultural credit and cooperation in Germany, CahiU 295 



Cooperative purchase and use of stallions in Denmark 296 



The experience of animal insurance societies in Holland 296 



Some methods of financing the farmer, Jones 296 



Rural social development 297 



The farmer's outlook, Hinckes 297 



Agricultural statistics 297 



Agricultural statistics of Ireland, 1912, Butler 297 



Agricultural statistics of Bohemia 297 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Education for farm life, Avery 297 



[History and growth of the Kansas State Agricultural College] 297 



The agricultural course for women, Cantrell 298 



The teaching of entomology in our agricultural colleges, Lochliead 298 



Fit the rural school to the community, McDonald 298 



The betterment of rural schools tlu-ough agriculture: The Ohio plan, Miller. . . 298 



Industrial education in Columbus, Ga., Daniel 298 



Household ethics and industrial training in colored schools, Timberlake 298 



Domestic economy — the family budget, Fletcher 298 



Manual processes of agriculture 299 



Manual instruction for adults in rural centers, Garrett 299 



Technical instruction in plowing, Murray 299 



