496 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



A plan for a rural community center, A. R. Mann {Cornell Col. Agr. Ext. 

 Circ. 1, 1913, pp. 16, figs. 7). — This circular shows how a rural community 

 center may be developed in the open country, village, and the smaller town and 

 city. Under the plan proposed a piece of land about 20 to 30 acres in extent is 

 laid out in somewhat the same way as the usual fair grounds, but to be used as 

 a public park and to be open at all times, also a grove for picnics, summer 

 gatherings, and shelter purposes, a consolidated or combined elementary and 

 high school building in or near the grove, athletic grounds, experiment or 

 demonstration plats, and a building that can be heated for year-around meet- 

 ings and exhibits. 



Farmers' clubs, A. D. Wilson (Univ. Minn., Dept. Agr., Ext. Bui. 46, 1918, 

 pp. 8, figs. 5). — This bulletin sets forth in a simple way some of the things that 

 farmers' clubs are doing for communities in which they exist and some of the 

 things they may do, and points out the steps necessary for organizing and con- 

 ducting a farmers' club. 



Addresses given at the Rural Life Conference, Middlebury College, July 

 7-13, 1913, with rural life bibliography, R. McFakland (Middlchury, Vt., 

 1913, pp. 4S)' — The papers presented at this conference included, among others. 

 The Importance of the Rural Problem, by R. J. Sprague; Marketing of Farm 

 Products, by E. S. Brigham; Rural School Improvement, by J. M. Thomas; New 

 Activities in Rural Education, by F. E. Howard; Rural Libraries, by Rebecca 

 W. Wright ; Play and Athletics for Rural Vermont, by L. A. Morhous ; and The 

 Work of the Grange, by W. N. Cady. 



Materials and methods in high school agriculture, W. G. Hummel and 

 Bertha R. Hummel (Neiv York, 1913, pp. XI-\-385, pis. 22). — This book has 

 been prepared to meet the needs of persons interested in the introduction or in 

 the teaching of agriculture in high schools, towns, cities, or rural communities 

 where large numbers of students are drawn from the farming population. 



In addition to outlining the agricultural course as a whole for the high schools 

 of the type mentioned, the book gives helpful suggestions as to the selection 

 of suitable materials, teaching methods, and equipment for the various subjects 

 of the course. Practicums and references for collateral reading follow each 

 chapter. 



ISTature study lessons (Cornell Rural School Leaflet, 7 (1913), A'o. 2, pp. 213- 

 240, figs. 17). — This leaflet contains suggestions on Corn Day in the school, and 

 lessons on cows, trees, and birds. 



Principles and practice of school gardening, A. Logan (London, 1913, pp. 

 XV-\-313, pi. 1, figs. 102). — In this text-book, intended as a guide for teachers 

 and pupils in school gardening, the author has included the matter which, 

 after 5 years of experience in teaching the subject, he considers to be most 

 usable from an educational point of view and most essential from the stand- 

 point of horticulture and rural science. The method of presentation adopted, 

 which has been found suitable in dealing with pupils between 12 and 16 years 

 of age, is mainly experimental and practical. " While the text of the volume 

 aims at the analysis of operations with a view to the examination of the laws 

 of nature upon which each is based," the exercise appended to each chapter 

 for the purpose of correlating school gardening with other subjects in the 

 curriculu, encourage the student to extend his intellectual horizon, to regard 

 these operations in their world relation, etc. 



Suggestions for household exhibits (Iowa State Col. Agr. Ext. Dept., Home 

 Econ. Circ. ^, 1913-14, pp. 8, pi. 1). — Suggestions are made for the arrangement 

 of exhibits of household materials, and score cards are given for use in judging 

 homemade food products and needlework and other textiles. 



