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the accredited high schools of the .State. The circular is divided into two parts, 

 part 1 dealing with equipment and courses of study, and part 2 with exercises 

 and problems in agriculture. 



In part 1 the suggestions for equipment include materials and apparatus for 

 soil studies, plant studies, text-books, and works of reference, and those con- 

 cerning the course of study include general suggestions to teachers on the use 

 of materials and methods of teaching, with an outline course taking up the 

 subject of agriculture in tlie following order : Farm crops, the soil, plant 

 propagation, plant growth, enemies of plants, animal husbandry, and problems 

 of farm management. In part 2 there are exercises, problems, and score cards 

 corresponding to this outline course. 



The course includes the work usually i-ecomnieuded for two years of high 

 school work but it can probably be covered in one full high school year pro- 

 vided not too much collateral reading is insisted upon. 



Forest nurseries for schools, W. ^I. ^Moore and E. R. Jackson ( U. S. Dcpt. 

 Agr., Farmers' Bui. 1/23, pp. 2'f, figs. 8). — The authors have included in this 

 publication specific suggestions and dii'ections for preparing, planning, and car- 

 ing for small forest nurseries in connection with the public schools. The work 

 outlined includes the collecting, storing, and testing of seeds, preparing the seed 

 bed, treatment of seeds before planting, planting the seeds, care of the seed bed 

 and seedlings, transplanting to the nursery bed, and final disposal of young 

 trees. A nursery planting table for forest trees is also given. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, 1909 ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Office Expt. HUis. lipt. lUOO. pp. J,3n, pis. 19, figs. 6).— This includes the 

 usual report on the work of this Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, 

 and of the work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations in the 

 United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Island of Guam; 

 statistics of the land-grant colleges and experiment stations for 1909; and 

 several articles and reviews abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Twenty-second Annual Report of Massachusetts Station, 1909 {3Iassnchv- 

 setts 8ta. Rpt. 1909, pts. 1, pp. 257. pis. 6, figs. 2; 2, pp. 7S).— Part 1 of this 

 report contains the organization list, a rei)ort of the director, a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, re])orts of heads of departments, 

 and numerous special articles. Part 2, which is the portion designed for gen- 

 eral distribution, consists of papers of a popular nature, based on the results 

 of the observations and experiments of the station, and of a brief summary 

 by the director of the more important conclusions from these articles. The 

 exi)erimental work reported in each part of the report is for the most part 

 abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Department Librai-y, October, 1910 {V. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Library Mo. Bui., 1 (1910), No. 10, pp. 26/-294).— This contains, in addi- 

 tion to the usual data for October, 1910, as to the accessions to the Library of 

 this Department and the additions to the list of periodicals currently received, 

 the rules adopted by the Department Library with reference to interlibrary 

 loans, and references to recent articles of interest to those connected with 

 agricultural libraries. 



Experiment Station Work, LX (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. Ji25, pp. 2k: 

 figs. 3). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Commercial 

 bean growing, digestion experiments with range forage crops, stallion legislation 

 in the United States, substitutes for oats in rations for horses, and simple 

 quantitative tests for casein. 



