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entered the institution, and was t-losed in tlie spring of 1802. Dr. William H. 

 Brewer was ai)i)olnted professor of agricultural chemistry, but resigned before 

 the college was o]iened. 



Training courses for teachers of agriculture, D. J. Crosby ( U. .S'. Dcpf. Agr. 

 Ycarhook J901', pp. 207-220). — The results are set forth of an inquiry conducted 

 by this Office concerning courses for teachers of agriculture, in agricultural col- 

 leges. State normal schools, privately endowed colleges and schools, and county 

 normal training schools in the United States, together with a discussion of the 

 essentials of training for teachers of agriculture and lines of future develop- 

 ment in this work. 



Course in cereal foods and their preparation for movable schools of agri- 

 culture, Margaket J. Mitchell {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office E.rpt. Stas. Bui. 200, 

 pp. ] I-7S). — This bulletin contains a syllabus of a course of 1.5 lectures covering 

 quite fully the use, preparation and nutritive value of cereal foods. The sub- 

 jects of the lectures are as follows : The composition of vegetable foods ; com- 

 position of the body and the uses of food compounds in the body ; digestion, 

 assimilation, excretion; a study of starch; cereals used as breakfast foods; cer- 

 eals which are used as vegetables ; bread ; yeast and molds ; a study of wheat 

 flour ; a study of rye, corn, buckwheat, and other flours ; changes produced in the 

 constituents of bread ; cost of bread, causes of imperfections, fancy breads ; 

 bread raised by other agents than yeast; cooking in deep fat: and dough raised 

 with eggs, and icing for cake. Each lecture is accompanied by suggestions for 

 practical work and exi)eriments. An appendix contains references to literature 

 and a list of apparatus and materials needed. 



Agriculture, industries, and home economics in our public schools, W. M. 

 Hays (Chicago, 190S, pp. 37, figs. 37). — An address delivered before the depart- 

 ment of superintendence of the National Education Association, in Washington, 

 D. C, February 25, 1908. The paper is profusely illustrated with half-tones, 

 maps, and diagrams showing features of industrial education in secondary 

 schools, the distribution of land-grant colleges and State normal schools, 

 schemes for districting States for secondary agricultural schools, and plans of 

 school buildings and grounds. 



A course of study in agriculture for the public schools; what it should 

 be and how to teach it, B. Youngblood (Okla. School Herald, 16 {1908), No. 4, 

 pp. 17, 18). — This deals more especially with suggestions for practice work and 

 excursions. 



The "Weather Bureau and the public schools, J. R. Weeks ( U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Yearbook 1907, pp. 267-276, figs. 3). — The author describes some features of 

 public school instruction relating to the weather, particularly in the elementally 

 schools of Xew York State, discusses the purpose and value of the study of 

 meteorology in schools, and describes simple homemade instruments used in 

 making observations. 



The school and its grounds, D. A. Clark {Fruit-Grower, 19 {1908), No. 5, 

 pp. 16, 17, figs. 2, dgin. 1). — A discussion of the educational and esthetic value 

 of trees, shrubs, and flowers in the vicinity of the schoolhouse, with suggestions 

 for laying out and planting school grounds. 



The school garden, II, O. W. Caldwell ( [East. III. State] Normal School 

 Bui. 20, pp. 35, 2)ls. 10). — This is a progress report on school gardens begun at 

 the Eastern Illinois State Normal School in 1902, with an interpretation of the 

 value of school gardens in the scheme of instruction. The author speaks of 

 the way the garden is conducted, taking the individual garden and individual 

 ownership as the basis and discussing somewhat the advantages of this plan. 

 He also discusses such matters as keeping up the interest in garden work in 



