590 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



What can the public schools do to improve industrial conditions? J. E. 

 Waeken (Ann. RiJt. Bd. Ed. [Jia.s.v.], 11 (1906-1), piJ. 2 J, 3 -25 2 }.~The writer 

 describes features of instruction in agriculture and domestic science in some 

 schools of Massachusetts, and urges the extension of work of this kind among 

 public schools. 



The future of agricultural education in Michigan, F. W. Howe (School- 

 master, 2 (1908), Nos. 6, pp. 301-312; 7, pp. 308-312) .—The writer describes 

 the present facilities for teaching agriculture of different grades in Michigan 

 and outlines plans for the further development of instruction in agriculture in 

 the public schools of the State. 



Form of organization for movable schools of agriculture, J. Hamilton 

 ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Circ. 19, pp. 3-8 i . — Suggestions are given for 

 the organization, equipment, and conducting of movable schools of agriculture 

 as one of the means of disseminating agricultural information. 



Report on the organization of forestry instruction in Sweden, U. Wallmo 

 ET AL. (Stockholm, 1908, pp. XI-.i29). — A report of a committee of experts 

 appointed by the Swedish Department of Agriculture in 190(5. Brief state- 

 ments are given of the organization of instruction in forestry in Denmark, Fin- 

 land, Prussia, Saxony, Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, 

 and this country, together with the sources of information. 



Royal Horticultural School, Dahlem, J. Kochs (Ber. Deut. Pharm. GeseU., 

 18 (1908), Ao. 6, pp. 325-3-i2, figs. 13). — ^An illustrated description of the equip- 

 ment and work of the school as embodied in the report of an inspection by the 

 German Pharmaceutical Society. 



Missouri Housekeepers' Conference Association (Missouri Sta. Circ. In- 

 form. 30, pp. J,2, dgm. 1; Ann. Rpt. Mo. Bd. Agr., J,0 (1901), jrp. .',28--',69, dgm. 

 1). — This contains the constitution and proceedings of the first meeting of the 

 ]\Iiss()uri Household Conference Association on January 7-10, 1008, including 

 the following papers : Household Adjustment to Technical Development, by Miss 

 Caroline L. Hunt; The Pure Milk Problem, by Mrs. Walter McNab Miller; The 

 Revival of Missouri Handicrafts, by INIrs. F. H. Seares; The Present Crisis of 

 the American Home, by Charles A. Ellwood ; The Home — A Business Proposi- 

 tion, by Mrs. Emma Page Tracy ; The Home Economics Movement, by H. J. 

 Waters; The Inductive or Scientific Method of Teaching Cooking, by Miss 

 Louise Stanley ; and Home Economics, Why it Should be Taught in the Schools, 

 and What it Includes in the Fniversity of Missouri, by Miss Edna D. Day. 



Report of the committee on children's gardens for the year 1907, H. S. 

 Ada.ms (Traits. Mass. Hort. Soc, 1901, II, pp. 221-251, pis. 2). — There were 49 

 entries in 1907 for children's garden prizes offered by the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. Of these 28 were school gardens, 7 school grounds, and 14 

 children's home gardens. The report states that Smith, Mount Holyoke, and 

 Wellesley Colleges now have courses in gardening which provide the proper 

 foundation for school garden work. It also contains abstracts of addresses 

 made at the Children's Garden Conference in Boston, December 14. 1907, school 

 garden reports from Springfield and Roxbury, Mass.. and home garden reports 

 from the INIarlborough School and Home Industrial Association, the Waltham 

 Home Garden Association, the Reading Home Gardens, and the Fairhaven 

 Home Gardens. The abstract of an address by A. C. Boyden, principal of the 

 State Normal School at Bridgewater, contains suggestions for natural science 

 gardens and their functions in school work. 



Importance of school gardens and methods of proper management, P. 

 Emerson (Ann. Rpt. N. H. Hort. Soc, 1 (1901), pp. 11.1,-121).— Thin is a dis- 

 cussion of the importance and value of school gardens as a factor in education. 



