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School gardens. L. C. Corbett (Florists' Ex., 26 (1908), Xo. S, pp. 2.i.>,, 

 .!'i.'i). — A iiiiiKT reiul bofore the convention of the Society of American Florists, 

 .It Niiigar.i Falls. X. Y.. August 21, 1908. 



School g-ardens. W. T. Caktku, Jr. {Farm ami Ranch, 27 (1008), No. 38, 

 ]>. J,. — Snixui'stions for school garden work in the country schools. 



Possibilities for the teaching' of household arts in the rural schools, 

 llKi.KX.v I'lNfOMB (School Xciis ami f'ract. Ftl., 22 (lOOS). \o. I. pp. 20-22. 

 figs. ')). — Suggestions for conducting household arts instruction in rural schools, 

 ■ ind a list of desirable articles for equiinuent and their cost are given. 



Teaching soils in the public schools, W. T. Carter, .Jr. (Farm and Ranch, 

 .'7 (IDOS), Xo. 37, pp. 3-0 ). — The importance of teaching agriculture is urged, 

 references to suitable literature and suggestions for securing e»iuii»ment are 

 given, and suggestive lessons concerning soils in relation to moisture and air, 

 temperature, and fertility are outlined. 



Agriculture in public schools, A. D. De Witt (Schoolmaster, 2 (1JW8),- 

 Xo. I}, pp. 313-31(1). — An outline is given of the course of study at the St. Louis 

 (Micb.) High School, which includes instruction in agriculture during the sec- 

 ond and third years. 



One hundred experiments in elementary agriculture for California schools, 

 li. O. JoiiNsox (San Francisco, 1008, pp. '/2). — The experiments given in this 

 pamphlet are grouped under 2 headings, (1) the needs of the plants, and (2) 

 supplying tlie needs of the plants. There are experiments to show the need of 

 plants for water, air, warmtli, light, carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, and oxygen, 

 with suj)plementary exercises to illustrate the preparation of oxygen, hydro- 

 gtMi, nitrogen, limewater, and carbon dioxid. The experiments showing how 

 to supply the needs of the plant illustrate osmosis, preparation of crude phos- 

 phoric acid, potash, and saltpeter, tests for acids, alkalis, and salts, pei'cola- 

 tlon, capillarity, evaporation, transpiration in plants, the circulation of water 

 in i)lants, and other physiological phenomena of plant growth. 



Experimental studies of plant growth. B. M. Davis (Miami liuL, 7. scr., 

 I'.tOH, Xo. 1, pp. 32, fi(/s. 17). — The writer has outlined suggestions to teachers 

 and 42 experimental studies of plant growth to follow his exercises on The 

 Soil and Its Relation to Plants (E. S. R., 19, p. 390). In this later series he 

 takes up the germination of seeds and simi)le physiological experiments in the 

 ilevelopment of the seed grain, including such matters as the development of 

 starch and sugar and tests for these substances, the absorption of carbon dioxid 

 by the leaf, the giving off of oxygen, transpiraticm, and regi<ms of growth in 

 ili(Ti'reiit parts of the plant. A list of materials and their cost is given. 



Sheep, K. J. Kinzer (Industrialist, Farmers' Inst. Scr., I (W08), Xo. J, /)/>. 

 l')'>-tfi3, figs. 7). — This article considers the breeds, feeding, care, and manage- 

 ment of sheep under the following topics: Selecting a breed, including brief 

 descriptions of the more common breeds in America, how to judge a sheep, 

 ireneral care and management, selection of quarters, breeding season, .^hearing, 

 ■iiid care of the flock. There are als<» 2 contributed article.s viz. Sheep ou the 

 Farm, by .lohn I>. Marshall, of Walton, Kans., and Problems of the Sheep Indus- 

 try in Kansas, by K. I). King, of P>nrlington, Kans., as well as score cards for 

 sheep. 



Study of birds and their economic value. \V. L. Fi.nm.ey (Leaflets Listing 

 and Describing Birds of Oregon, Xo. I, pp. 7. fig. I). — This is the first of a scries 

 of leaflets to b<> issued by the Oregon State biologist for the use of pupils in 

 the public sdiools and others interested in nature study. It considers the fol- 

 lowing subjects: IIow to interest children, discrimination between us(>ful and 

 harmful birds, changes that affect bird life, how birds regulate outbreaks of 



