1198 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



hullctiii (l.-ita for ;i sefviccalilt' inil)lic school uiiinuai oil the selection and study 

 of seed-coi'ii. 



The house fly as a carrier of disease, W. L. T'NnKRWOOD (/Imniiton Lcafld.s, 

 n. scr., 5 {1009), No. 3, pp. 8, figs. 2). — This leaflet deals with the house fly as 

 a carrier of disease. It contains a reproduction of a fly's footprints on a plate 

 of jelly as shown by the colonies of bacteria which developed from them in 12 

 hours. 



Illinois Arbor and Bird Days, F. G. Blair (fipringficUI, 111.: Dept. J'tth. 

 Instr., IDOD, pp. ''•>. fiffs. (>'/). — This bulletin is unustially well illustrated with 

 half-tone engravings of fruit and Howering trees, vines, palms, ferns, house and 

 garden plants, and all the common birds of the State. The economic value of 

 birds is fully explained, and a chapter is given to the projiagatiou and distri- 

 bution of game birds by the State. 



Wisconsin Arbor and Bird Day annual, 1909, O. 8. ItiCE {Madison, Wis.: 

 State Siipt. of Pub. //(.sf/-., J'JOf), pp. 120, pis. 6. fliis. I',). — In addition to other 

 matter, this contains 6 colored plates illustrating the rose-breasted grosbeak, 

 black and white creeping warbler, American sparrow hawk, bai-n swallow, 

 screech owl. and horned lark. 



Elements of Philippine Agriculture, E. B. Copeland {Yonkers-on-Hudson, 

 X. Y., and Manila, 1908, pp. XV+192, figs. 126).— This text on elementary 

 agriculture, designed for the island schools, deals with the subject from the 

 standpoint of the native agricultural soils, plants, and insects, but includes 

 maize and several other crops that are common to America. Among those 

 peculiar to the region may be mentioned the jack-fruit, papaya, taro, amiialaya, 

 abaca, mangosteen, atis, and chico. The book includes directions for school 

 gardens, experiments, plant records, and the use of tools, and is illustrated to 

 show the contrast between primitive Philippine implements and methods and 

 the most modern developments, such as the steam plow and grain thrasher. 



A practical arithmetic, F. L. Stevens, T. Butler, and Mrs. F. L. Stevens 

 (New York, 1908, pp. IX+S8G). — This arithmetic is distinguished by the large 

 proportion of agricultural problems, these forming probably 75 per cent of the 

 whole number given. They convey, mostly by implication, a large amount of 

 information on seed selection, judicious use of fertilizers, balancing of animal 

 rations, crop rotation, prevention or treatment of plant diseases, conservation 

 of soil moisture and soil fertility, prevention of insect injury, methods of har- 

 vesting, dairying and herd improvement, poultry culture, good roads, etc. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The importance of scientific experimentation in agriculture, J. Schroeder 

 (7. Contj. Rural An. [Uruguai/]. 1H08, pp. 31-60, fiys. 7). — A paper jiresented at 

 the Seventh Annual Rural Congress of Uruguay. Some of the beneficial results 

 secured from systematic agricultural experimentation in other countries are 

 pointed out and a plea is made for the development of such work in Uruguay. 



Preliminary report of the Territorial Conservation Commission of Hawaii 

 {Iluiraii. Forester and Agr., 5 {1908), No. 12, pp. JJ.'/-J.'/7).— This report in- 

 cludes a summary of data as to the nature and present condition of the natural 

 resources of the Territory, with recommendations as to their development and 

 use. 



Conservation of Hawaii's natural resources {Honolulu : Bd. Comrs. Agr. 

 and Forestry, 1909, pp. 21). — This consists of the addresses before the Terri- 

 torial legislature March 1, 1909, by the governor and his conferees who attended 

 the governors' conference with the President in Washington, D. C, in May, 1908, 

 and by others 



