IOlM) expi<:kimp:nt station record. 



is ^iven of tlic work of the (station for the year 1!)0.'!, witli hricf notes mi tlic puhhca- 

 tioiis nf the various investigators eoiiiiected with the station. 



Report on the agricultural fund of Cyprus, W. F. II. S.mitii {[jumlnii: /hirliiuj 

 A- Soil., I'Ji).!, jij). .'9). — In tliis paniphiet a slati'inent is made regarding tlie industrial 

 couditions of Cyimis with especial reference to agricultural improvements. Notes 

 are also given on the statistics of agricultural pro<luction, including an account of the 

 growing of various crops such as ligs, cotton, grapi^s, etc., and notes on rainfall and 

 soil conditions. 



Progress in the manufacture of beet sugar during the last ten years, II. 

 ('i,.\.\ssiON {/t.si'Iir. AiH/cir. Cliciii., 17 iHxi-',), .Vw. /.;, jip. o,S'>-.mS!_I; J.',, jiji. 417-4..V). 



Note on the cotton-seed oil industry and the establishment of cotton-seed 

 oil mill in India, J. ^Mollison (A'jr. J,<il(j(i; lUO-l, Xo. .'/ (IVy. I'rud. Scr., JVo. 75), 

 pp. Jlo-J.lJ). 



[Agricultural conditions in Cape of Good Hope], E. A. Nohjss {lieporl of Dr. 

 Erie A. Xohhs,f()r the i/oir I'JO.l. Dipt. A(ir., Cope (•owl Hope, 1904, pp. 7o). — A gen- 

 eral account, including statements regarding irrigation works and develoiiuient in 

 the Colony. 



The organization and -work of agricultural departments in Western 

 Europe and the United States, A. .Schultz {Byudzlidul arganizcttzi/ld i di/cijdlcl- 

 iiosl .'«isl:okIiu:i/<il.'<lreiiiitiikh vijedoniMr zupudnoi Evrupije I Sijevero-Ainerlk(in>iLilc}i Hvedi- 

 ncii.iiitilJt ShUdaklt, St. Feicrshur(j, Depl. Agr., 1903, 2>P- 4'^-5.) — The author presents 

 a detailed account of the organization, work, equipment, and linancial support of the 

 Department of Agriculture in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, (Ireat Britain, Belgium, 

 France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and the United States. 



The settlement of Samoa, F. Wohltmann {Ffianzuiuj mid Sicdluii;/ niif Sdinod. 

 Berlin: Kolotiial-Wirischafllidie Kumitee, 1904, 2^1^- V-\-164, pli^. ~'0, fi(js. 9, inup.^. 4)- — 

 This is a report on agricultural conditions in the Island. 



Agriculture in primary schools [New Zealand Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1903, pj). 410-422, 

 plx.. 3, dgm. 1). — An account is given of the teaching of elementary agriculture in 

 iNIaurii'eville West School, with syllabus of the theoretical and practical work offered 

 during the first and second years. A jilan of the garden is given with a nundjer of 

 illustrations showing different pliases of the work. 



Progress in women's education in the British Empire {London and Xciu 

 Y(n-k: Loiigiiinn.'^, Green & Co., 1S98, pp. XXIV+370, churls 5, dgrn!<. 2). — This book 

 is the report of the proceedings of the Education Section of the Victorian Era Exhi- 

 bition in 1897, and is edited by the Countess of Warwick. It contains three series 

 of papers and addresses on the following subjects: (1) Education of children; (2) 

 some professions open to women; and (3) education in India and the colonies: Uni- 

 versity extension. Under " professions open to women " appear a mmiber of papers 

 on agricultural education for women in Great Britain and the colonies. 



How to teach nature study, A. M. Kelloc4G {Neu: York and Chicago: E. L. Kel- 

 logg (.{■ Co., pp. 5')-f- VII, vliartH 6). — This is the second number of a series of "How 

 to Teach" Manuals. In it the author defines the term " nature study," gives its 

 origin, object, etc., as well as detailed general and special methods for teaching this 

 subject. The Massachusetts course of nature study covering nine years is fully 

 described. 



Science teaching and nature study {Soutliamjitoii: II ^f. (lilbert <(• S<ni, pji. .^.s"). — 

 This is the report of the i)roceedings of the nature study conference and exhiliition 

 held at the Hartley College, Southampton, in Jtme, 1902. Educational institutions 

 of all classes joined in sending contributions which made the exhihition a pronounced 

 success. 



At the conference the following papers were read: The Aim and Object of Nature 

 Study, l)y H. lledger Wallace; Ik'ginning the Study of Science, by A. T. Simmons; 

 The Teaching of Natural History on Humane Lines, by Mrs. Suckling; Example of 



