198 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Outlines of nature studies, W. Lochhead (Oni. Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm Bui. 

 142, pp. 48).— This bulletin is published for the use of teachers, and includes sugges- 

 tive outlines for nature-study work on a large number of common subjects in plant 

 and animal life, weather, water, and soils. A classified list of helpful books in nature 

 study is appended. 



Boys' agricultural clubs, D. J. Crosby ( V. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1904, pp. 489- 

 496, ph. 3).— The author gives a brief account of the origin and progress of boys' 

 agricultural clubs in Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, and Texas, and comments on the influence 

 of this work upon the boys and the other members of the communities in which such 

 clubs have been organized. 



Hints for the guidance of exhibitors at school shows (Bot. Dept. [Trinidad], 

 Bui. Misc. Triform., 1904, No. 44, pp. 128-131) . — Directions are given for preparing, 

 exhibiting, and judging over 30 different varieties of vegetables and fruits for school 

 shows. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1904 ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1904, pp. 776, pis. 76, figs. 64).— The Yearbook for 1904 has been prepared on the same 

 general plan followed in previous years. It contains a report of the Secretary on the 

 work of the Department during the year, 31 miscellaneous articles noted elsewhere 

 in this issue, and an appendix consisting of a summary of information on various 

 subjects of agricultural interest. 



Report of Connecticut State Station, 1904 [Connecticut State Sta. Rpt. 1904, 

 pi. 5, pp. XV). — These pages appended to part 5 of the annual report contain the 

 organization list, an announcement concerning the work of the station, a report of 

 the board of control, a financial statement for the year ended September 30, 1904, 

 and a table of contents to the different parts of the report, which have been noted 

 elsewhere. 



Experiments at Fort Hays Branch Station, 1902-1904, J. G. Haney and 

 O. H. Elling f Kansas Sta. Bid. 128. pp. 251-329, pis. 11).— This includes a history 

 of the branch station and reports and summaries of experiments along several lines 

 which have been conducted during 2 years. The experimental work is noted else- 

 where in this issue. 



Seventeenth Annual Report of Tennessee Station, 1904 ( Tennessee Sta. Rpt. 

 1904, pp- 93-107). — This contains the organization list; brief reports by the presi- 

 dent of the university and the botanist, chemist, dairyman, horticulturist, and libra- 

 rian of the station; a list of the bulletins issued by the station; and a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904. 



Experiment Station Work, XXIX (V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 225, pp. 32. 

 figs. 6). — This number includes articles on the following subjects: Injury by smoke 

 and gases, fertilizer mixtures, flint varieties of corn, buying and judging seed corn, 

 tobacco seed, cowpea seed, treating seed oats for smut, potato culture, tomato grow- 

 ing, influence of feed on milk, protecting cows from flies, experiments with turkeys, 

 mineral matter for chickens, brooder house, American Camembert cheese, and 

 swelling in canned peas. 



Proceeding's of the second annual reunion of the Ohio State Board of 

 Agriculture; the College of Agriculture, Ohio State University; the farmers' 

 institute lectures of Ohio; and the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station 

 [Ohio Sta. Bui. 151, pp. 147-194) —This contains the addresses and discussions on 

 the various subjects considered at the meeting, which was held at the experiment 

 station in June, 1904. 



Consumers' fancies, G. K. Holmes ( V. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1904, pp. 417-434)- — 

 The author mentions various whims or fancies of consumers in the purchase of 

 butter, cheese, fruits, meats, and other products. As an illustration, it is mentioned 



