410 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Better roads for Missouri (Mo. Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui . 5 ( 1905, I No. &, pp. 30, figs. 10).— 

 A fourth revised edition of this bulletin, dealing mainly with road dragging by the 

 King method (E. S. R., 15, p. 415). 



Industrial and agricultural development in Europe and America, A. Chat- 

 terton (Madras: Rev. Dept., 1905, pp. 36). — This report to the Madras Government 

 contains the information bearing on various lines of agriculture, obtained during an 

 extended trip through Europe and the United States. 



Much statistical matter is given on the extent of irrigation, the cost and value of 

 water obtained by pumping for irrigation, the use of electric power and of gasoline 

 and steam for pumping, the size and location of wells, the use of centrifugal pumps, 

 the use of the windmill, and the development of power for general farm purposes. 



Hydraulic engines at the U. S. Naval coaling- station, Bradford, R. I. 

 {Engl it. News, 54 {1905), No. 5, pp. 127, 128, Jig*. 2). — This is an illustrated descrip- 

 tion of a pair of unusually large hydraulic rams recently built, which show a very 

 high efficiency according to the following results of tests made by engineers of the 

 Navy Department: 



Total water delivered to engine, gallons per minute 

 Water delivered to standpipe, gallons per minute... 



Power head in engines, feet 



Pumping head, in feet, at engines 



Strokes per minute 



Efficiency, percent (Rankine formula) 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Progress in agricultural education, 1904, A. C. True ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office Expt. Shis. Rpt, 1904, pp. 575-616, pis. 5, jigs. 6). — A review is given in this 

 article of the leading features of progress in agricultural education, including the gen- 

 eral educational work of this Department, the educational work of this Office in 

 relation to both American and foreign institutions, that of the Association of Ameri- 

 can Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, and of the different agricultural 

 colleges, secondary schools, and primary schools throughout the country. 



The article devotes considerable attention to the development of courses of study, 

 especially courses in rural engineering and rural economics and sociology, including 

 an outline for a proposed course in rural sociology by K. L. Butterfield. A report 

 on The Teaching of Agriculture in the Rural Common Schools, presented by the 

 standing committee on methods of teaching agriculture at the last convention of 

 the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, is also 

 included. 



Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, W. H. Evans and W. H. 

 Beal ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1904, pp. 687-7 U, ph. 8).— Included in 

 this article are brief descriptions of the exhibit of this Office in the Government 

 Building, and that of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts and experiment 

 stations in the Palace of Education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 



Annual report of farmers' institutes, 1904, J. Hamilton (U. >S'. Dept. Agr., 

 Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1904, pp. 617-675). — This report includes a brief review of the 

 work of the farmers' institute specialist for 1904; an account of the annual meeting 

 of the American Association of Farmers' institute Workers at St. Louis; a discussion 

 of the progress and needs of the institutes, with suggestions regarding normal schools 

 for institute workers and further aid to the institutes by this Department, and 

 detailed reports on farmers' institutes in the different States and Territories. 



Report of the extension work of the college, A. E. Stene (Bui. R. I. Col. Agr. 

 and Mech. Arts, l (1905), No. 2, pp. .'1. ph. 3, dgm. 1). — This report contains a dis- 

 cussion oi' the aims of college extension in agriculture and an outline of work of this 



