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29. "Digest of School Laws." Ibid. (1904), 249-518. 



A condensed account of organization of all state departments of edu- 

 cation is given and a summary of school laws from time of organization of 

 each state department to 1904. 



30. State School Systems. EDWARD C. ELLIOTT. U.S. Bureau of Education, 

 Bulletin No. 3, 1906. 



This contains legislation and judicial decisions relating to public educa- 

 tion from October i, 1904, to October i, 1906. 



31. Idem. Bulletin No. 7, 1908. 



This contains legislation and judicial decisions relating to public edu- 

 cation from October i, 1906, to October i, 1908. 



32. Course of Study for Departments of Agriculture and Home Economics. 

 V. L. ROY. Baton Rouge, La. : State Department of Education (1910), 



64. 



Most of this bulletin is devoted to agriculture. It includes require- 

 ments for departments of agriculture in high schools, outlines of courses 

 of study, syllabi of courses on general agriculture, farm animals, farm 

 bookkeeping, chemistry, dairying, agricultural engineering, entomology, 

 farm crops, field practice, horticulture, rural law, farm management, poultry, 

 shop practice, and soils and fertilizers. Directions to teachers of agri- 

 culture are given. A list of apparatus and reference books is also included. 



33. Agricultural Projects for Elementary Schools. JULIUS E. WARREN. The 

 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Education, Bui. i (1911), 53. 



"This manual is prepared as a guide to teachers and superintendents 

 in the introduction of work in agriculture in elementary schools." It con- 

 sists of projects including potatoes, corn, tomatoes, beets, Swiss chard, 

 carrots, parsnips, spinich, lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, kohl-rabi, alfalfa, 

 sweet peas ; suggestions for garden work, including nature of appeal to 

 pupils, equipment, and general suggestions ; laboratory work consisting of 

 twelve exercises such as testing germinating power of small seeds, to 

 show that plants need air, to show that liquids move upward through 

 plants, etc. ; collateral work including letters, filing letters, diaries, themes, 

 stories, illustrations, drawing, reading, memory selections, arithmetic, etc. 



34. Course of Study for Agricultural High Schools. D. C. HULL, J. W. BELL, 

 and H. L. WHITFIELD. Jackson, Miss. : State Department of Education 

 (1910), 8. 



Among the subjects discussed are : How to establish an agricultural 

 high school ; How to make a success of the school ; When the school will 

 fail ; Inspector of agricultural high schools ; Experimental stage of the 

 schools ; Course of study. 



35. Manual of Agriculture for the Public Schools of Vermont. G. L. GREEN, 

 L. C. COOK, and T. J. ABBOTT. Montpelier, Vt.: State Department of 

 Education (1911), 61. 



Sixty-nine exercises in elementary agriculture are given : twenty-two 

 on soils, four on soil chemistry, twelve on seed germination, nine on plant 

 growth, ten on crops, nine on forestry, and four on animal life. Score 

 cards for potatoes, vegetables, cheese, butter, and dairy cattle, and a list of 

 references are also given. 



