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170. Idem, School Science and Mathematics, XI, No. 3 (March, 1911), 205-15. 



A further report of the experiment referred to in 144. The following 

 significant statement occurs among the conclusions of the author : "In former 

 discussions those who advocated applied science have been forced to take 

 the defensive. While the data here obtained do not finally settle the question 

 of the relative merits of the pure-science and applied-science approach to 

 secondary-school zoology, they do shift the burden of proof to those who 

 advocate the cultural approach." 



171. "Development of the Textbook of Agriculture in North America." 

 L. H. BAILEY. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment 

 Stations, Annual Report for 1903, 689-712. 



This article is based on a similar contribution to Book Reviews, VII 

 (1899), No. 2, 43-53, but is greatly extended. An abridged discussion of 

 this subject by the same author is found in the Cyclopedia of American 

 Agriculture, IV (1909), 379-85. 



A historical account of the development of the textbook of agriculture 

 in North America is given, and is followed by an annotated chronological 

 bibliography of fory-nine titles, including the first textbook (1824) and all 

 others known to the writer at the time of publication (1903). 



172. "Textbooks of Agriculture." B. M. DAVIS. Nature-Study Review, V 

 (1909), No. 9, 244-48. 



Four types of textbooks are briefly discussed. These are illustrated by 

 reviews of seven textbooks. 



173. "Some Textbooks for Secondary-School Agriculture." C. H. ROBISON. 

 Nature-Study Review, III (1907), No. 6, 180-85. 



The article is introduced by a general discussion of the movement for 

 agricultural education, and is followed by a detailed account and criticism 

 of three well-known textbooks representing three distinct types. 



174. The School and Farm. CHARLES A. EGGERT. Chicago: W. M. Welch 

 & Co. (1902), 279. 



The book is divided into six parts : Basis and Conditions of Farming ; 

 Field Crops ; Animals on the Farm ; Forest ; Science and Agriculture ; Rural 

 Scenery. Each part is divided into chapters, e.g., Part II into Raising and 

 Rotation of Field Crops ; Grain Crops, Corn ; Grass, Clover, and Hay ; Root 

 Crops, Potatoes ; Value of Different Fertilizers ; Silos and Ensilage. 



175. First Principles of Agriculture. EMMETT S. GOFF and D. D. MAYNE. 

 New York: American Book Co. (1904), 248. 



"The first part is based on experiments which may be performed in the 

 school or at home. A summary entitled 'What We Have Learned' has 

 been placed at the close of each chapter. These summaries furnish definite 

 statements for pupils to learn, and may be used by the teacher as a basis 

 for drill work." 



There are forty chapters : Dead and Living Matter ; Soil and Soil 

 Water ; Plant and Water ; How Plants Grow ; Ideal Soil ; Soil Fertility ; 

 Humus ; Clover ; Rotation ; Saving Soil Moisture ; Plant Parasites ; Seeds 

 and Soil Water ; Air and Germination ; Seed Testing ; How Seeds Come Up ; 

 Value of Large Seeds ; Budding ; Transplanting ; Plant Improvement ; The 

 Flower ; Crop and Weeds ; Garden Orchard ; Insect Destroyers ; Animal 

 Husbandry ; Dairy Breeds ; Beef Breeds ; Feeding ; Horses ; Sheep ; Swine ; 



