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Poultry ; Bee-keeping ; Home and School Grounds. There is an Appendix 

 of fifteen pages, including various tables, and also directions for Babcock 

 milk-testing. 



176. Agriculture through the Laboratory and School Garden. C. R. JACKSON 

 and MRS. L. S. DAUGHERTY. New York: Orange Judd Co. (1905), 

 x+403- 



The author's aim is to "present actual experimental work in every phase 

 of the subject possible." Contents : Nature and Formation of the Soil ; 

 Classification and Physical Properties of Soils ; Soil Moisture and Prepara- 

 tion of the Soil ; The Soil as Related to Plants ; Leguminous Plants ; Prin- 

 ciples of Feeding ; Rotation of Crops ; Milk and Its Care ; Propagation of 

 Plants ; Improvement of Plants ; Enemies of Plants ; Ornamentation of 

 Grounds. General References, Agricultural Publications, List of Experi- 

 ment Stations, Publishing Houses, and Glossary follow. For critical sum- 

 mary of his book see 148. 



177. Elementary Agriculture with Practical Arithmetic. K. L. HATCH and 

 J. A. HASELWOOD. Chicago: Row, Peterson & Co. (1905), 198. 



Each chapter is followed by a set of practical farm problems to be used 

 as exercises for arithmetic class. Contents : Growth of Plants ; Plant Water ; 

 Plant Foods ; Soil ; Soil and Crops ; Wearing the Soil ; Legumes ; Drainage ; 

 The Crop ; Insects ; Weeds ; Farm Stock ; Feeding ; The Three C's ; Dairy ; 

 Poultry ; Special Crops ; Farm Buildings ; Accounts ; Forestry ; Grounds ; 

 School Gardening ; Home Gardening ; Barn Plan and Ventilation. 



178. Elements of Agriculture. J. H. SHEPPERD and J. C. MCDOWELL. St. 

 Paul: Webb Publishing Co. (1905), 254. 



This book is intended especially for use in the Northwestern states. 

 "This course of study follows the seasons : the work on farm crops coming 

 in the fall, that on domestic animals in the winter, and the work on soils 

 and the beautifying of the home and school grounds forms a large part of 

 the course during the spring months." 



179. The First Book of Farming. CHARLES L. GOODRICH. New York: 

 Doubleday, Page & Co. (1905), xx+259. 



The subject is developed by means of experiments as follows : Roots ; 

 Soils ; Relation of Soils to Water ; Forms of Soil Water ; Loss of Soil 

 Water ; Soil Temperature ; Plant Food in the Soil ; Seeds ; Seed Planting ; 

 Spading and Plowing ; Harrowing and Rolling ; Leaves ; Stems ; Flowers ; 

 A Fertile Soil ; Soil Water ; After Cultivation of Crops ; Farm Manures ; 

 Commercial Fertilizers ; Rotation of Crops ; Farm Drainage. 



1 80. Agriculture: Its Fundamental Principles. ANDREW M. SOULE and EDNA 

 LEE TURPIN. Richmond, Va.: B. F. Johnson Pub. Co. (1907), 320. 



"The aim of this book is so to state the scientific facts and principles 

 which underlie the processes of agriculture that they will be intelligible 

 and interesting to young people." Contents : The Soil ; The Plant ; Soil 

 Improvement ; Field, Orchard, and Garden Crops ; Crop Enemies and 

 Friends; Domestic Animals; Miscellaneous, Including Trees, Tools, Roads, 

 School Gardens, etc. An Appendix giving tables, references, etc., is 

 included. 



