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181. Rural School Agriculture. CHARLES W. DAVIS. New York: Orange 

 Judd Co. (1907), vii+267. 



"This book is a manual of exercises covering many phases of agriculture" 

 as follows : Plants ; Soils and Fertilizers ; Corn ; Wheat and Oats ; Cotton ; 

 Feeds and Feeding ; Milk ; Fruits ; Home Grounds ; Insects ; Spraying. 

 There is a Glossary and an Appendix of useful tables. 



182. Agriculture for Southern Schools. J. F. DUGGAR. New York: Mac- 

 millan (1908), 355. 



As the title indicates, this book is intended especially for southern 

 schools, the adaptation being the use of the best practices and materials 

 of southern agriculture for illustration. 



The first part of the book deals with plant growth, including the plant's 

 relation to the soil. The second part deals with crops, including enemies 

 (the cotton boll-weevil receiving particular attention), animal husbandry, 

 farm machinery. Important reference tables are arranged in an Appendix. 



183. Elements of Agriculture. W. C. WELBORN. New York: Maonillan 



(1908), xvi+359. 



This book is prepared for use in southern and western elementary 

 schools. Three phases of the subject are taken up as follows : Crop Produc- 

 tion, including the plant and its environment, characteristics of various 

 field crops, soil fertility, etc. ; Special Crops, in which the management of 

 each crop is described in detail ; Animal Production, including feeding and 

 ration, care of animals, various kinds of farm animals in detail. An Ap- 

 pendix gives a classification of the most common economic plants, plant 

 diseases, and insect enemies of plants and their remedies, score cards for 

 judging, and a Glossary. 



184. First Principles of Soil Fertility. ALFRED VIVIAN. New York: Orange 

 Judd Co. (1908), 265. 



The book is intended for home reading as well as for school use. It 

 is divided into four parts : Plant Food, Its Nature and Source ; Making 

 Potential Plant Food Available ; Barnyard Manure ; Commercial Fertilizers. 



185. Manual of Agriculture for the Common Schools of Illinois. D. O. BARTO. 

 New York: Appleton & Co. (1908), 52. 



"The writer has tried to outline in this little guide sets of studies and 

 exercises in agriculture on topics of general importance and interest to 

 farmers in all sections of Illinois." The "sets of exercises" are as follows : 

 What Is a Soil ? Water ; Demands on Water Supply of the Soil ; Saving 

 the Soil Water ; Effect of Color on Temperature of Soils ; Plant and Essen- 

 tials of Plant Production ; Seed ; Testing the Seed ; Importance of Fine 

 Tilth; Seed Planting; Roots; Root Tubercles; Inoculating the Soil; Plot 

 Experiments ; How Necessary Fertilizers Can Be Obtained ; Care of Plot 

 Experiments in Vacation ; Studies in Corn ; Pollination. Two pages of 

 references are given. 



186. One Hundred Lessons in Elementary Agriculture. A. W. NOLAN. Mor- 

 gantown, W.Va.: Acme Publishing Co. (1908). 



The wide range of topics included in the hundred lessons touches all 

 important phases of agricultural problems. Soils, seeds, gardens, trees, 

 crops, insects, weeds, poultry, foods, birds, machinery, rural civics, and eco- 

 nomics these suggested by titles of prominent lessons indicate the scope 

 of the book. Much of it is nature-study with agricultural materials and 

 some of it is strictly the technical aspect of the science of agriculture. 



