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AGRICULTURAL BOOK REVIEWS 



BOYLE, JAMES B.HNBST— Continued 



interesting personal experiences, he sets forth 

 programs and criticisms that are both sound 

 and stimulating. Not so happy is his exposi- 

 tion of the more fundamental economic prob- 

 lems which to many will seem not only over- 

 condensed but ultra-conservative. We cannot 

 agree, for instance, that a seasonal exchange 

 of labor between farm and city is "the final 

 solution" of the agricultural labor problem. 

 Nor do we think that the author is quite fair 

 in ascribing the "farmers' movements" of re- 

 cent years to self-seeking outsiders whose one 

 aim is that of creating suspicion, misunder- 

 standing and ill-will between the farmer and 

 his banker. The wholesale exoneration of the 

 middle-man from the charge of profiteering 

 also is too light and off-hand to carry convic- 

 tion." — Survey 



BRUESS, CHARLES THOMAS. Insects and 

 human welfare. '20 Harvard univ. press 

 $2.50 21-1364 



A very readable collection of five chapters 

 designed to introduce the general public to the 

 principles and practices ot economic entomol- 

 ogy, especially in their biological relationships, 

 being, as the cover page advertises, "an ac- 

 count of the more important relations of in- 

 sects to the health of man, to agriculture, and 

 to forestry." 



Part of the material appeared originally in 

 the Scientific Monthly. 



The major part of the book is directly valu- 

 able to all interested in home economics. 

 Though popularly written, the reader is sur- 

 prised on completing the book,' to find what a 

 wide range of useful as well as interesting in- 

 formation he has acquired. 



The lack of an index is unfortunate, especial- 

 ly in a book containing so much that will be 

 new to its readers. — J Home Econ 



BUELL, JENNIE. Grange master and grange 

 lecturer; with an introduction by Kenyon 

 L. Butterfield. (Farmers' bookshelf) '21 

 Harcourt $1.50 21-15180 



"The Grange master and the grange lectur- 

 er is written for the purpose of pointing out 

 the scope of the work which the organization 

 known as the Grange undertakes and to show 

 how, by its very nature, it tends to cultivate 

 and encourage the higher mental and social 

 attributes of men and women who live on 

 farms. 



It contains a brief sketch of the causes that 

 prompted the forming of such an organization 

 among and by farmers; and it recounts some 

 of the Grange's early history as a basis for 

 the later parts of the book which deal more 

 specially with methods of developing the hu- 

 man material which a country neighborhood 

 offers to a Grange. It is a close-at-hand ac- 

 count of how the Grange affords an ideal plan 

 for thus sowing the seed, nurturing the grow- 

 ing crop and, finally, harvesting the yield of 

 those human traits and talents which develop 

 best under favorable encouragement. But it 

 goes further than to depict the plan to those 

 who have hitherto known little or nothing of 

 the Grange; it attempts to put practical in- 

 structions and helps drawn from experience 

 into such form as to be a guide to those who 

 may be elected officers of a Grange. 



The province of a Grange Master is set forth 

 as a field of administrative opportunity of a 

 high type, — one in which the right man, 

 growing in his job, exerts an influence that 

 may be far-reaching and of tremendous im- 

 port. Grange Lecturers will find in this book 

 a sympathetic statement of what confronts 

 them when elected to this office; but, also, be- 

 side its obligations and difficulties, are placed 

 the wide opportunities and rich personal re- 

 turns that wait upon zealous efforts. Program 

 building is assumed to be something akin to 

 a genuine profession. The author has made an 

 effort to anticipate and answer all those ques- 

 tions that arise in the mind of a new Lecturer 

 of a Subordinate Grange when he begins to 

 make and conduct programs." — Editor's pref- 

 ace. K. L. B. 



BURNHAM, ATHEL CAMPBELL. Commun- 

 ity health problem. '20 Macmillan $1.60 



21-251 



The book is a complete survey of the com- 

 munity health problem and of the growth, pres- 

 ent status and future possibilities of the fed- 

 eral health service. Its object is to give medi- 

 cine in its relation to community health to the 

 welfare worker, public health nurses, practicing 

 physicians and all those interested in the com- 

 inunity welfare movement. Contents: The 

 health of the community; Sickness as a cause of 

 poverty; The private physician and community 

 health; Health departments and community 

 health; The public health nurse; The campaign 

 for better health; Workmen's compensation in- 

 surance; Compulsory health insurance; Indus- 

 trial medicine; State medicine; Health center*; 

 The social unit experiment; "Tuberculosis; So- 

 cial hygiene in its relation to community health; 

 Rehabilitation of the disabled; Endowed health 

 deinonstrations; References to recent publica- 

 tions; and index. — Book review digest. 



BURR, WALTER. Rural organization. '21 



Macmillan $2.25 21-14308 



"The work presented here is the result of 

 the author's experience in rural organization 

 in local communities, first as a local leader 

 and later as a rural organization specialist on 

 the federal and state cooperative basis. As a 

 part of that experience the author inade a 

 careful study of many types of rural work 

 throughout the United States, and has kept in 

 touch, in so far as possible, with rural devel- 

 opment abroad. His purpose has been to se- 

 cure the best for those communities for which 

 he has felt a special responsibility." 



Contents: Pt I, General principles, organiza- 

 tions and institutions: The rural community; 

 Typical organizations of national scope; Re- 

 lationship of permanent community institu- 

 tions; Pt II, Community economic functions; 

 Farm production; Marketing; Securing sup- 

 plies; Finance; Communication and transporta- 

 tion; Pt III, Community social functions; Edu- 

 cation; Sanitation and health; Recreation; 

 Beautiflcation; Home-making. 



DUNCAN, CARSON SAMUEL. Marketing; its 

 problems and methods. '20 Appleton $3.50 



21-103 



Contents: Introduction; Part 1, Raw materials 

 and foodstuffs; Analysis of the commodity; 

 Analysis of the market; Trade organization; 

 The middleman; Transportation; Organized ex- 

 changes; The warehouse; Commercial grading 

 of commodities; Trade information; Market 

 price; Financing distribution; Part 2, Manu- 

 factured products; Analysis of commodity; 

 Analyzing the market; Distributive organiza- 

 tion; "New type" retailers; Business policies; 

 Defending and extending the market; Sales 

 organization; Economics of advertising; Mer- 

 chandising costs and prices; Merchandising 

 and social control. 



"It may be news to not a few of our readers 

 that the problems and methods of marketing 

 are actually taught in American schools and 

 colleges. The material of Dr Duncan s book 

 has been largely accumulated through years 

 of teaching classes in marketing. It is a broad 

 survey, intended to serve as a foundation tor 

 more specialized studies. It is based on actual 

 business experience." Review of reviews 



"The first book to cover thoroughly the 

 marketing of manufactured goods, as well as 

 of raw materials and farm products. To those 

 interested in the warehouse, transportation, 

 exchange, advertising, and any other agency 

 of distribution, the practical value of the book 

 will be evident."— Publisher. . ^ ^ 



Dr Duncan was formerly assistant professor 

 of Commercial organization in the University 

 of Chicago 



EDDY, WALTER HOLLIS. The vitamine 

 manual. '21 Williams & Wilkins co^_^^^2^50 



The presentation of essential data concerning 

 vitamines to succeeding groups of students has 

 become increasingly difficult with the develop- 

 ment of research in this field. The literature 



