Rural School Agriculture 



By Charles W. Davis. A book intended for the use of 

 both teachers and pupils. Its aim is to enlist the interest of 

 the boys of the farm and awaken in their minds the fact that 

 the problems of the farm are great enough to command all the 

 brain power they can summon. The book is a manual of exer- 

 cises covering many phases of agriculture, and it may be used 

 with any text-book of agriculture, or without a text-book. The 

 exercises will enable the student to think, and to work out the 

 scientific principles underlying some of the most important 

 agricultural operations. The author feels that in the teaching 

 of agriculture in the rural schools, the laboratory phase is al- 

 most entirely neglected. If an experiment helps the pupil to 

 think, or makes his conceptions clearer, it fills a useful pur- 

 pose, and eventually prepares for successful work upon the 

 farm. The successful farmer of the future must be an experi- 

 menter in a small way. Following many of the exercises are a 

 number of questions which prepare the way for further re- 

 search work. The material needed for performing the experi- 

 ments is simple, and can be devised by the teacher and pupils, 

 or brought from the homes. Illustrated. 300 pages. Cloth. 

 5x7 inches $1.00 



Agriculture Through the Laboratory and School 

 Garden 



By C. R. Jackson and Mrs. L. S. Daughertv. As its name 

 implies, this book gives explicit directions for actual work in 

 the laboratory and the school garden, through which agri- 

 cultural principles may be taught. The author's aim has been 

 to present actual experimental work in every phase of the 

 subject possible, and to state the directions for such work so 

 that the student can perform it independently of the teacher, 

 and to state them in such a way that the results will not be 

 suggested by these directions. One must perform the experi- 

 ment to ascertain the result. It embodies in the text a com- 

 prehensive, practical, scientific, yet simple discussion of such 

 facts as are necessary to the understanding of many of the 

 agricultural principles involved in every-day life. The book, 

 although primarily intended for use in schools, is equally 

 valuable to any one desiring to obtain in an easy and pleasing 

 manner a general knowledge of elementary agriculture. Fully 

 illustrated. sJ^ x 8 inches. 462 pages. Cloth. Net . $1.50 



Soil Physics Laboratory Guide 



By W. G. Stevenson and I. O. Schaub. A carefully out- 

 lined series of experiments in soil physics. A portion of the 

 experiments outlined in this guide have been used quite gen- 

 erally in recent years. The exercises (of which there are 40) 

 are listed in a logical order with reference to their relation 

 to each other and the skill required on the part of the student. 

 Illustrated. About 100 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. . $0.50 



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