168 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [7 :6— Sept., 1911 



West Virginia School Agriculture. D. W. Working, editor, 

 Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia College of Agriculture. 



Vol. I of this publication began in November, 1910. It is published 

 monthly from November to April inclusive. Each number is devoted to 

 some special phase of agriculture adapted for use in public school in- 

 struction, e.g. No. 4-5 (pp. 67-88), Vol. I, to "Judging and Testing 

 Corn". It is arranged in a series of lessons: The purpose of corn judg- 

 ing; How judging is done: The score card; Selecting seed corn; 

 Will the corn grow ; Will the corn yield ; Will the corn mature ; Is 

 the corn improving ; The profit in testing corn ; Making the test ; Con- 

 clusions from the test. B. M. D. 



Agricultural Projects for Elementary Schools. By Julius E. 

 Warren, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Education, 

 bulletin No. 1, 191 1. 



"This manual is prepared as a guide to teachers and superintendents 

 in the introduction of work in agriculture in elementary schools". It 

 consists of projects including potatoes, corn, tomatoes, beets, swiss 

 chard, carrots, radishes, kohl-rabi, alfalfa, sweet peas; suggestions for 

 garden work, including aims, nature of appeal to pupils, equipment, 

 and general suggestion ; Laboratory work, consisting of twelve exercises 

 such as testing germinating power of small seeds, to show that plants 

 need air, to show that liquids move upward through plants, etc. ; Col- 

 lateral work including letters, filing letters, diaries, themes, stories, 

 illustrations, drawing, reading, memory, selections, arithmetic, etc. B.M.D. 



The Junior Agriculturist, C. A. Stebbins, editor, Berkeley, Cali- 

 fornia : University of California, College of Agriculture. 



"A little paper issued twice a month for the boys and girls of 

 California." The first number appeared March 18, 191 1. This paper 

 was planned primarily to reach the boys and girls who are studying 

 agriculture in connection with the extension work of the University 

 Agricultural department". Each number consists of two kinds of con- 

 tributions ; suggestions to pupils, the other letters from pupils giving 

 accounts of their work. B. M. D. 



Rural Education: The Soil, R. H. Emberson, Columbia, Mo.: 

 Bulletin of the University of Missouri, Vol. X, No. 10 (1910), pp. 8. 



This bulletin is intended for use of teachers in the rural schools 

 but may be used by pupils of advanced grades. It consists of six lessons : 

 How soils are formed ; The kinds of soil ; Soil texture ; Soil tilth ; 

 The capillary water in soils ; The free water in soils. B. M. D. 



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