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applicants for sittings and chicks is fixed by the County Authority for 

 the area in which the Station is situated, to whom appUcation should 

 be made for particulars regarding the scheme. 



January Journal : Errata. On p. 963. lines 3 and 15 from the 

 bottom, in the Editorial Note, *' The Forestry Act, 19T9/' 

 for a Forest Station " read " afforestation. " 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



A Course of Practical Chemistry for Agrricultural Students, Vol, 2, 

 Part I. — H. A. Neville and L. F. Newman (Cambridge : University 

 Press, 1 91 9, 55. net). Primarily designed for the use of students taking 

 the degree n agricultural science at Cambridge, this series of laboratory 

 exercises should also prove useful to agricultural students who have 

 not taken a course in organic chemistry. The directions for practical 

 work are accompanied by simple explanatory notes. 



Land Dralnasre from Field to Sea. — C. H. J. Clayton, M.B.E., 

 A.M.I.M.E. (London : " Country Life," Ltd., 1919, 6s. net). This 

 work has been designed to convey in as popular and untechnical 

 manner as possible some of the leading principles and items of practice 

 which underlie the operations necessary to prevent the flooding and 

 waterlogging of agricultural land. Although the sub-title "From 

 Field to Sea " suggests the course naturally followed by drainage water, 

 the subject is dealt with in the inverse order, with the object of 

 emphasising the prime necessity of improving and maintaining the main 

 outfall channels. The book contains an introduction by Sir Ailwyn 

 Fellowes and a brief history of drainage legislation, and should appeal 

 not only to agriculturists and landowners but to members of Drainage 

 Boards, Commissioners of Sewers and County Drainage Committees. 



Botany for Agrricultural Students. — John N. Martin (New York, 

 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. : London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 12s. 6d. net). 

 The author, who is Professor of Botany in the Iowa State College of 

 Agriculture, states that this book is intended for elementary courses in 

 botany in colleges and universities. In its preparation the aim has been 

 to present the fundamental principles of botany, with emphasis upon the 

 practical application of these principles from the point of view of 

 agriculture. The subject matter is presented in two parts. Part I. 

 is devoted to the study of the structures and functions chiefly of 

 flowering plants, and Part II. deals with the kinds of plants, relationships, 

 evolution, heredity, and plant breeding. 



Physiology of Farm Animals (Part I. General), T. B. Wood, C.B.E., 

 and F. H. A. Marshall (Cambridge : University Press, 1920, i6s. net). 

 This first volume, which is by Dr. Marshall, is addressed primarily to 

 students of agriculture who may wish to obtain some knowledge of 

 the simpler physiological processes as they occur in farm animals, but 



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