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Fuller, Myron L. Underground waters for farm use. 1910. 58 p. illus. (Interior dept. Geological survey. Water-supply paper 255)

Discusses very interestingly the sources of water supply, underground waters and their protection-necessity and methods. Some 75 half-tones and figures showing types of geologic formations in which water occurs; how ground and surface water become polluted and how it can be protected; how wells are sunk and water is raised.

Howard, L. O. Economic loss to the people of the United States through insects that carry disease. 1909. 40 p. (Agriculture dept. Entomology bureau. Bulletin 78) 10 cts.

Deals mainly with the mosquito and house, or "typhoid," fly. Well and simply written. Very suggestive.

House flies. 1911. 16 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 459) Life history; how they carry disease; remedies and preventives; what cities and towns can do. Told in non-technical language.

How insects affect health in rural districts. Revised, 1908. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 155)

19 p. illus. City and country conditions compared; how insects transmit malaria, typhoid, yellow fever, and other diseases; fine drawings of 16 common insects.

Remedies and preventives against mosquitoes. 1911. 15 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 444)

Discusses protection from bites, smudges and fumigants, traps, remedies, and abolition of breeding places. Gives many good prescriptions.

Some facts about malaria. 1911. 13 p. illus. (Agriculutre dept. Farmers' bulletin 450)

Its cause, method of infection, malarial mosquitoes, prevention and cure.

and Marlatt, C. L. The principal household insects of the United States. Revised, 1902. 131 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Entomology bureau. Bulletin 4) 10 cts.

Contains also a chapter on insects affecting cereals and other dry vegetable foods, by F. H. Chittenden. The book covers its field in an interesting and popularly written manner; describing the various insects, telling their life-histories and habits, and giving remedies.

Kebler, L. F. Habit-forming agents: their indiscriminate sale and use a menace to the public welfare. 1910. 19 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 393)

Told in non-technical language; for high-school work.

Morgan, F. P., and Rupp, Philip. Harmfulness of headache mixtures. 1907. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 377)

16 pp.

The plain truth, in plain language, about acetanilid, antipyrin, and phenacetin. For high schools especially.

Lane, C. B., and Weld, Ivan C. A city milk and cream contest as a practical method of improving the milk supply. 1907. 28 p. (Agriculture dept. Animal industry bureau. Circular 117) 5 cts.

Gives complete description of a dairymen's contest held by the city of Cleveland; methods and results.

See also Kelly, Ernest. Milk and cream contests, etc. 1912. (Agriculture dept. Animal industry bureau. Circular 205) 5 cts.

Lantz, David E. How to destroy rats. 1909. 20 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 369)

Methods of prevention are also given.

Leake, James P. Contagious diseases: Their prevention and control in children's institutions. 1913. 7 p. (Treasury dept. Public health bureau. Supp. 6 to the Public health reports) 5 cts.

Simple directions for the recognition of 7 diseases.

Marlatt, C. L. Important insecticides: Directions for their preparation and use. Revised, 1908. 48 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 127)

"Without going minutely into the field of remedies and preventives ... it is proposed to give in this bulletin brief directions concerning a few of the insecticide agents having the widest range and attended with the greatest usefulness, economy, and ease of application." Does not take up household insects.

Moore, George T. The contamination of public water supplies by algæ. 1902. 10 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Yearbook. Reprint 262) 5 cts.

Flowering plants and algæ that flourish in reservoirs; preventives. Two well-executed color plates of algae types.

Page, Logan Waller. Dust preventives. 1908. 8 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Yearbook. Reprint 448) 5 cts.

Discusses, and tells ways to use, oils, coal tar, solutions, and emulsions.

Mohler, John R., and Smith, Erwin F. How to prevent typhoid fever. 1911. 8 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 478)

The danger from typhoid; nature of the disease; sanitary measure to be taken; vaccination against it. For secondary schools.

Public health reports.

A weekly publication, reaching more than 2,200 pages in the course of a year, issued by the Public health service. Price, $2 per year. Hardly suitable for school use. In addition, the Service has issued bulletins on such diseases as infantile paralysis, plague, leprosy, yellow fever, and hookworm, which might be useful locally.

Rogers, L. A. Directions for the home pasteurization of milk. 1912. 3 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Animal industry bureau. Circular 197).

Intended for city dwellers. For circular written especially for country dwellers, see The pasteuri zation of milk. (Agriculture dept. Animal industry bureau. Circular 184) 5 cts.

Some scientific conclusions concerning alcoholic problem and its practical relations to life, papers read at semiannual meeting of American society for study of alcohol and other drug narcotics, Washington, D. C., Mar., 1909. 179 p. (61st Cong., 1st sess. Senate document 48) 15 cts.

Stiles, C. W., and Lumsden, L. L. The sanitary privy. 1911. 32 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 463)

Written with especial reference to country conditions; gives plans of sanitary privies, tells dangers from insanitary ones; outlines simple plans for avoiding soil pollution.

Tuberculosis: A plain statement of facts regarding the disease, prepared especially for farmers and others interested in live stock, by the international commission of the American veterinary medical association on the control of bovine tuberculosis. 1911. 23 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 473)

Tells only of tuberculosis in cattle and methods of controlling the disease. Written in very simple, nontechnical language.

Wilson, Elmina T. Modern conveniences for the farm home. 1906. 48 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 270)

What should be requirements in water supply, plumbing, earth closets, sewage and refuse disposal, and heating; examples; how to introduce inprovements in houses already built.

NATURE STUDY.

Arbor day. 1911. 4 p. (Agriculture dept. Forest service. Circular 96) 5 cts. Gives lesson of the day, relation of nature study to forestry, forest topics to group about Arbor day, and planting suggestions. A valuable guide to teachers in planning the day's program. Bailey, Vernon. Biological survey of Texas. 1905. 222 p. illus. 6 colored maps. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. North American fauna 25)

50 cts.

Good for material which teacher can extract from it for local use. Too scientific for the pupils.

Bailey, Vernon. Directions for the destruction of wolves and coyotes. 1907. 6 p. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 55) 5 cts.

Beal, F. E. L. Birds of California in relation to the fruit industry. 1907. pt. 1. 100 p. illus. in color. 20 cts. 1910. pt. 2. 96 p. illus. in color. 40 cts. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletins 30 and 34) 20 and 40 cts.

All, or nearly all, Californian species treated "in order that it may be possible for the fruit raiser to discriminate between friend and foe." Protective measures against destructive species are also discussed.

Food of our more important fly-catchers. 1912. 67 p. illus. in color. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 44)

17 species are described and their stomach-contents analyzed.

and Judd, Sylvester D. Cuckoos and shrikes in their relation to agriculture. 1898. 26 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 9) 5 cts.

Biological survey bureau.

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Almost, if not quite, without exception, the publications of this bureau are of prime importance to the teacher of nature-study, whether elementary or advanced. Cary, Merritt. A biological survey of Colorado. 1911. 256 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. North American fauna 33) 35 cts.

Good for the material which the teacher can extract from it for local use. Too scientific for pupils. Chesnut, V. K. Thirty poisonous plants of the United States. 1898. 32 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 86) 5 cts.

The first illustrated account of the commonest native species. Description, range and specific poisonous properties of each plant are given, together, in some instances, with treatment. Chittenden, F. H. Some insects injurious to vegetable crops. 1902. 117 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Entomology bureau. Bulletin 33) 10 cts.

More than 40 insects are discussed, principally from the technical standpoint. Many good remedies are given.

Some insects injurious to the violet, rose, and other ornamental plants. 1901. 114 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Entomology bureau. Bulletin 27) 10 cts. Forty insects are discussed in rather technical way. Many good remedies are given, however. Cooke, Wells W. Distribution and migration of North American ducks, geese, and swans. 1906. 90 p. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 26) 10 cts.

A general as well as specific discussion. Many good tables showing distribution. Distribution and migration of North American shorebirds. Revised, 1912. 100 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 35) 10 cts.

Eighty-six species are described specifically.

Distribution and migration of North American warblers. 1904. 142 p. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 18) 10 cts.

Gives routes of migration and southernmost winter ranges of warblers of eastern North America. Largely useful for reference.

Dearborn, Ned. The English sparrow as a pest. 1912. 24 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 493)

History; how to prevent their increase and how to destroy them; how to prepare them for food. Useful work for the high school, whether in city or country.

Directions for the destruction of prairie dogs. 2d rev. ed. 1908. 3 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 32)

Easy ways of poisoning the pests.

Fifty common birds of field and orchard. 1913. 31 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 513) 15 cts.

Briefly gives "the most prominent characteristics of the several species, at least from the standpoint of their relation to man." Each species described is pictured in a well-executed reproduction in colors of drawings made from nature by the well-known bird artist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Useful in rural schools of all grades.

Fisher, A. K. Hawks and owls from the standpoint of the farmer. 1907. 18 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 61) 5 cts.

Corrects misapprehensions.

Forestry in nature study. 1909. 10 p. (Agriculture dept. Experiment stations office. Special circular) 5 cts.

Gives a syllabus for an elementary course. "The Forest service will gladly supply without cost outlines of a plan for school nurseries and plantations and publications for use as textbooks."

Hall, William L. Tree-planting on rural school grounds. 1901. 33 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 134)

"The paper deals with the present condition and needs of rural school grounds and indicates methods for their improvement. It also suggests important lines of study for the teacher and school in connection with trees and forests."

Henkel, Alice. American medicinal barks.

1909. 59 p. illus. (Agriculture dept.

Plant industry bureau. Bulletin 139) 15 cts.

A guide and reference work. Like Miss Henkel's two works listed below, each entry is discussed from the point of view of its pharmacopoeial and common names, habitat and range, description, prices and uses.

American medicinal leaves and herbs. 1911. 56 p. (Agriculture dept. Plant industry bureau. Bulletin 219) 15 cts.

A guide and reference book.
American root drugs.

See above and below.

1907. 80 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Plant indus15 cts.

try bureau. Bulletin 107)

See below.

Chiefly valuable as a guide and reference work. See above.

Weeds used in medicine. 1904. 47 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 188)

Thirty-one plants are described and commercial prices given, accompanied by brief instructions to the farmer for collecting and preparing crude drugs from weeds.

Henshaw, H. W. Does it pay the farmer to protect birds? 1908. 14 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Yearbook. Reprint 443) 5 cts.

A discussion of the services and disservices of some 15 kinds of birds commonly about the farm. Howell, Arthur H. Birds of Arkansas. 1911. 100 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 38) 25 cts.

255 species and sub-species are described. The best book at anywhere near the price for local use. Destruction of the cotton boll weevil by birds in winter. 1908. 5p. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 64) 5 cts.

Insects.

Tells of 53 species which feed on the pest.

For publications or information dealing with any particular kind of insect, write the Bureau of entomology, Department of agriculture.

Jackson, Edwin R. Forestry in nature study. 1911. 43 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 468)

This bulletin outlines a forestry course on logical, progressive lines, for the first six years of the elementary schools. It also suggests experiments; field trips; a forest calendar and museum; names supplementary reading and reference books; and gives a key to the common trees.

Judd, Sylvester D. The bobwhite and other quails of the United States in their economic relations. 1905. 66 p. illus. in color. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 21) 15 cts.

The birds are also discussed from every other standpoint.

Judd, Sylvester D. The grouse and wild turkeys of the United States and their economic value. 1905. 55 p. illus. in color. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 24) 10 cts.

Thirteen varieties are described, chiefly as to preservation, propagation and food habits.

The relation of sparrows to agriculture. 1901. 98 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 15) 10 cts.

Kirkland, A. H. Usefulness of the American toad. 1904. 16 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 196)

Life history and habits; noxious insects eaten. "The toad is one of the best objects for class-room work in nature study."

Lantz, David E. Coyotes in the economic relations.

1905. 28 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 20) 5 cts. Numbers, habits, methods of destroying and protecting country against them. Directions for destroying pocket gophers. Revised, 1908. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 52) 5 cts.

How to trap or poison them.

An economic study of field mice (genus (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau.

4 p. illus.

microtus) 1907. 64 p. illus. Bulletin 31) 15 cts.

Habits, species, destructiveness, relation to the farmer, means of repression.
Raising deer and other large animals in the United States. 1910.

62 P.

illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin 36) 15 cts.

Deer which can be semi-domesticated and raised for venison.

Lucas, F. A. Outline for educational exhibit of fishes. 1910. p. 1341-1351, large 8°. (Commerce dept. Fisheries bureau. Bulletin, v. 28)

McAtee, W. L. Our vanishing shore-birds. 1911. 9 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 79)

What birds should be preserved; why, and how.

Plants useful to attract birds and protect fruit. 1909. 12 p. (Agriculture dept. Yearbook. Reprint 504) 5 cts.

Classified by localities.

and Beal, F. E. L. Some common game, aquatic and rapacious birds in relation to man. 1912. 30 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 497)

Fourteen birds are described, with their pictures. Well, simply, and interestingly written. Of particular value in rural high and agricultural schools.

Merriam, C. Hart. The California ground squirrel. 1910. 15 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Biological survey bureau. Circular 76) 5 cts.

Tells also how to destroy them.

Oberholser, Harry C. The North American

1906. 31 p. illus.

27) 10 cts.

(Agriculture dept.

eagles and their economic relations. Biological survey bureau. Bulletin

An interesting description of the bald, gray sea, and golden eagles, from the standpoint of their general and good habits, economic status and destruction by man.

Oldys, Henry. Cage-bird traffic of United States. dept. Yearbook. Reprint 414) 10 cts.

1906. 15 p. illus. (Agriculture

Gives brief descriptions of the birds; how and where they are procured, the features of the wholesale and retail trade in them, how they are shipped, how they are cared for. Among the illustra tions is a portrait (colored from the life) of the Australian Lady Gould finch, which is said to "reach the highest point of beauty and elegance attained by any of the smaller cage birds of the world."

"Many readers will doubtless be surprised to learn that the annual importations of cage birds into this country include something like 200 species and more than 300,000 individual specimens. Equally surprising to many readers it will be to learn that the cage trade in native birds has come

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