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also, certain suggestions in regard to cotton culture in the brown loam belt of north Mississippi. 

 Cleveland, Miller, and Triumph are recommended for hill, and Wannamaker-Clcveland, 

 Trice-270-41, and Express for valley land. Acid phosphate at the rate of 200 lbs. per acre and 

 all forms of nitrogen gave paying results. — //. B. Brown. 



5S9. Ames, C. T. Experiments with corn at the Holly Springs Branch Experiment Station. 

 Mississippi Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. ISO. 8 p. 1920. — This report gives in brief results from 

 corn variety and fertilizer experiments conducted at the North Mississippi Experiment Station 

 from 1912 to 1920. Corn culture suggestions are also given. Nitrogen fertilizers were the 

 only ones that gave consistently profitable gains. — //. B. Brown. 



590. Ames, C. T. Report from Holly Springs Branch Experiment Station for 1915 to 1920 

 inclusive. Mississippi Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 193. 22 p., 2 fig. 1920. — This report gives in 

 brief results from corn and cotton variety tests, cultural and fertilizer experiments, and results 

 from experiments with sweet potatoes, Bermuda grass, bur clover, crimson clover, velvet 

 beans, cowpeas, alfalfa, and dairying. — H. B. Brown. 



591. Atres, W. E. Corn variety tests 1913 to 1920 at the Delta Branch Station. Missis- 

 sippi Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 198. 7p. 1921. — In the com variety tests Cocke's Prolific, Ewing's 

 Mosby, Basting's Prolific, Woodruff's Mosby, and Vardaman were the highest yielding varie- 

 ties. — H . B. Brown. 



592. Atres, W. E. Cultural experiments with cotton at the Delta Branch Station. Mis- 

 sissippi Agric. Exp. Sta. Circ. 35. A p. 1921. — Unthinned rows yielded most, but the use of 

 this form of culture is not practicable on account of the difficulty of keeping down weeds. 

 Rows 4 feet apart are considered best with plants 8 inches apart in the row. Factors are 

 given for determining yields when the number of bolls on a 30-foot row is known. — H. B. 

 Brown. 



593. Ayres, W. E. Varieties of cotton 1919 and 1920 and summary of ten years' results, 

 1911-1920, at the Delta Branch Station. Mississippi Agric. Exp. Sta. Circ. 36. 4 p., 1 fig. 

 1921. — In the experiments with cotton Express, Foster, Wannamaker-Cleveland, Lone Star, 

 Webber-49, Trice, Sunflower, Columbia, Triumph, and Miller varieties led in money value 

 per acre in the order given. — H. B. Brown. 



594. Breakwell, E. The production of better seed in other countries. Agric. Gaz. 

 New South Wales 32 : 245-248. 1921. — Methods of crop improvement in Sweden and methods 

 of improved seed increase and dissemination in Sweden and Canada are briefly described. — 

 L. R. Waldron. 



595. Brenchley, W. E. Indian agriculture. Nature 107: 58-59. 1921. — A brief review 

 of several papers is presented. India is a land of small cultivators who are intensely con- 

 servative, usually poor, and unable to take risks in the adoption of new methods. Fertilizers 

 and control of crop pests are especially needed. — 0. A. Stevens. 



596. Brown, H. B. Corn experiments. Mississippi Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 197. 20 p., 

 2 fig. 1921. — A brief report is presented of certain corn experiments conducted in east-central 

 Mississippi from 1911 to 1920. Cocke's Prolific, Tennessee Red Cob, Vardaman, and Pay- 

 master were the best yielding varieties for early planting, and Laguna, Mexican June, and 

 Goliad for late planting. Inbreeding gave poor-yielding strains; Fi hybrids of commercial 

 varieties gave but slight gains over their parents. No commercial fertilizers except those 

 containing nitrogen were profitable. — H. B. Brown. 



597. Brown, H. B. Why not plant home grown cotton seed? Mississippi Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. Circ. 37. 4 p. 1921. — Tests show that seed from varieties grown within the State 

 produce better-yielding progenies than seed grown in other states. — H. B. Brown. 



