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1105. Anonymous. Potato Majestic. Gard. Chron. 69: 129. Fig. 57. 1921.— This is 

 a comparatively new variety, popular, a heavy yielder, white, and immune to the wart disease. 

 It often yields 34 tons per acre. The heaviest tuber weighed 11 pounds and 15 ounces. — P. L. 



Richer. 



1106. Anonymous, School experiment plots at Yass. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 32: 

 342. 1921. — This is a brief note on cereal trials conducted at Yass. — L. R. Waldron. 



1107. Annett, H.E. Someexperience with poppy growers in the United Provinces. Agric. 

 Jour. India 16: 19-23. 1921. — Annett having found that the opium obtained from successive 

 lancings of poppy capsules at intervals of 2 or 3 days showed a progressive decrease in morphine 

 content, the Government of Bengal offered a reward to cultivators bringing opium in 2 

 portions, one the product of the 1st lancings, the other that of successive lancings. Two 

 years' experience showed that the opium purporting to represent the 1st lancings was lower 

 in morphine than there was reason to expect. An investigation showed that only 54 per cent 

 of the cultivators lived up to their obligations, the remainder through dishonesty or careless- 

 ness having failed to keep separate the opium from the 1st lancings. — W. W. Stockberger. 



1108. BiEREi. Die Bedeutung der Griindiingung im landv/irtschaftlichen Betriebe im 

 AUgemeinen und fiir den Kartoffelbau im Besonderen. [The importance of green manuring in 

 the system of agriculture in general and for potato culture in particular.] Illus. Landw. Zeitg. 

 41: 67-68. 1921. — Green manuring is considered indispensable for the increase in yields of 

 potatoes. Depending on environmental conditions and the character of soil, green manuring 

 may be introduced in the rotation either as a main crop, or as a stubble crop, or as an undercrop. 

 The same conditions should determine the selection of the legume to be sown. Lupine, 

 serradella (for lighter soils), and yellow clover (for heavier soils) are considered among the 

 most important. — M. Shapovalov. 



1109. Blair, A. W., and B. E. Brown. The influence of fertilizers containing borax on 

 the yield of potatoes and corn. Season 1920. Soil Sci. 11: 369-383. PI. 1-4 . 1921.— Borax 

 in quantities from 1 to 400 pounds per acre and mixed with a fertilizer containing cottonseed 

 meal, acid phosphate, and muriate of potash was applied to corn and potatoes in 3 ways. 

 The borax was drilled in the furrow 2 or 3 weeks before planting, drilled in at the time of 

 planting, or broadcast at the time of planting. For potatoes with the 1st method 50 pounds 

 of borax per acre had little or no effect ; 100 pounds reduced the yield § ; and 400 pounds produced 

 a failure. With the 2nd method 30 pounds caused a drop in yield and 50 pounds reduced it to 

 J. With the 3rd method 50 pounds decreased the yield slightly. For corn with the 1st method 

 germination was reduced with 20 pounds per acre, as little as 5 or 10 pounds reducing it with 

 the 2nd and 3rd methods. Using the 1st method a depression of yield was produced by 100 

 pounds per acre but none by 50 pounds; with the 2nd and 3rd methods 50 pounds reduced the 

 yield to j. — W. J. Robbins. 



1110. Bkeakwell, E. Progress report on farmers' grass plots. Agric. Gaz. New South 

 Wales 32: 364. 1921. — Brief notes are given on Phalaris bulbosa, Pennisetum longistylum, 

 and on other grasses of lesser importance grown atDorrigo and Hargreaves. — L. R. Waldron. 



1111. Bressel, Kurt. Erfahrungen im Anbau von Friihkartoffeln in der Borde. [Experi- 

 ences in raising early potatoes.] Illus. Landw. Zeitg. 41: 75. 1921. — The advisability of chang- 

 ing seed potatoes annually, or at least bi-ennially, is emphasized, and a few suggestions as to 

 their care and culture are given. — M. Shapovalov. 



1112. Chung, H. L. Report of the Agronomy Division. Hawaii Agric. Exp. Sta. Rept. 

 1919 : 44-49. PL 5-6. 1920. — Guam and Cuban corn varieties have been under test, producing 

 respectively 52.5 and 30.4 bushels per acre; both are resistant to the leaf hopper. An interest- 

 ing mutant in Early Refugee beans is noted. Reports on experimental work with sweet 

 potatoes, field turnips, dryland taro, pigeon peas, cassava, edible canna, field beets, field 

 carrots, Irish potatoes, annual white sweet clover, alfalfa, and various grasses are included. — 

 J . M. Westgaie. 



