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587. Barber, C. A. Millets for fodder on sugar estates, I. Internat. Sugar Jour. 22 : 613- 

 616. 1 pi. 1920. — A description and short history of sorghum (Andropogon Sorghum) is given. 

 Some of the characteristics and methods of cultivation in India are described. — C. Rumbold. 



588. Barber, C. A. Agricultural notes on extending the milling season. Internat. 

 Sugar Jour. 22: 611-612. 1920. — The author describes the methods used for lengthening the 

 sugar-cane milling season. The use of nitrogenous fertilizers, of ratoons, and of splitting up 

 old stools into two or three parts and replanting the pieces are discussed. Much has been 

 done by the suitable selection of early and late varieties. — C. Rumbold. 



589. Barber, C. H. The growth of the sugar cane. X. Internat. Sugar Jour. 22: 548- 

 551. 2 pi., 4 fig- 1920. — This article concludes and summarizes a series of ten preceding 

 papers on the growth of the sugar cane. Other interpretations are made of the large series 

 of measurements of the canes. With examples and diagrams, it is shown how conditions 

 prevailing during the growing season leave their marks on the size and form of the cane 

 and its appendages. — E. Koch. 



590. Barfusz, J. Von der emte, sortierung und aufbewahrung der winterkartofifeln. 

 [Harvesting, sorting and storing winter potatoes.] Mitteil. Deutsch. Landw. Ges. 35: 516-517. 

 1920. — Directions for harvesting, sorting, and storing potatoes under different conditions. 

 — A. J. Pieters. 



591. Barthe, A. E. La higuerilla. [The castor bean.] Agric. Mexicano y Hogar 36: 

 118-120, 124-129, 148-150. 1920. 



592. Bartlett, H. Farmers' experiment plats. Potato experiments, 1919-20. New 

 England district. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 31:692-694. 1920.— Variety trials of 

 potatoes are given and results from mineral fertilizers. Application of superphosphate was 

 economically eflScient. — L. R. Waldron. 



593. Bisbt, G. R., and A. G. Tolaas. The use of Bordeaux mixture for spraying potatoes. 

 Minnesota Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 192: 1-31. 4 fig. 19-20.— See Bot. Absts. 7, Entry 1219. 



594. BoviNG, P. A. Valuation of farm crops. Agric. Jour. [British Columbia] 5: 120- 

 121, 136-137. 1920. 



595. BoviNG, P. A. Sunflowers for ensilage. Agric. Jour. [British Columbia] 5: 196. 

 1920. 



596. Brexchley, Wixifred E. Weeds of farm land. 15 X 22 cm., 239 p., 41 fig. Long- 

 mans, Green and Co. : London, 1920. — A discussion of the weed problem and the habits of 

 weeds rather than a manual of the individual species. Of the thirteen chapters those on 

 Vitality of Weed Seeds, Association with Soils, Association with Crops, Uses of Weeds, and 

 Popular Names are of especial interest, and contain many original data from the Rothamsted 

 Experimental Station. The volume is well, though not profusely, illustrated with line 

 drawings. About 175 citations to literature, mostly European, are given in footnotes. — 

 C. V. Piper. 



597. Brown, Edgar. What farmers should expect from seedsmen. Seed World 8'' : 26. 

 1920. — In this article it is pointed out that the seedsman holds a more directly responsible 

 relation to agriculture than any other merchant, because the farmer is fundamentally 

 dependent upon the seed merchant for his crop seed. — M. T. Munn. 



598. Burgess, J. L. Fanners interest in good seed. Seed World 7^: 27. 1920. 



599. Cardon, P. v., W. O. Whitcomb, and W. F. Day. Seventh annual report of the 

 Montana Grain Inspection Laboratory. Montana Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 136. 32 p., 3 fi^. 

 1920. — The bulletin discusses methods of collecting, shipping, and grading grain samples. 



