BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS 



A monthly serial furnishins abBtracts and citations of publicatione in the international field of 



botanj in its broadest aenee. 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OF i-ii-'n.rx . 



THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS, INC. 



J. R. Schramm, Editor-in-Chief \t,^-ii»f.2i, 



Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 



Vol. VIII JUNE, 1921 No. 2 



ENTRIES 761-1582 



AGRONOMY 



C. V. Piper, Editor 

 Mart R. Burr, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 896, 1070, 1078, 1087, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1166, 1283, 1345, 1378, 

 1379, 1380, 1381, 1398, 1399, 1412, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1421, 1422, 1424, 1425, 

 1426, 1427, 1476, 1484, 1485, 1496, 1512, 1515, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1527, 1528, 

 1529.) 



761. Anonymous. El cultivo del henequen en Yucatan, su posible introduccion en el 

 estado de Michoacan. [Henequen in Yucatan and its possible introduction into Michoacan.] 

 Michoacan Agric. [Mexico] 1': 4-5; V: 4-5; 1': 5-G. 1920.— Popular information. — John A. 

 Stevenson. 



762. Anonymous. Cultivo de la papa. [Potato cultivation.] Michoacan Agric. [Mexico] 

 1^: 7; 1*: 5-6. 1920. — Popular information. — John A. Stevenson. 



763. Anonymous. El cultivo del tabaco en Espana. [Tobacco cultivation in Spain.] Infor- 

 macion Agric. [Madrid] 10 : 484-486. 1920. — An outline of a proposed plan for growing tobacco 

 under government supervision, with guaranteed returns to growers. — John A. Stevenson. 



764. Anonymous. Flax growing. Jour. Dept. Agric. Ireland 20: 520-523. 1920. 



765. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Gehrs, J. H. Productive agriculture, xii + 444 p- The 

 Macmillan Co. : New York, 1918.] Sci. Prog. [London] 15 : 148. 1920. 



766. Bailey, E. M. Report on commercial feeding stuffs. 1919. Connecticut [New 

 Haven] Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 221. 345-393. 1920.— The analyses of 204 samples of feeds are 

 given as required by State law. These analyses are preceded by a general discussion of the 

 determining factors in compounding rations and definitions of feeding stuffs, as revised to 

 Jan., 1919, and adopted by the Association of Feed Control Officials of the United States.— 

 Henry Dorsey. 



767. Barber, C. A. Sugar production in India. Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manu- 

 facturer 64 : 286. 1920.— While the acreage in sugar cane in India is very large, the production 

 of sugar is very low. This is largely due to climatic conditions which prevent the growing 

 of varieties which have been found most satisfactory in other countries. — C. W. Edgerton. 



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