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774. Cross, William E. Ensayos con abonas para la cafia de azticar. [Fertilizers for 

 sugar cane.] Sugar 21: 267-271. 1919. — A discussion of the fertilizer experiments at the 

 Tucuman (Argentina) Experiment Station. — C. W. Edgerton. 



775. Cross, William E. Fertilizer experiments with stigar cane in 1918-19. Sugar 21: 

 633-634, 651. 1919. [A translation from Rev. Indust. Agric. Tucuman 9: Nos. 11-12, 1919.] 

 — A discussion of the effect of various fertilizers upon the development of sugar cane and 

 upon the root-rot disease. — C. W. Edgerton. 



776. Cross, William E. The 1919 Tucuman sugar crop. Louisiana Planter and Sugar 

 Manufacturer 64: 364-366. 8 fig. 1920. — Tucuman produced 3,685,000 tons of sugar cane in 

 1919, this crop being much larger than each of several preceding crops. This increased pro- 

 duction is said to be due to the fact that the planters have replaced the native canes with 

 Java seedlings. The Java seedlings are more resistant to the attacks of insects and fungous 

 diseases. Neither mosaic nor root-rot seems to seriously damage these canes. — C. W. 

 Edgerton. 



777. Cross, William E. The treatment of cane damaged by frost. Louisiana Planter and 

 Sugar Manufacturer 65: 363-366. 1 fig. 1920. — A discussion of the methods to be used in 

 harvesting frosted cane and of the difficulties that arise during the manufacture of sugar 

 from such cane. — C. W. Edgerton. 



778. Edquist, Alf. G. Vitality of seeds. Trans, and Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 

 40: 5-10. 1919. — As a result of preliminary experiments on the storage of dry grain, it has 

 been found that perfectly ripe dry grain can be stored in an atmosphere of nitrogen or of 

 carbon dioxide without injury to the grain; at the same time the eggs of weevils and other 

 beetles are prevented from developing. It is maintained that such a method of storage can 

 be provided economically. — J. H. Faull. 



779. Frtjwirth, C. Handbuch des Hiilsenfruchterbaues. [Handbook of legume culture.] 

 viii + SSI p., 231 fig. Paul Parey: Berlin, 1921. — This work is in reality a third revised and 

 enlarged edition of the author's "Anbau der Hiilsenfriichte." The general part considers 

 such topics as morphology, physiology, cultural requirements, utilization and agricultural 

 importance. The special part treats in detail many of the legume crop plants, including 

 serradella, lupines, square-pod pea, chick-pea, vetches, lentils, vetchlings, peas, soybean, 

 kidney bean, scarlet runner, mung, urd, lima bean, cowpea, and bonavist. — C. V . Piper. 



780. Gil, Miguel. EI problema del trigo-fertilizacion. [The problem of wheat fertili- 

 zation.] Informacion Agric. [Madrid] 10: 482-484. 2 fig. 1920. — The results of tests with 

 sodium nitrate are given. — John A. Stevenson. 



781. Gilmore, Melvin Randolph. Uses of plants by the Indians of the Missouri River 

 region. 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1911-12: 43-154. SO pi. 

 Washington, D. C, 1919. — This is a list of the various plants, together with methods of utili- 

 zation, used by the Indians in the region studied, being a continuation of similar accounts of 

 other tribes (see Bureau of Ethnology Bull. 55, and 30th Rept.). A glossary of Indian, Eng- 

 lish, and scientific names of the plants mentioned is appended; also a bibliography of historical 

 writers quoted. — Lyman Carrier. 



782. Gray, G. P. Weed control along fencerows and roadways. Monthly Bull. Dept. 

 Agric. California 8: 599-603. 1919. — Refers to Publications in Agricultural Science, Uni- 

 versity of California, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1919. [See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 470.]— £^. L. Overholser. 



783. Grimme, Clemens. Ueber Mulatinhos, eine neue brasilianische Speisebohne. 

 [Concerning mulatinhos, a new Brasilian edible bean.] Pharm. Zentralhalle 61: 421-423. 

 1920. — A chemical study of the mulatinhos bean is given. The bean, apparently a variety 

 of Phaseolus vulgaris sub-spec, compressus, is small, light brown, and flat with a polished 



