130 AGRONOMY [Bot. Absts. 



879. Anonymous. What government market news service does. Potato Mag. I 10 : 22. 

 1919. — Gives examples of profitable modification in potato growing methods made on basis 

 of market news. — Donald Folsom. 



880. Werner, H. O. A Nebraska view of the potato grades. Potato Mag. I 10 : 23. 1919. 

 — Proposes another grade based on uniformity. — Donald Folsom. 



881. Miller, Justus. Northern Ontario seed potato trade. Potato Mag. 1": 5, 33-34. 

 1919. — Concerns original condition of stock, importation of seed, certification, cooperation, 

 and effect of variety, soil type, and source of seed on yield. — Donald Folsom. 



882. Wheeler, H. J. What potatoes need in Wisconsin. 'jPotato Mag. I 11 : 14-31. / fig. 

 1919. 



883. Macoun, W. T. Growing potatoes in crates or pens. Potato Mag. l u : 20. 2 fig 

 1919. — Describes test which resulted in the disapproval of the method. — Donald Folsom. 



884. Munger, H. E. Why grade Colorado potatoes? Potato Mag. 1": 20-21. 1 fig. 1919. 

 — Advocates grading on basis of greater salability.— Donald Folsom. 



885. Bennett, E. R. Cultural essentials in arid west. Potato Mag. 1": 11. 1919. — 

 Concerns chiefly the preparation of soil and application of water for potatoes. — Donald 

 Folsom. 



886. Hecke, G. H., J. E. Rickards, E. E. Kaufman, and R. G. Risser. California 

 crop distribution and estimates, 1918. A bulletin dealing with the acreage, distribution, ton- 

 nage and valuation of commercial fruit and vegetable crops in California. Monthly Bull. Comm. 

 Hort. California 4: 143-225. Fig. 62-98. 1919. 



887. Essig, E. O. Two interesting weeds. A new weed and a forage plant introduced into 

 Ventura County. Monthly Bull. Comm. Hort. California 2 : 79. 1919. — During the summer of 

 1918, a new weed appeared in Ventura County, California. H. M. Hall of the University of 

 California identified it as the hoary cress (Lepidium draba L.). Jepson reports it as escaping 

 in the San Francisco Bay region and as thoroughly naturalized and filling fields in Yreka, 

 Siskiyou County. Donald Penny reports it as a noxious weed in Santa Cruz County. — A 

 grass, identified by P. B. Kennedy of the University of California as smilo grass (Oryzopsis 

 miliacea B. & H.) has recently been introduced into Ventura County, California. In San 

 Diego County this grass is being grown as a dry-land forage crop. The indications are that 

 where a stand can be obtained it would be a valuable forage crop for many of the barren 

 hills of the southern coast region of California. — E. L. Overholser. 



888. Jobez, H. La foret et le paturage boise a la Societe des Forestiers. [Forest and pas- 

 ture as discussed by the Vaud Society of Foresters.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Forestiere Franche- 

 Comte et Belfort 13: 15-18. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 550. 



889. McClelland, C. K. Cotton and corn, cultural tests, and variety tests of 1917 and 

 1918. Georgia Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 128: 63-78. Feb., 1919.— Notes on rainfall, culture, 

 fertilization and varieties of Gossypium herbaceum and Zea mays. Four hundred pounds of 

 fertilizer per acre proved economic for corn. Velvet beans (Stizolobium sp.), planted with 

 corn at the same time usually reduced the corn yield; if planted later the reduction may or 

 may not be important according to the growth of the beans. The value of the beans produced 

 is always greater than the value of the corn lost. Results show that late chopping of cotton 

 produces a slightly earlier crop than the ordinary practice of early chopping. — T. H. Mc- 

 Hatton. 



