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39. Burkill, I. H. Dioscorea alata, the greater yam, race no. 50. Gardens' Bull. Straits 

 Settlements 2: 158. 1919. 



40. Burkill, I. H. Dioscorea Kegeliana, Griseb., the "Yam Poule" of the West Indies. 

 Gardens' Bull. Straits Settlements, 2: 158. 1919. 



41. Burkill, I. H. Yields of the lesser yam [Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burk.] and of 

 some African yams. Gardens' Bull. Straits Settlements 2: 159-165. 1919. 



42. Burkill, I. H. A progress report on the cultivation of the greater yam, Dioscorea 

 alata — in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Gardens' Bull. Straits Settlements 2:129-135. 

 1919. 



43. Burroughs, G. D. Sweet potato storage houses in North Carolina. Potato Mag. 

 2 4 :8-9. 2 fig. 1919. 



44. Calvixo, Mario. Una leguminosa gigantesca como yerba forrajera para Cuba. [A 

 gigantic legume as a forage plant for Cuba.] Estac. Exp. Agron. [Cuba] Bol. 43: 7-24. 7 fig. 

 1919. — Meibomia leiocarpa, locally known as "mermelada de caballo," has been introduced 

 from Brazil and grown successfully on all types of soils, particularly on those lacking in lime 

 and phosphate, and in regions subject to drought. Yields were high and the plant, either 

 green or dried as hay, was readily eaten by live stock. Preliminary tests indicated a possi- 

 bility of a further use of the plant for the production of fiber. — John A. Stevenson. 



45. Calvino, Mario. Informe del director. [Report of the director.] Informe An. 

 Estac. Exp. Agron. [Cuba] 1917-1918: 1-439. 180 fig. 1919.— A report of trials with various 

 plants under Cuban conditions including corn, rice (local varieties), Indian millet, sorghum 

 varieties, and buckwheat. Of legumes cowpeas, velvet beans, Phaseolus helvolus (a native 

 bean), Enterolobium cyclocarpum, and Phaseolus lunatus, the latter being found unsuitable, 

 were grown. Two Japanese varieties of soy bean {Glycine hispida) (Soja max) gave good 

 results. Japanese cane, elephant grass {Pennisetum purpureum), molasses grass (Melinis 

 minutifiora) , Rhodes grass {Clitoris gayana), Paspalum dilatatum, and the kudzu vine 

 (Pueraria thunbergiana) all gave promise as forage crops under varying conditions. Alfalfa 

 was not successful. A number of the common textile plants were grown experimentally. 

 The sugar cane work of the station was continued along two lines, the production of seed 

 lings and fertilizer tests. Tobacco selection studies were carried on as in the past. [See 

 Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 2586; 4, Entry 970.]— John A. Stevenson. 



46. Capitaine, L. Le sesame en Orient. [Sesame in the Orient.] Jour. Agric. Tropic. 

 19: 311-316. 1919. — In this paper, the first of a series on the subject, the author discusses 

 in a rather popular manner the principal centers of production, seasonal adaptations of the 

 crop in different regions, the preparation of the seed bed, and. seeding. — J. D. Luckett. 



47. Carle, E. Premiers travaux sur la selection des riz du Laboratoire d'etude des cereales 

 a Saigon. [First work in selection of rice at the Saigon Laboratory for the study of cereals.] 

 Bull. Agric. Inst. Sci. Saigon 1 : 74-87. 1919. 



48. Cauthen, E. F. Comparison of peanut meal, cotton seed meal, velvet bean meal, 

 ammonium sulphate, and nitrate of soda, as fertilizers for corn and cotton. Alabama Agric. 

 Exp. Sta. Bull. 208. 6 p. 1919. 



49. Chevalier, A. Quelques legumineuses d'Extreme-Orient utiles a repandre. [Some 

 legumes of Indo-China worthy of wider use.] Bull. Agric. Inst. Sci. Saigon 1:87-92. 1919. 



50. Cockayne, L. An economic investigation of the montane tussock-grassland of New 

 Zealand. New Zealand Jour. Agric. 18:321-331. PI. 4. 1919.— A further study of the 

 montane tussock-grassland as to the relative palatability for sheep of the various pasture- 



