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* f No. 8. A Collection of Economic and Other Fungi Prepared for 



Distribution. By Flora W. Patterson, Mycologist, Vege- 

 table l*athological and Physiological Investigations. 

 1902. :n pp. Price, 10 cents. 



Contents : Introduction — List of duplicate material prepared for free dis- 

 tribution and for exchanq"e to the State Agricultural I'^xperinient Stations and 

 to persons interested in work uj)on fun^i. 



* No. 9. The North American Species of Spartina. By Elmer D. 



Merrill, Assistant Agrostologist, Grass and Forage l*lant 

 Investigations. 1902. IG pp. Price, 10 cents. 



Contents: Teclmical descriptions of the grasses included in the genus 

 Spartina. 



f No. 10. Records of Seed Distribution and Cooperative Experiments 

 Avith Grasses and Forage Plants. B}' F. Lamson-Scrib- 

 ner, Agrostologist, Grass and Forage Plant Investiga- 

 tions. 1902. 23 pp. Price, 10 cents. 



Contents : Purchase and collection of seeds, roots, and specimens — Coopera- 

 tion with the stations authorized — Lines of investigations of forage problems — 

 Articles of cooperation — Seed distribution: Distribution by packages; distri- 

 bution b^' ])ounds ; amounts of the several varieties distributed — Seeds to 

 private individuals — System of keejnng- records — A list of experiment sta- 

 tions with which articles of cooperation have been signed — Conclusion. 



* No. 11. Johnson Grass: Keport of Investigations made during the 



Season of 1901. By Carleton R. Ball, Assistant Agros- 

 tologist, Grass and Forage Plant Investigations. 1902. 

 24 pp., 1 pi., 1 fig. Price, 10 cents. 



Contents : Description — Origin and distribution — Dissemination — Control : 

 State laws — Eradication: Hand labor; cultivation; winter fallow; summer 

 fallow ; cultivation in crops ; patented methods ; use of chemicals ; electric- 

 ity — Utilization of Johnson grass — Summary. 



* f No. 12. Stock Ranges of Northwestern California : Notes on the 



Grasses and Forage Plants and Range Conditions. By 



Joseph Burtt Davy, Assistant Botanist, Agricultural 



Experiment Station, University of California. 1902. 



81 pp., 8 pis., 3 maps, 1 figs. Price, 15 cents. 



Contents : Introduction — Phj'^sical features of the region : Agricultural 

 subdivisions ; topograjihy ; climatology ; temperature ; precipitation ; pre- 

 vailing winds — Itinerary — Eange conditions : The interior jilateau region ; 

 mountain valleys; temperature; water svipply ; soils; agricultural products; 

 the wild meadows and pastures ; forage value of the wild meadows ; improve- 

 ment of pasture and meadow ; forage plants recommended for trial ; the 

 upland ranges ; temperature ; precipitation ; water supply ; soils ; the open, 

 summer, or annual range ; grasses and other forage plants; weeds; the prai- 

 ries ; the woodland or winter range ; trees ; underbrush ; herbaceous plants ; 

 forage plants ; improvement of the woodland forage ; forage plants recom- 

 menderl for trial ; the chaparral ; subalpine meadows ; system of range rota- 

 tion and management ; carrying capacity ; present capacity ; former capacity ; 

 range deterioration ; primary caiise ; excessive land valuations ; how over- 

 stocking effects deterioration ; wild oats and alfilerilla ; bunch-grasses; sheep 

 versus cattle ; summary ; range preservation ; formation of a seed bed ; pre- 

 serve the timber and 'brush; maximum versus optimum stocking; range 

 renewal ; range improvement — The coast-bluff belt ; Climatology ; the mesa 



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