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at tbe rate of 1 bushel per acre. The varieties giving best results in 

 this trial were Lancaster, Fulcaster, Everett High Grade, which yielded 

 16.7 to 17 bushels, and Kivet, which yielded 15 bushels per acre. 



Hillside ditches, J. R. Chamberlain, B. S. (pp. 29-31). — The 

 broad ditch made by means of a plow is advocated, and direitions for 

 its construction are given and illustrated by cuts. 



North Carolina Station, Bulletins Nos. 68a, 68b, 68c, 69a, 69b, 70a, 72a, 

 72b, 72c (Meteorological Bulletins Nos. 1-11), November, 1889, to Sep- 

 tember, 1890. 



Meteorological summary for j^orth Carolina, H. B. Bat- 

 tle, Ph. D., and C. F. Yon Herrmann. — These contain notes on the 

 weather and tabulated summaries of meteorological observations by 

 the North Carolina weather service, co-operating with the United States 

 Signal Service, for each month from October, 1889, to August, 1890, 

 inclusive. The bulletins are illustrated with maps of Korth Carolina, 

 showing the isothermal lines and the total precipitation for different 

 parts of the State. Bulletin No. 72a also contains tabulated notes on 

 the tornadoes observed in North Carolina during the past sixty-live 

 years (1826-90), and Bulletin No. 72c includes a brief compiled article 

 on the formation and classification of clouds. 



Ohio Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 7 (Second Series), August, 1890 (pp. 18). 



Strawberries, W. J. Green (pp. 209-222). — "Since the organiza 

 tion of the horticultural work of the station a leading feature has been 

 the testing of varieties of strawberries. " An attempt has been made 

 to enlarge this work by sending out plants of new sorts for trial by 

 fruit growers in different localities. The results of this plan have been 

 so unsatisfactory that the practice will be discontinued except in cases 

 where satisfactory reports can be assured or where the station can ex- 

 ercise proper supervision. " Experience shows that to reduce the num- 

 ber of varieties to the lowest limit, to increase the size of the plats, and 

 to multiply tests is the direction in which to work. These changes 

 have been made or are being made as fast as possible. To more sharply 

 define the limits of each experiment or trial of varieties, will be the aim j 

 i. e. varieties will be so tested as to determine one ot two special char- 

 acteristics, such as comparing- for earliness, lateness, productiveuess, 

 etc., and to bring these points out prominently, rather than to study all 

 equally closely. A thorough comparison of early varieties and of the 

 productiveness of several leading varieties is now in progress. It is 

 hoped that with the strawberry at least variety testing, as commonly 

 understood, may be largely discontinued, and no harm done to the inter- 

 ests represented. New varieties, not yet offered for sale, will be tested 

 as heretofore. " 



There is also a discussion of the essentials of a good variety of 



