507 



laij^n normal all)iiiiiLMi, an especially lacifi!, ricli, yellow yolk, witli strong vitelline 

 nuMuliiane, w iiieli was ]»erl"eelly prehcived after being kept for \v(H']<s in the ."-aine 

 brine willi llic oilier engs. 



The fowls wero sliuij;litere(l November 27. Their dre.ssed weights 

 iiiul the weights of their dilfereiit piirts were as lollows : 



Droiscd irthjlil/uilcrnctl organs, etc. 



The breaking strain of the right tibia was as fcjllows for tlie heiss and chickens of 

 the various lots : 



Nitio^ciidus .. 

 Cai boiiacL'oius 



Average. 



The dilfereiico in the composition of the flesh, as shown by tJio analysis of Mr. W. 

 P. Cntter, is given below: 



llena: 



Ijot 1 — Nitro;;i'n<iiis . 



Lot II — Uarboiiactou.s 

 Cliickcn.s: 



Lot I — Nitto;;cMoiis . . 



Lot II — CarV)oiia(i'(Pu.s 



Tafc. 



12.59 

 20.76 



5.54 

 1L34 



The flesh of each gronp was submitted to a number of per.sons for a cooking test, 

 and the almost unanimous verdict was that the flesh of the fowls fed a uitiogeuoua 

 ration was darker colored, more snccnleut, more tender, and belter ilavored, though 

 on this last there was some diflereucc of opinion. 



Tiib: FORcma of bkans, L. IL IJailey, ]\r. S. ({)i). 170-17-f, illus- 

 trated). — A brief aceouiitol the iiielliod ptivsued by the author iu forcing 

 bush beans iu the greenhouse for the winter market. 



" The essentials of a forcing bean are compact and rapid growth, earli- 

 ncss, productiveness, and long, straight, and symmetrical ])<)ds. The 

 ISion House answers the.se rc(iuiiements the best of any variety which 

 we liave yet tried." 



iNFUIENOE OF LATITUDE UPON POTATOES. — A CRITICISM, L. H. 

 r.AiLKY, 'SI. S. (pp. 173-175).— Tests by the author in 1889 and 1890 of 

 tiie sprouting (iu storage) and of the yields of ditierent varieties of 

 potatoes from Northern and Southern seed are cited to show the uure- 

 lial)ility of present methods of experimenting in this line. 



The variations in these i)otatoes were no doubt due much more to the stock itself — 

 how it had been grown and handled in previous years— than to any influences of 



