742 



Straw'berries. — Crescent, Windsor, Manchester, Glendale, and Mount 

 Vernon have given the best results at the station. 



Gooseberries. — " Houghton and Mountain Seedling gave heavy crops 

 the past season, and both sorts are hardy here." 



Currants. — Victoria, Eed Dutch, and White Dutch are recommended. 



Texas Station, Third Annual Keport, 1890 (pp. 13). 



This contains the reports of the director and agriculturist, chemist, 

 veterinarian, horticulturist, meteorologist, and treasurer, which include 

 outlines of the work of the station. 



In addition to the work at the station, experiments are being carried 

 on at Harlem, Fort Bend County, in sugar investigation; at Gates- 

 ville, Coryell County, with grasses ; at McGregor, McLennan County,, 

 with wheat and other crops ; and at Rusk, Cherokee County, Hunts- 

 ville. Walker County, and Prairie View, Waller County, in horticul- 

 ture. 



The averages of the meteorological observations at the station for 

 1889 and 1890 are as follows: 



Texas Station, Bulletin No. 13, December, 1890 (pp. 12). 



SOEGHUM, TEOSINTE, ETC., H. H. HARRINGTON, M. S.,D. ADRIANCE. 



M. S., AND P. S. TiLSON, B. S. A. (pp. 29-40).— ^S'orfjf/mm (pp. 29-38).— 

 This is a study of the sorghum plant, the object of which was " (1) to 

 discover by analysis any differences that might exist in the different 

 varieties of sorghum ; (2) to discover any difference in the composition 

 of sorghum between the time of ' dough state ' and the time of ripen- 

 ing; (3) to find its value as a feeding stuff and as silage; (4) to esti- 

 mate the amount of plant food removed from the soil by one crop." 



Analyses are given of a large number of varieties of sorghum at the 

 same stage of growth, the analyses in nearly every case representing 

 the cane at an earlier and a later stage of growth. The noticeable 

 features accompanying the ripening of the cane were " (1) the increase 

 of crude fat ; (2) the decrease of crude fiber (woody material) ; (3) the 

 increase of crude protein or nitrogenous substances; and (4) the increase 

 of carbohydrates (starch, sugar, etc.)." 



Between the non-saccharine and the saccharine sorghums there is a great difference. 

 In the former there is notably a larger increase of dry matter that gives it an appar- 

 ent but flctitions value over the saccharine sorghums. The mineral matter or ash is 

 somewhat larger in the non-saccharine, and the carbohydrates or nitrogen-free ex- 

 tract is increased, chiefly in consequence of the increase of dry matter. The crude 



