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the yield was at tlio rate of 4,077 lbs. per acre. The average yield for the pe- 

 riod of 1S!K> to i;»()S, inclusive, was (>,220 lbs. per acre. Deficiency in rainfall 

 reduced the yield of rowen in 1908. 



In the experiment comparing winter and si)ring applications of manure the 

 crop was mixed grasses and showed a 10 per cent greater yield of hay and a 14^ 

 per cent greater yield of rowen in the case of the spring application. 



Report of the agronomist, A. yi. Tkn Eyck {Kansati Htti. Rpt. t'JOH, />/). 

 A'A'A'/-A'A'A'ry//). — A general sunnnary of the various lines of work carried on 

 by the department of agronomy of the station is given. 



The continuation of fertilizer experiments wilh wheat and oats shows marked 

 results in favor of the use of barnyard manure. Nitrates and phosphates also 

 gave increased yields especially with wheat. An experiment with alfalfa to 

 determine the relative value of barnyard manure and chemical fertilizers ap- 

 plied to a previous crop on worn land indicated a yield on the land treated with 

 well-rotted barnyard manure, double that obtained from unfertilized plats. 

 Culture methods of desti-oying bindweed were ini successful, but there is indica- 

 tion that success will result from winter plowing and the use of such smother 

 crops as Kafir corn and sorghum. 



Report of the cooperative experiment station, McPherson, V. L. Cory 

 {Kansas l^ta. Ri)t. lOOS, pp. XXI\-XXVin).—A general outline of the work 

 with field crops at this station is presented. 



Among the various things enumerated it is pointed out that Boswell winter 

 oats, a black variety of English origin, yielded 50.55 bu. per acre and that winter 

 plantings of durum wheat gave an average yield of IS.ll bu. per acre as com- 

 pared with G.55 bu. for spring plantings. The highest yield per acre, 37.57 bu., 

 resulted from a fall-sown durum wheat which had been grown as a winter 

 wheat for 3 years. Thirteen varieties of spring barley selected for winter plant- 

 ing gave average yields of 25.12 and 37.13 bu. per acre from fall and spring 

 planting respectively. A test of winter oats gave promising results. Ten varie- 

 ties of buckwheat, planted at intervals of 1 week beginning with the first Tues- 

 day in April, gave results in favor of the earlier plantings during the 3 years of 

 the test. The average yield for all varieties at the best planting date w^as 17.14 

 bu. The best variety averaged 15.5 bu, for all plantings. 



First report of the agricultural college farm. Poena, July 15, 1908, J. B. 

 Knight {Dcpt. Agr., BcDiibaij, Ann. Rpt. Expt. Work Agr. Col. Sta. [Poona], 

 1907-8, pp. 5). — This farm of 145 acres has a great variety of soils ranging 

 from deep black to light calcareous soils. Work has been begun with varieties 

 of jawars, wheats, cottons, turs, and chillies, in each of which local adjustment 

 has been observed, as the seed was introduced from other localities. 



Oil-yielding grasses grown at Bandarawela, J. F. Jowitt (Circs, and Agr. 

 Jour. Roil. Bot. Curd.. Cci/Inn, J, {lOOS), \o. U,. pp. 109-12It).— This article con- 

 tains notes on the growing of, and distillation of oil from, citronella grass, 

 lemon grass, and certain other grasses grown on Bandarawela soil. 



Report on the results of experiments in 1905 and 1906 on the manuring 

 and inoculation of the bean crop, II. P. Wright (^Ycst of Scot. Agr. Col. Ann. 

 Rpt., 9 {1909). pp. 80-98) .—Dm-ius 1905, 16 experiments were conducted to 

 determine the value of inoculation, but with contradictory results on each of 

 the types of soil used. During 1906 the inoculation trials were discontinued 

 and the scope of the experiments was altered to include the entire subject of 

 manuring. The results with various fertilizers differed so widely that final 

 conclusions are withh<']d pending further trials. 



The cost of a bushel of corn, W. P. Brooks {Massachusetts 8ta. Rpt. 1908, 

 pt. 1, pp. 12-17).— The data presented here was derived from the experimental 

 cultivation of an acre of corn for a period of IS years. It is shown that the 



