MISCELLANEOUS. 295 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Kansas Station, 1908 (Kansas Sta. Rpt^ 

 1908, pp. LV+3.'f3-346), — This includes tlie organization list, a report of the 

 director and heads of departments, including the Fort Hays, Garden City, and 

 McPherson substations, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 

 oO, 190S, and an index to Bulletins HS-155 of the station. The experimental 

 work reported is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Massachusetts Station, 1908 (Massachu- 

 setts Sta. Rpt. 1908, pts. 1, pp. 83; 2, pp. 217). — Part 1, which is the portion de- 

 signed for general distribution, consists of papers of a popular nature, based 

 on the results of observations and experiments of the station, and of a brief 

 summary by the director of the more important conclusions from these articles. 

 Part 2 includes the organization list, a report of the director, a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, reports of heads of departments, 

 and numerous special articles. The experimental work reported in each portion 

 is for the most iiart al)stracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of Porto Rico Station, 1908 (Porto Rico Sta. Rpt. 1908, pp. 

 J^Jf). — This contains in addition to the organization list and a summary by the 

 Special Agent in Charge of the investigations conducted at this station duriug^ 

 the year, separate reports of the horticulturist, entomologist, chemist, coffee 

 expert, plant pathologist, and assistant animal husbandman, and an article en- 

 titled Notes on the Soils of Porto Rico, which together with the experimental 

 work presented in the various reports is abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Experiment Station Work, LIV (V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 381, pp. 

 32, figs. 9). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Methods 

 and cost of clearing land, tobacco improvement work, calf feeding, gasoline- 

 heated colony brooders, and measuring acidity in cheese making and butter 

 making. 



Report of the department of agriculture of Norway, 1908, G. Tandberg 

 (Aarshcr. Ofjentl. Foranst. Landhr. Fremme, 1908, Statsforanstalt., pp. LVI+ 

 661, pi. 1, fig. 23, dgms. 2). — This is the annual report of the secretary of agri- 

 culture, containing reports of agricultural conditions in Norway for the year, 

 and of officials and institutions for the advancement of Norwegian agriculture. 

 Reports of the state entomologist, the chemical and the milk control stations at 

 Christlania, Bergen, and Trondhjem, the cow-testing associations, etc., are in- 

 cluded in the volume. 



A treatise on g'eneral agriculture, E. Leplae ( Tr'aite d' Agriculture Generale,. 

 Louvain and Paris. 1908. pp. 6SS, figs. 8-'t) . — The comprehensive treatise deals 

 with the origin and history of agriculture and systems of culture, the influence 

 of climate on agriculture, the soil, agricultural plants, farm animals, and farm 

 capital, labor, and administration. 



