FIELD CROPS. 335 



Other experiments were with indigo, English and Canadian oats, fruit trees, 

 and Australian saithusiios. 



Report of the Partabg-arh Agricultural Station of the United Provinces 

 of Agra and Oudh, for the year ending June 30, 1909, S. M. Hadi {Rpt. 

 rar1ah(/(irli Ai/r. Sta. Lnitcd /'roc. Aiira (uul Oudh, I'.IOD, pp. 10).— Of 5 varie- 

 ties of transplanted rice tested, Shanighata produced the highest yield (at the 

 rate of 2,4o9.2t! lbs. i)er acre). Of the local varieties tested, Banki produced at 

 the rate of 745.71 lbs. per acre. 



In a variety test looking to the introduction of maize, a maximum yield at 

 the rate of 3,564 lbs. per acre was produced by the Jaunpur variety. In an 

 experimental planting of jute, the variety Capsularis yielded at the rate of 714 

 lbs., and Olltorius at the rate of 697 lbs., of fiber per acre. These yields are 

 regarded as favoring this crop. San hemp. yielded at the rate of 540 lbs. of 

 fiber, and 812 lbs. of seed, pt-r acre. Of 10 varieties of sugar cane teste<l, Reora 

 of Benares produced the ma.ximum yield. 



Other crops experimented with were white soft wheat. Cape oats, white lin- 

 seed, pale gram, white Kabuli gram, dark gram, barley, peas, and brown lin- 

 seed. Noteworthy yields were, per acre, wheat 2,580 lbs., pale gram (in th(> 

 jhil) 3.064 lbs., white Kabuli gram 1,154 lbs., oats (in the jhil) 3.857 lbs., and 

 peas after rice 2.742 lbs. 



Fifth, annual report of the Minnesota Field Crop Breeders' Association 

 {Ann. Rpt. Minn. Field drop Breeders Ansae, 5 (/.90S), pp. H.',, figs. /;^).— This 

 report contains the constitution of the association, minutes of the fifth annual 

 business meeting, and addresses of a general and educational nature on oat 

 production, corn, onion, and potato culture, and information with regard to 

 agriculture at the state fair. 



Comparative yields of cereals on different kinds of fallow cultivation, 

 A. BiCHiKiilN {Zap. Imp. Ohshch. Hclxk. Klioz. Ynzh. Ross.. 77 (1907). Nn. 

 Jl-12, pp. Ji7-09). — This article gives a survey of the results obtained without 

 fertilizers at I'oltava. Kherson, I'loti. Odessa, and Don experiment fields, in a 

 test of bare fallow, nonfallqw, and early, middle, and late green fallow. In 

 each series of experiments with fallow, winter rye and winter wheat were used. 

 Soil analyses and meteorological data for each field are tabulated. 



As shown b.v the results at the 5 fields, early green fallow produced yields 10 

 per cent greater than those produced by middle green fallows. 53.7 per. cent 

 greater than those produced by late green fallow, and had a still greater ad- 

 vantage over the yields produced on nonfallow land. The infiuence of fallow 

 culture on the second crop following it proved insignificant. The limited ex- 

 perience thus far seems to indicate that when a summer cereal follows the 

 winter crop the stubble should receive an early shallow breaking, followed by 

 fall plowing or a regular plowing in July, and that the introduction of corn, 

 potatoes, beets, and other intertilled crops into the rotations would be advan- 

 tageous. 



Identifi^cation of American brewing barleys based upon the Swedish sys- 

 tem, A. NiLSON (Jour. .Soc. Brrn\ Tech.. I (WOO). Xo. o. pp. 263-280. figs. 25).— 

 A discussion of certain botanical characteristics as a means of identifying 

 barleys. 



The cotton plant: Its cultivation in various parts of the world, C. D. 

 GiBOLA (El Algodonero su Ciiltivo en las Varias Partes del Mitndo. Buenos 

 Aires, 1910, pp. XXi+1092, figs. 226, maps 10). — This is a treatise dealing ex- 

 haustively with the production of cotton, cotton oil, and certain other cotton- 

 seed products. 



Data regarding the history, geographical distribution, and botanical char- 

 acters of the plant are followed bj- a discussion of its physiology, histology, and 



