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and preserves of A'arioiis sorts, the apparatus used is described, and many 

 recipes are included. Chapters are devoted to storing and paclviug and to the 

 uiarljeting of stoclc. The volume as a whole is prepared from the standpoint 

 of fruit preserving as a home industry. 



"Wine from the vine to consumption, F. Goldschmidt {Dcr Wein von dcr 

 Rcbe Ms sum Konsiini. Muyvncv, 1909, 5. ed., rev. and enJ., pi). XII+737, t)ls. 

 7, figs. '197). — A practical book on the art of wine making. It also includes 

 chapters on the diseases of wine, chemical examination of wine, and a descrip- 

 tion of the wines of various countries. 



Vinification, M. Blunno (Dept. Agr. .V. S. Wales, Farmers' Bui. 19, pp. 21, 

 figs. 7). — A descriptive circular on the practical preparation of wine, particu- 

 larly in hot countries. 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



General weather review, 1907-8, W. M. Esten {Connecticut Starrs Sta. 

 Rpt. 1908-9, pp. Jf5.'f-'f77, charts J/). — A record is given of observations on tem- 

 perature and precipitation during each month of 1907 and 190.8 at Storrs, the 

 rainfall during the G months ended October 31, 1907, and for the same period in 

 1908, at 16 places in Connecticut, a summary of rainfall for this period for 2(> 

 places in Connecticut during the 19 years, 1889 to 1907, and the monthly mean 

 temperature, monthly precipitation, and dates of the last and first killing frost 

 for the 20 years, 1888 to 1907, at Storrs. The mean temperature at Storrs 

 during the 20 years has been 40.4° F., the highest 9(>°, and the lowest —13.3°. 

 The mean annual rainfall has been 46 in., the longest growing season 173 days, 

 and the shortest 114, the average date of the last killing frost in the spring. 

 May 7, and of the first killing frost in the autumn October 2. 



Meteorological record, C. Willis (South Dakota Sta. Rpt. 1909, pp. 22-33). — 

 Tabular records of daily observations at Brookings on temperature, precipita- 

 tion, prevailing wind and cloudiness, are given for each month of the year 

 ended June 30. 1909. 



Swedish meteorological observations, 1908, H. E. Hambeug (Met. lakttag, 

 Sverige [Ohserr. Met. Sued.], K. Svcnska Vetensk. Akad., 50 (1908), pp. X+157; 

 Bihang 1, pp. 39, pis 13). — These are the usual meteorological summaries of 

 observations made under the direction of the Central Meteorological Institute of 

 Sweden. 



Drainage, J. W. Leather and H. E. Annett (Rpt. Agr. Research Inst, and 

 Col. Pusa [India], 1907-1909, pp. .1,0, ^i).— Data obtained with drain gages at 

 the Agricultural Research Institute and College at Pusa are briefly reviewed. 

 These show that with a rainfall of 40.3 in. during the year ended September 30, 

 1907, there was an evaporation of 28.8 in., as compared with an average evapo- 

 ration of 17 in. per year at the Cawnpore Experimental Farm. The drainage 

 water removed 20 lbs. per acre of nitrate from bare fallow soil and only 0.04 

 lb. from soil covered with grass. 



The circulation of water in alluvial soils and the methods of studying it, 

 F. DiENERT (Tech. Sanit., 1, (1909), pp. 9-20; abs. in Wesser u. Abwasser, 2 

 (1909), No. 2, pp. 87-91, figs. 2). — The various conditions of occurrence of ground 

 water in alluvial soils are stated, and methods of collecting samples and study- 

 ing the chemical and bacteriological conditions and the movement of the water 

 are discussed. The application of the Slichter method (E. S. R., 14, p. 640) 

 in studying the flow of the water is described. 



Fertilizing fish ponds (Mark Lane Express, 103 (1910), No. Jf090, p. 171). — 

 The practice followed to a considerable extent in Germany of applying fertil- 

 izers to fish ponds in order to increase the growth of the natural food of the fish 



