MISCELLANEOUS. 497 



the country have been making an effort to promote agriculture by running edu- 

 cational trains, employing expei'ts to instruct farmers, organizing and conduct- 

 lug demonstration farms, publishing and distributing agricultural bulletins, 

 preparing exhibits, organizing agricultural associations, and cooperating with 

 the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in various other ways. Statis- 

 tics are quoted showing that the freight tonnage supplied by agriculture in 1909 

 aggregated 191,381,772 tons and the revenues derived from freight on agricul- 

 tural products $1,678,058,645. 



Conducting' a local corn show, B. W. Crossley {Iowa Agr., 11 (1910), No. 2, 

 pp. 10, 11, fuj. 1). — Suggestions are given for premiums, for the committee on 

 classification and judging, and for the committee on arrangements. 



Proceeding's of the fifteenth annual meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Farmers' Institute Workers, edited by W. H. Beal and J. Hamilton 

 (U. 8. Dcpt. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 238, pp. SO).— This is a detailed report 

 of the proceedings of the meeting held at Washington, D. C, November 14 and 

 15, 1910, which has been previously noted (E. S. R., 24, p. 95). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Florida Station, 1910 (Florida Sta. Rpt. 1910, pp. XCVI+ 

 XII, figs. 30). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, a list of the publications of the year, a 

 general review of the work of the station during the year, departmental reports, 

 and a list of the periodicals received by the station. Most of the experimental 

 work reported is abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Annual Report of New Jersey Stations, 1909 {New Jersey Stas. Rpt. 1909, 

 pp. XVIII+459, pis. 55, figs. 14). — This contains the organization list of the 

 stations, a financial statement for the State Station for the fiscal year ended 

 October 31, 1909, and for the College Station for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1909, a brief report by the director, and departmental reports which are ab- 

 stracted elsewhere in this issue. A report on the inspection of feeding stuffs 

 has been previously noted (E. S. R., 21, p. 471), as has also one on the inspec- 

 tion of Paris green and lead arsenate (E. S. R., 22, p. 259). 



Finances, meteorology, index {Maine 8ta. Bui. 186, pp. 398-435+ XII). — 

 This contains the organization list of the station ; meteorological observations 

 noted on page 418 of this issue ; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1910; an index to Bulletins 176 to 186, which together with Official 

 Inspections 19-28, previously noted, collectively constitute the twenty-sixth an- 

 nual report of the station; a list of the publications issued during the year; 

 and announcements and notes on the work, personnel, and equipment of the 

 station. 



Government experimental stations [Holland] {Country Life [London], 29 

 {1911), No. 751, p. 736, pi. 1). — This is an account of the experiment stations in 

 Holland which are under the control of the government, in particular the sta- 

 tion at Hoorn, which is devoted chiefly to investigations relating to dairying. 



Fixing standard weights and measures {Nevada Sta. Bui. 77, pp. 11). — 

 This bulletin contains the text of the state law fixing standard weights and 

 measures, the supervision and enforcement of which is placed in the hands of 

 the director of the station as ex officio sealer of weights and measures. 



