792 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



190G, is reviewed by the conniiittee in charge and more detailed reports of the 

 officers iu charge of the divisions of agriculture and chemistry, entomology, and 

 pathology and physiology are appended. Some of these reports are abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Eighteenth Annual Beport of South Carolina Station, 1905 {South Caro- 

 lina Sfa. Ritt. I'.Kl.'), pp. .IS). — This cont.ains the organization list, a flnancial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June :'.(». V.)i^7u and reports of the director 

 jind heads of departments. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of South Carolina Station, 1906 {South Caro- 

 lina Sta. Rpt. J:)06. pp. JS). — This includes the organization list, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 190G, and reports of the director 

 juid heads of the departmeiits reviewing the work of the station during tlie year. 



Interim report of the Canada Experimental Farms, December 1, 1905, to 

 March 31, 1906 {Canada Expt. Farms Interim Rpt., 1905-6, pp. .9S).— This 

 report, issued i)rimarily on account of a change in the date of closing the fiscal 

 year, sunnnarizes. in a general way, the more important results secured by 

 the experimental farms since their establishment in 1S87. Reviews of this 

 liature are subnutted liy the directoi', W. Saunders, the agriculturist. J. H. 

 Grisdale, the horticulturist, W. T. Macoun, the chemist, F. T. Shutt. the ento- 

 mologist and botanist. J. Fletcher, the cerealist, C. E. Saunders, and the imultry 

 manager. A. G. Gilbert. Although the report contains no new worlc, it is 

 nevertheless of considerable interest, inasnuich as it outlines the ^irogress that 

 Las been made in experimental agriculture in Canada during a jteriod of alunit 

 19 years. 



Experiment Station Work, XXXVIII {V. S. Dept. Agr.. Farmers' Bill. 273. 

 pp. 32, figs. ,'/). — This number contains .irticles on the following subjects: Loss 

 of nitrogen from soils, manure as affected by food, continuous corn culture, 

 pasturing wheat, storage of sweet potatoes, rotting of potatoes in storage, 

 hog cots, the disinfection of stables, the effect of horst>tail weeds on horses, 

 treatment of calf scours, preserving eggs, wheat bran, testing individual cows, 

 clean milk, cleanliness in the dairy, grading cream, and paraffin in d.iirying. 



The experiment station building, A. Goss {Indiana Sta. Circ. .'/, pp. HI, 

 figs. .',). — Tlie condition of the experiment station Iniilding is described and illus- 

 trated. An appropriation for a new building is being asked for. 



