892 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



being 10 minutes. The male visited the nest frequently and devoted himself 

 to keeping away sparrows and other intruders. 



The nest of the phcebe contamed 2 young birds 4 days old. The female left 

 the nest at 4.20 a. m., and between that time and 7 p. m., when it began to rain, 

 the birds fed their young 260 times. 



Observations on the wren's nest were not begun until 9.20 a. m., and ended 

 at 6.40 p. m., when it began to rain. There were 5 young birds about 3 days 

 old in the nest, and in the 9 hours and 2(> minutes under observation they were 

 fed 113 times, 91 times by the male and 22 times by the female. In most cases 

 the male gave the food to the female who then distributed it among the young. 

 The food consisted of cutworms, grasshoppers, cabbage worms, and black In- 

 sects which were not identified. This nest was observed again 4 days later from 

 4.24 a. m. to 7.38 p. m. On this day the female did not brood her young so 

 much, but fed them 130 times out of the 2.30 times that they received food. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1906 (Alabama 

 Col. Sta. Rpt. 1906, pi). S6). — This includes the organization list of the station, 

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

 director and heads of departments covering the work of the station during the 

 year. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Michigan Station, 1906 (Micliigan Sta. Rpt. 

 1906, pp. 93-337). — This contains a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1906, reports of the director and heads of departments on the work of 

 the station during the year, meteorological observations noted elsewhere, and 

 reprints of Bulletins 232-238 and Special Bulletins 34 and 3.5. 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report of New York State Station, 1905 (New 

 York <S7(//c >St(i. h'pt. 1903. pp. -'j05). — The report comprises a financial statement 

 for the year ended September 30, 1905, a list of periodicals received by the sta- 

 tion, meteorological observations noted elsewhere, and reprints of most of the 

 bulletins of the station issued during the year. 



Experiment Station Work, XXXIX (V. S. Dept. Agr., Fanners' Bui. 276, 

 pp. 32, figs. 2). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Im- 

 provements in peach growing ; mulberries ; alfalfa in the eastern States ; oat 

 culture in the South ; improvement of grass land ; succotash as a soiling crop ; 

 tankage and bone meal for hogs ; grinding corn for hogs ; dips as lice killers ; 

 digestibility of fish and poultry ; honey vinegar ; and the farm woodlot. 



Yearbook of the German Agricultural Association, 1906 (JaJirl). Dent. 

 Laudir. GcscU.. 21 (1906), pp. XIX+Ji36+Ji22).—\ report of the proceedings of 

 the three meetings of this association held during the year. There is also au 

 account of the twentieth movable agricultural exhibit of the association. 



