638 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



variety, fertilizer, rate of seeding, and irrigation tests with rice, a comparison 

 of broadcasting and transplanting rice, and a fertilizer test with sugar cane. 



Annual report of the agricultural stations in Eastern Bengal and Assam 

 for the year ending June 30, 1911 {Ann. Rpt. Agr. Stas. East. Bengal and 

 Assam, 1911, pp. 11+99, pis. 3). — Previous work has already been noted 

 (E. S. R., 26, p. 233). 



Work with rice, sugar cane, cotton, soy beans, and fodder crops is reported 

 for the Dacca station, with tobacco, oats, mustard, wheat, potatoes, peanuts, 

 green manure, and fodder crops at the Burirhat station, with rice and sugar 

 cane at the Rajshahi station, with sugar cane, i^eanuts, potatoes, and the ap- 

 plication of lime at the Jorhat station, with fruit and garden crops at the 

 Shillong fruit station, and with potatoes, oats, flax, soy beans, ensilage, and 

 fodder at the Upper Shillong station. A brief progress report of work at the 

 Wahjain station is also given. 



At the Jorhat station the Striped Mauritius sugar cane stood first in total 

 yield of sugar, followed by B 376 and B 147. These 3 varieties were also 

 superior to the others in quality of juice. At the Upper Shillong station it 

 proved better to plant whole potatoes than to cut them in case of what the 

 author terms summer seed, but the cut sets produced the highest yields in case 

 of winter seed. 



Annual report of the demonstration farm, St. Andrew's Colonial Homes, 

 Kalimpong, for the year 1910-11, P. W. Goodwin (Ann. Rpt. Kalimpong 

 Demon. Farm, Bengal. 1910-11, pp. Il+JfO). — A report of fertilizer, variety, and 

 other tests of corn, rice, jute, buckwheat, barley, spelt, oats, soy beans, and 

 other crops. 



Field crops at the Taganrog Experiment Field during 1899—1908, N. Ole- 

 NiN (Khoziaistvo, 1911, No. 6-7; a 6s. in Zliur. Opytn. Agron. (Russ. Jour. Expt. 

 (Lanaiv.), 12 (1911), No. Jf, pp. 572, 575).— This is an account of the first 10 

 years' work on these fields. Early green fallow appeared preferable to all other 

 kinds. Fall plowing 5i in. deep gave better results than either more shallow 

 or deeper plowing, but in the spring 3^ in. appeared to be the best depth. 



Moor culture handbook, W. Bersch (HandbMch der Moorkultur. Vienna and 

 Leipsic, 1909, pp. XII +288, 2)?s. 8, figs. fyl). — This manual of information is 

 divided into 10 chapters, dealing with the historical, scientific, soil, cultural, 

 forestry, weed control, and economic phases of the subject. 



Manuring of meadow land {Rpt. Dir. Agr. Ed., Monmouthshire Ed. Com., 

 1911, Oct. 18; ahs. in Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 18 {1912), No. 11, p. 9//i).— This 

 is .-i report of fertilizer tests on 3 different soils since 1909. 



Manuring of poor hill pastures {Rpt. Agr. Itistr. Com. Somerset. County 

 Council, 1911; abs. in Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 18 {1912), No. 11, p. 9//i).— This 

 is a report of tests of basic slag, superphosphate, lime, and kainit at 4 points 

 in Somerset. Slag and superphosphate apparently produced a marked improve- 

 ment, but little or no result followed the use of ground lime or of kainit. 



The grain crops, J. F. Hoffmann (Das GetreideJwrn. Berlin, 1912, vol. 1. pp. 

 TII+2.'i9, figs. 77). — In the 5 parts into which this work is divided, the author 

 considers the general and botanical characters of the grain crops, with special 

 reference to their production and diseases. Fungus and insect enemies and the 

 insects injurious to stored grains are also treated. In the chapter dealing with 

 the botanical and cultural phases of the subject, separate discussions deal with 

 rye, wheat, barley, oats, rice, corn, beans, and buckwheat. 



Rate of sowing summer cereals, A. Danilenko {lugo Vost. Khoz. 1910. No. 

 42; ahs. in Zhur. Opytn. Agron. {Russ. Jour. Expt. Landw.), 12 {1911), No. .'/, 

 pp. 581, 582). — This article reports the results of tests of rates of sowing 

 swedes, oats, and barley in rows at the Don Experiment Field. 



