MISCELLANEOUS. 93 



in each farm family should become a practical outomologist by personal study 

 and cooperation with the State experiment station. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Arizona Station, 1908 (Arizona Sta. Rpt. 

 J!)08. lip. 323-3S2). — This contains the organization list, an administrative re- 

 port by the director on the work of the station as a whole, a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, seven departmental reports noted else- 

 where in this issue, and an article on The Weather for 1908 noted on page 15. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Georg'ia Station, 1908 {Georgia 8ta. Rpt. 

 1008. pp. ,i'i-j-255). — This contains the organization list, reports by the president 

 of the board of directors and by the director of the station on its worli during 

 the year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of New Mexico Station, 1908 ( Xcw Mexico Sta. 

 Rpt. 1908, pp. 58). — This contains the organization list, a I'eport of the director 

 on the worlv, publications, and exchanges of the station, departmental reports 

 on the various lines of station work conducted during the year, and a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. The report of the chemist 

 is abstracted on pp. IS, 22, and 72 of this issue. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1908 {Soutli Dakota Sta. Rpt. 

 1908, pp. 20). — This contains the organization list, a report by the director on 

 the personnel, lines of work, publications and exchanges of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, and brief reports from 

 heads of departments. 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1908 (Wyoming Sta. Rpt. 

 1908, pp. 9-'i). — This contains the organization list, a report of the director on 

 the work aud publications of the station during the year, a financial statement 

 for the fiscal j-ear ended June 30, 1908, and reports of the chemist, botanist, 

 agronomist, wool specialist, irrigation engineer, librarian aud meteorologist. 

 The experimental work is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 

 Soil moisture determinations for samples collected weekly from a field of brew- 

 ing barley are also included. 



Experiment Station Work, L (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 353, pp. 32, 

 figs. H). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Commercial 

 clover seed, dodder in alfalfa seed, growing potatoes uuder straw, hens v. in(;u- 

 bators, preparing fowls for market, preservation of eggs, the mound-building 

 prairie ant, coagulation of milk in cheese making, effect of alkali on cement 

 structures, silo construction, a cheap and efficient sterilizer, a cheap and efficient 

 ice box, and the power laundry for the farm. 



Report of the agricultural department of Finland, 1906 (Landtbr. Styr. 

 Meddel., 1908, No. 60, pp. 212). — The report describes the various activities of 

 the department for the advancement of Finnish agriculture, through the schools 

 of agriculture, dairying, forestry, horticulture, and domestic science, and 

 through the work of agricultural experts, societies, and chemical and seed con- 

 trol stations. 



