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ranked highest in quality but did not come up to the others in yield. Sets ob- 

 tained by cutting tubers of market size produced as heavy crops as whole tubers 

 of small size, and furnished a larger proportion of marketable potatoes. Plant- 

 ing 12 in. apart in the row gave better results than planting at wider distances. 



Lime nitrogen proved an efficient nitrogenous fertilizer for the crop. The 

 use of 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia, 4 cvvt. of superphosphate, and 1 cwt. of 

 potash per acre is recommended, either used alone or with a heavy dressing of 

 barnyard manure. The use of 5 cvvt. of ground lime per acre in connection with 

 a complete fertilizer was not profitable, and the corresponding use of 1 cwt. of 

 carbonate of magnesia has so far not given results that would warrant its 

 general use. 



Summary of experiments on tlie manuring of potatoes in Lancashire, 

 E. Porter and It. C. Gaitt (Count!/ Council Lancaster, Ed. Com., Agr. Dci)t., 

 Farmer's Bui. 13, pp. 25, pi. 1). — Basing their recommendations on the results 

 of the experiments here described, the authors advise the use of 20 tons of 

 barnyard manure per acre for potatoes on land in moderately good condition. 

 Where commercial fertilizers ai-e to be used alone 2.5 cwt. of sulphate of am- 

 monia, 6 cwt. of superphosphate, and 2 cwt. of muriate of potash is recom- 

 mended. Satisfactory crops of potatoes were grown with the use of commercial 

 fertilizers alone, but the practice is not considered generally good. For the pro- 

 duction of the largest and most profitable crops it is advised that 10 tons of 

 barnyard manure, 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia, 4 cwt. of superphosphate, and 

 1 cwt. of muriate of potash per acre be given. 



The composition of the sugar beet in the past, present, and future, 

 H. Beiem (Osterr. Unrjar. Ztsclir. Zuckcrinilus. u. Landw., 3S {11)09), No. 1, pp. 

 32-Ji-'i). — This article points out the increase in sugar content and the greater 

 yields of sugar secured from the earlier periods of sugar-beet culture to the 

 present day, and discusses the possible improvement of the sugar beet in the 

 future. A list of 13 references to literatui-e on the subject is given. 



The sugar beet, L. Malpeatjx {La Betterave d Sucre. Paris, 190S, pp. 

 XII +128, figs. 57). — This book is divided into 3 parts, the first being devoted 

 to a discussion of sugar-beet culture both for the manufacture of sugar and the 

 production of seed. The second part treats of beets grown for distillery pur- 

 poses, and the third briefly considers the culture of chicory. 



Report of the committee on breeding forage crops {Amer. Breeders' Assoc. 

 Proc, 4 (1908), pp. 269-29-'/, figs. 13). — This report consists of a paper on The 

 Improvement of Timothj-, bj' T. F. Hunt, and one on Some Preliminary Obser- 

 vations Concerning the Improvement of Timothy, by H. A. Allard. 



Report of committee on breeding tobacco, A. D. Shamel {Amer. Breeders' 

 Assoc. Proc, 4 {1908), pp. 245-258). — This report submits the following papers: 

 Tobacco Breeding in the Connecticut Valley, by J. B. Stewart ; Report on the 

 Improvement of Ohio Filler Tobacco, by A. D. Selby; and Report on Tobacco 

 Breeding Work in Kentucky and Tennessee for 1907, by W. H. Scherfiius. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Suggestions from a survey of the trucking region of eastern Long Island, 

 B. H. Crocheron {New YorJc Cornell Hfa. Circ. 5, pp. 5-12. fig. 1). — The author 

 made a survey of agricultural conditions in the trucking section of eastern 

 Long Island in 1908-9. The complete data secured is to be reported later in 

 bulletin form. This circular contains some notes and suggestions based on the 

 survey relative to crop systems and economic phases of trucking, fertilization, 

 insect pests, and plant diseases. 



Celery, C. C. Newman (South Carolina 8ta. Bui. 144, pp. 5-24, fiffs. 9). — 

 This is a popular discussion of celery culture taking up soils, fertilizers, nursery 



