680 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



in. of water, yielded at the rate of 18.2 bu. per acre. Second year alfalfa, re- 

 ceiving 7 irrigations from April 30 to September 9 gave a total yield of 5.16 

 tons per acre. The total amount of water applied amounted to 22.15 in. An- 

 other alfalfa plat irrigated in the same way, except that one of the irrigations 

 was given in October, yielded 1.54 tons more. Wheat with winter irrigation 

 and with a total of 8.21 in. of water used or evaporated, yielded at the rate 

 of 16.07 bu. per acre. As a rule, winter and summer irrigation gave better 

 yields than either winter irrigation or summer irrigation alone. 



Tables are given showing the chemical composition of wheat as affected by 

 different amounts of water applied in irrigation and the protein content as 

 affected by cultural methods. The analyses showed that wheat grown in rows 

 and cultivated contained a greater percentage of protein, though the amount of 

 water applied was the same. It was further observed that the plats pi-oducing 

 wheat with the greatest percentage of protein also ranked high in yield. 



Cassia County Flint corn yielded 29 bu. per acre in 1907 and 46.8 bu. in 1908. 

 Two varieties of Dent corn did not give such good yields. Notes are also given 

 on a culture test with sorghums. 



Report cf the work at the Holly Springs Station for 1908, C. T. Ames 

 {Mississippi Sta. Bui. 122, pp. 10). — The results of fertilizer work witli cotton 

 showed that untreated finely ground phosphate rock either alone or with cotton- 

 seed meal was satisfactory on thin soils, giving about the same results as an 

 equal weight of acid phosphate. Cotton-seed meal alone also seemed to produce 

 good yields. For the brown loam area 200 lbs. of an equal mixture of high- 

 grade cotton-seed meal and either ground phosphate rock or acid phosphate per 

 acre is recommended for ordinary uplands. For the better classes of soils it is 

 suggested that a mixture consisting of one-tliird cotton-seed meal and- two-thirds 

 acid phosphate applied at the rate of from .300 to 400 lbs. per acre will give good 

 results. . 



Of 16 varieties of cotton tested in 1908, Cleveland Rig Boll, Excelsior, Moss 

 Improved, Bledso Mortgage Lifter, Triumph, Lewis Prize, and New Imperial 

 ranked first, the total value of seed and lint cotton per acre of- these varieties 

 being $36.52, $35.78, $34.36, $30.58, $30.47, $30.15, and $30.00 respectively. 



Finely ground phosphate rock as a fertilizer for corn gave better results than 

 any of the other applications tried. Cotton-seed meal, in most instances, gave 

 satisfactory yields and acid phosphate was also profitable. For the brown loam 

 area from 200 to 400 lbs. of finely ground phosphate rock is recommended for 

 growing corn on the better class of soils. For thin soils an equal mixture of 

 high-grade cotton-seed meal and either finely ground phosphate rock or acid 

 phosphate applied at the rate of 100 to 300 lbs. per acre is recommended. 



Ten varieties of corn were tested on oi'dinary valley land which had received 

 per acre 5 tons of barnyard manure the fall before and 250 lbs. of an equal 

 mixture of cotton-seed meal and acid phosphate in the drill before planting. 

 The yields ranged from 70.55 bu. per acre for Cocke Prolific to 43.61 bu. per 

 acre for Hickory King. Boone County White, standing next to Hickory King, 

 yielded .51..37 bu. per acre. 



Report of the director of agriculture, G. E. Nesom {Rpt. Philippine Com., 

 1908, pt. 2, pp. 273-31 1). — In this general review of the agricultural situation 

 in the Philippine Islands, the author discusses, among other topics, agricul- 

 tural extension, agricultural engineering, experiments with different crops, 

 seed and plant introduction and distribution, and the work pursued at the .dif- 

 ferent experiment stations and farms. 



Report of the agricultural department, Bengal, for the year ending June 

 30, 1908, W. R. GouRLAY (Rpt. Agr. Dept. Bnu/al 7.9(98, pp. 1I + 12+XV).— 

 This publication treats of the organization of the department, the experiments 



