FIELD CROPS, 631 



under its ontrol on public and private estates, and agricultural associations 

 and agricultural shows. Brief notes on the different crops grown are given. 



Report of the agricultural department, Eastern Bengal and Assam, for 

 the year 1907-8, S. G. Hakt (Rpt. Agr. Dcpt. East. Bengal and Assam, 1907-8, 

 pp. 19+VII). — This publication is a general report of the different lines of 

 work under the supervision of the agricultural department, including notes on 

 the progress in introducing agricultural improvements in regard to cotton, .iute, 

 potatoes, sugar cane, rice, wheat, and other crops. 



Annual report of the agricultural stations in Eastern Bengal and Assam' 

 for the year ending June 30, 1908. S. (J, Hart (Ann. Rpt. Agr. Stas. East. 

 Bengal anil Assam. t90s. pp. 110). — This publication contains the annual re- 

 port of the Dacca, Kangtmr, Burirhat, Kajshahi, Jorhat, Shillong. Upper Shil- 

 long, and Wahjain experiment stations. Each of the stations is described 

 and the culture tests with numerous tropical crops are briefly noted. 



Agriculture in the Tropics, J. C. Willis {Camhridgc, 1909, pp. XVIII+222, 

 pis. 25 \. — The four parts of this book are devoted respectively to the prelimi- 

 naries of agriculture, the principal cultivations of the tropics, tropical agri- 

 culture in general, and agricultural organization and policy. 



The cultivated plants of our colonies. D. Westermann {Die Xutzpflanzcn 

 unserer Kolonien. Berlin, 1909. pp. 9'/. pis. 36). — This book describes briefly 

 numerous crops grown in the German colonies, including grains, root crops, 

 tropical fruits, spices, oil-producing plants, fiber plants, and rubber, tannin, 

 and medicinal plants. A brief note is also given on the principal forest trees 

 occurring in the various colonies. 



The culture of industrial plants in Argentina, C, D. Girola (In Ccnso 

 Agropccuario Xacional la Ganaderia y la Agricultura en 1908. Buenos Aires: 

 Govt.. 1909, vol. 3, pp. 3.97-448).— This article treats of the textile, oil. root, 

 sugar, spice, narcotic, aromatic, resin, and medicinal crojis grown in Argentina. 



A contribution to the question of the choice of varieties of grains for the 

 province of Silesia, J. Stanjek {Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Sortcnausicahl bei 

 Getreide fiir die Provinz Schlesien. Inaug. Diss.. Univ. Breslau, 1906, pp. 

 IS-i). — The climatic, soil, and other cultural conditions of Silesia are consid- 

 ered and data regarding the yields secured from varieties of rye. barley, wheat, 

 and oats are presented. The climatic and soil conditions existing at 16 dif- 

 ferent seed-growing establishments are described and the publication con- 

 cludes with a list of 144 references having a bearing on the subjects dis- 

 cussed. 



The following varieties are reported as giving the best yields: Rye — Petkus 

 and Prof. Heinrich ; barley — Goldthorpe, Hanna, Imperial, Webb, Swedish 

 Princess, and Frederikson : winter wheat — Mette, Besel, Strube, Rimpau, 

 Steiger II, Heine, and Danish and Swedish square-head wheats; and oats — 

 Ligowo, Auderbeck, Besel, Strube-Schlanstedt, Hvitling, Sechsamt, Pfiffelbach, 

 and I.,eutewitz yellow. 



The Berlin and Vienna systems of judging barley, A. Cluss and J. Schmidt 

 (Separate from Allg. Ztsehr. liierhrau. n. Malzfahrih:, 37 (1909), No. 8-12, 

 pp. 20). — The systems of judging barley in vogue in different localities and prac- 

 ticed by numerous investigators are discussed in detail. The authors regard 

 the relations between the following factors as highly important in judging 

 barley : Starch and extract content, protein content and starch and extract 

 content, the weight per 1,C)00 kernels and protein content, the weight i)er 1.000 

 kernels and the starch and extract content, and the thousand-kernel weight and 

 the percentage of hull. 



Report on agriculture in Asia Minor, with special reference to cotton cul- 

 tivation, W. DUxNSTAX (London: Govt., 1908, pp. 18, maps .<?>.— The examina- 



