42 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



66.3 bo 221.9 bu. per acre. Tbe time of ripening varied from ninety-live 

 I,, <,nc hundred and Bixteen days. The late varieties in general were 

 the besl producers. Greal Divide, Erish Daisy, New Wbite Peaeh 

 Blow, OarmaD No. L,and Carman No. 3, in the order given, produced 



the besl yields. 



Manuring meadows, L. Gbandeatj (Jour. Agr. Prat., 1 (1898), No. 

 I3 t p, 150).— Barnyard liquor, barnyard manure, phosphoric acid, and 

 a mixture of slag, kaiuit, and ammonium sulphate were applied to irri- 

 gated meadow lands. Analyses showed the soil to contain 0.182 per 

 eein of nitrogen, 0.176 per cent of potash, and 0.095 per cent of phos- 

 phoric acid. The best results were obtained from the plat which 

 received the mixture, the yield being at the rate of 11,657 kg. of hay 

 per hectare. The plat which received the phosphoric acid yielded at 

 the rate of L0,23o kg. of hay per hectare. These applications were 

 profitable, but the barnyard liquor and barnyard manure were applied 

 at a loss. The author recommends the use of nitrate of soda in tbe 

 place of sulphate of ammonia on meadows which are not irrigated. 



Alfalfa, or lucern, .1. G. Smith ( U. S. Depi. Agr., Fanners' Bid. 31, pp. 28, figs. $).— 

 A revision of Farmers' Bulletin 'M of this Department (E. S. R., 7, p. 380). 



Field beets, A. ARNSTADT {Fuhling's Landw. Ztg., 47 {1898), Nos. 5, pp. 183-186 ; 6, 

 pp, < i. — Popular directions for the culture of Held beets. 



Breeding forage beets, A. KlRSCHE {Fuhling's Landw. Ztg., 47 {1898), No. 7, pp. 

 >).— Notes on the culture and breeding of beets, with results of experiments 

 along these lines. 



Investigations with forage beets, G. Paturel {Ann. Agron., 24 {1S9S), No. 3, 

 pp, 97-128). — A report on culture and variety tests, including the composition of 

 forage beets. 



The reproduction of beets by budding and by cutting, L. Gesciiwind {2. 

 Congrh. Internal. Chhn. Appl., 1896, II, pp. ,:27-234).— Directions for propagating 

 beets by these methods ami suggestions as to their value. 



Canaigre, 1". Mai.kt (Hid. Dir.Agr. et Com., 2 {1S97), No. :>, pp. 273-2S2, fig. 1).— 

 Notes "ii the cull mi', composition, and industrial value of cafiaigre 



Carrots as a forage crop, II. L. ok VlLMORlN {Jour. Agr. Prat., 62 {1898), No. 14, 

 pp. 501-504, pi. 1). — Cultural notes arc given and 6 varieties are described. 



Cassava culture, ('. K. McQuariue {Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower, n. ser.,10 

 {1898), Xo. lt. ; i. — Popular notes on the culture of cassava. 



Experiences in the culture of corn for the grain, F. VON Lociiow {Mitt. Dent. 

 Landw. Gesell., IS >-89). — This article discusses the culture of corn 



in ( rermany. 



Cowpeas, J. G. Smith {U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Agrostology Circ. 5, pp. 11). — 

 A n print from tin- "> earbook of this Department for 1896 (E. S. R., 9, p. 551). 



Crimson clover, C. K. McQuarrxe ( Texas Farm and Ranch, 16{1897). No. 39. p. 2). — 

 Popular notes on growing crimson clover in the Gulf and South Atlantic Stati b. 



The effect of the direction of the rows on the yield, E. Wollny {Dent. Landw. 

 Presse, . v.». .;./.. ..-■" . — The article discusses the results, which are given in 



tabular form. It was found that drilled crops in rows running north and south 

 yielded more than when in rows extending from cast to west. 



Fertilizer experiments in 1897, F. Mathias {Bui. Agr. [Brussels], 14 {1898), No. 

 /, pp. 15-19). — The results of fertilizer experiments on various farm crops during 

 each year from 1886 to L897 are given in tables. 



