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Notes on the application of commercial fertilizers on meadows, J. SCHMID- 

 BERGER ( IViirt. Wchnbl. Landw., 1S0S, No. 10, p. 134). 



Establishing and manuring meadows, Taxc rk {Landw. Wchnbl. Schleswig-Hol- 

 stein, 4S (189S), No. 13, pp. 219-224). — Directions for making and manuring meadows 

 are given and grass mixtures for various soils and conditions are suggested. 



Flax culture in Holland and Belgium, Gisevius (Mitt. Dent. Landw. G-esell., 13 

 (1S9S), No. 7, pp. 97, 9S). — The methods of llax culture and the development of the 

 industry are discussed. 



Heine's variety tests of oats, X. Westermeier (Dent. Landw. Presse, 25 (1898), 

 No. 22, p. 239). 



Field culture of onions, H. Koch (Dent. Landw. Presse, 25 (1S98), No. 24, p. 263).— 

 A note on the culture of onions as a field crop. 



Comparative tests of varieties of potatoes, X. Westermeier (Dent. Landw. 

 Presse, 25 (1S98), No. 27, p. 293).— A report on 147 varieties. 



Culture experiments of the German potato experiment station in 1897 

 (Dent. Landw. Presse, 25 (1898), No. 24, pp. 261,262).— The starch content and the 

 yield of tubers and starch of the different varieties are given. The plan of the 

 cooperative experiments is outlined and the different varieties arc described. 



Culture of the potato, Maizieres (L'Engrais, 13 (1898), No. 3, pp. 60-62, fig. 1). — 

 A popular discussion, with recommendations for increasing the yield by the use of 

 chemical fertilizers and the selection of seed. 



The sugar beet in Norway (Bl. Zuekerrubenbau, 5 (1898), No. 6, pp. 80-90). — 

 Xotes on sugar-beet culture in Norway and a report on the results of variety tests of 

 sugar beets carried on at the different experiment stations. 



Culture experiment with sugar beets, Schluter (Fiihling's Landw. Ztg., 47 



The culture of beets and the manufacture of sugar in Belgium, A. Jadoul 

 (1898), No. 6, pp. 233, 234). — The results of a test of live varieties are reported. 

 (Rev. Gen. Agron. [Louvain], 7 (1S0S), No. 3, pp. 121-136). 



On the amount of juice in beets, H. Pellet (2. Congres Lnternat. Chim. Appl., 1896, 

 I, pp. 1-12). 



The German beet-sugar industry, J. Goldschmidt ( U. S. Consular Ppts., 1S9S, 

 No. 211, pp. 494-500). — The beet-sugar production of Europe in 1896-97 is reported by 

 countries, and statistics are given to show the development of the industry in 

 Germany. The beet-sugar legislation in Germany from 1839 to the present time is 

 reviewed. 



The soy bean in Provence, J. Farcy (Jonr. Agr. Prat., 62 (1898), No. 14, pp. 492-404, 

 fig. 1). — This article treats of the culture of the soy bean and of its value for forage. 



Sulla and its culture, V. de Laffiti: {2. Congres Internal. Chim. Appl., 1896, 1 1, pp. 

 241-250). — A description and hi.story of sulla (Hedysarum coronarium), with full 

 notes on its distribution and culture. 



Silos and ensilage, M. D. Eshleman (Pacific Tree and Vine, 14 (1898), No. 47, pp. 

 142, 143).— Popular notes. 



Making and feeding stack silage (Landtmannen, 8 (1897), No. 40, pp. 574-579). 



Tobacco growing, R. S. Nevill (Queensland Agr. .four., 2 (1898), No. 3, pp. 173-175, 

 figs. 2). — Directions for the preparation of plant beds. 



Cuban tobacco in Florida : How to grow it ; how to cure it ; how to make it 

 pay, K. O. Varx (Fort Meade, Fla.: The Author, 1897). 



Directions for curing heavy pipe and export tobaccos, R. S. Xevill (Queens- 

 land Agr. Jour., 2 (1S9S), No. 2, pp. 93, 94, pis. 3). 



The cultivated vetches, J. G. Smith ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Agrostology Circ. 

 6, pp. 7, figs. 4). — Four varieties of vetches — hairy or sand vetch, winter vetch, spring 

 vetch, and kidney vetch — are described and directions given for their cultivation, 

 with notes on their feeding aud fertilizing value. 



Culture experiments with sport varieties of barley, summer wheat, and oats 

 in 1897, X. Westermeier (Fuhling's Landw. Ztg., 47 (1898), Nos. 4, pp. 150-152; 5, pp. 

 173-176).— Six new varieties of barley, 7 of spring wheat, and 9 of oats were tested. 

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