STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS. 697 



Lecture and articles on irrigation in India, America, Egypt, and Australia, 

 R. Wallace {Edinburgh: Oliver $• Boyd, 1898, pp. 31). — Brief popular essays. 

 Unprofitable irrigation works, T. S. Van Dyke (Irrig. Age, 13 (1898), No. 2, pp. 



45-50). 



Irrigation in "Wyoming, J. Shomaker (Irrig. Age, 13 (1898), No. 2, pp. 41-44). 



Irrigation of fields and lawns, R. V. (Belg. Hort. et Agr., 10 (1898), No. 15, pp. 

 234-230, figs. 4: 16, pp. 258-255, figs. 3; 17, pp. 269, 270, figs. .>).— A popular article 

 describing a variety of methods and apparatus. 



Mountain water courses as industrial aids (U.S. Consular Rpts.,5S (1898), No. 

 219, p. G1S). — An abstract of a discussion of the desirability of building reservoirs to 

 store storm waters in Germany. 



Wide tires on farm wagons, J. M. Stahl (Country Gent., 63 (1898), No. 2382, pp. 

 744, 745). 



Cow barn with framework of steel (Irrig. Age, 13 (1898), No. 2, pp. 64-68, figs. 6). 



The experimental elevator at Berlin (Dent. Landw. Presse, 25 (1898), No. 88, pp. 

 931, 932, figs. 2, plan 1). — A description and the plan of the building are given and its 

 purpose pointed out. Experiments in storing and handling grain under different 

 conditions are to be conducted. 



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Crop circular for October, 1898, J. Hyde ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Statistics 

 Crop Circ, Oct., pp. 8). — This circular contains notes on the condition of the principal 

 crops with estimates of the yields and a synopsis of the weather conditions east of 

 the Rocky Mountains for September, 1898. The English, French, and Hungarian 

 estimates of the world's wheat crops by countries for 1897-98; the rainfall percent- 

 ages east of the Rocky Mountains from April to September, aud the average yield 

 per acre and average condition of crops by States and Territories October 1, 1898, are 

 given in tables. 



Crop circular for November, 1898, J. Hyde ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Statis- 

 tics Crop Circ, Nov., pp. 4). — Preliminary estimates on the crops of 1898, and on the 

 wheat crop of a number of foreign countries are given. 



Report on crops, live stock, etc., in Manitoba (Ontario Dept. Agr. and Immigr. 

 Bui. 56, pp. 25). — This bulletin is a summary of the conditions of the crops and live 

 stock, estimates of the yield of various crops, and the quantities of land broken dur- 

 ing the season. General notes on the agricultural conditions of the several districts 

 are given. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Alabama Canebrake Station, 1897 (Alabama Cane- 

 brake .V«. I'pt. 1897, pp. 15). — Contains a financial statement for the civil year ending 

 December 31, 1897, and a report on station work, noted elsewhere. 



Tenth Annual Report of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1897 (Connecticut Storrs 

 Sta. Rpt. 1897, pp. 276). — This includes general remarks on the work of the station 

 during the year; a financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897; various 

 articles on foods and animal production, abstracted elsewhere; and an index to 

 annual reports 1 to 10, inclusive. 



Report of Massachusetts Hatch Station, 1897 (Massachusetts Hatch Sta. 

 Ept. 1897, pp. 138). — This contains a brief summary of station work and a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, and reports of the various depart- 

 ments, noted elsewhere. 



Eleventh Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1898 (New York 

 Cornell Sta. Rpt. 1898, pp. XIX; Append. I, pp. 337-721; II, pp. XI: III, pp. 69-125).— 

 This contains reports by the director, treasurer, chemist, botanist, entomologist, 

 agriculturist, horticulturist, veterinarian, and the assistant professor of dairy hus- 

 bandry and animal industry for the year ending June 30, 1898. Appendix I is made 

 up of reprints of Bulletins 138-149 of the station. Appendix II gives a detailed state- 

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