898 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



rivers of European Russia (St. Petersburg, 1898, pp.58; rev. in SeUk. Khoz. i Lyesov., 

 190(1898), No. 8, pp. (56,457). — During the 4 years of its existence the expedition 

 has studied sj sternal Lcally 8 drainage basins with a total area of more than -1,000,000 

 acres. As a result of these investigations a series (10 volumes) of publications by 

 the expedition has appeared under the title of "Works on the hydrogeological, 

 hydrotechnical, forest, geological, soil, and meteorological phases of the general 

 water question in the central watershed of Russia." The present publication is a 

 summary <>t" these works. — r. fireman. 



Report on the prospects of irrigation and water conservation in New South 

 Wales, F. J. Home (Sydney : William Applegate Gullick, 1897, pp. 29, dgms. 86, maps 

 4). — Discusses both surface and artesian supplies, but devoted especially to the feasi- 

 bility of constructing 2 canals, one on the Murrumbidgee River, the other on the 

 Murray River. Maps are given of the proposed work, and diagrams show the dis- 

 charge of the 2 rivers named at different seasons of the year. 



Field trials of plows, F. Bokelman ( Tidsskr. Landbkon., 17 (1S98), No. 5-6, pp. 

 354-878). — An account of a 4-day field trial in Denmark with plows of different 

 makes — 4 American swing plows, 1 German plow, and 17 of the common Danish 



plows. — F. W. WOLL. 



ST ATISTICS— MISCELL AN E0US. 



Thirteenth Annual Report of Maine Station, 1897 (Maine Sta. Rpt.l897,pp. 

 211). — This contains reports of the director for the year ending December 31, 1897, 

 and the treasurer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897; acknowledgements; var- 

 ious articles noted elsewhere; reprints or abstracts of Bulletins 32-40 of the station 

 on the following subjects: Three troublesome weeds (E. S. R., 9, p. 143), fertilizer 

 inspection, 1897 (E. S. R., 9', p. 436), box experiments with phosphoric acid from 

 different sources (E. S. R., 9, p. 436), the currant fly, gooseberry fruit fly (E. S. R., 9, p. 

 673), testing seeds (E. S. R., 9, p. 653), feeding-stuff inspection (E. S. R., 9, p. 682), fer- 

 tilizer inspection, 1897 (E. S. R., 9, p. 739), stock-feeding suggestions (E. S. R., 9, p. 983), 

 and celery (E. S. R., 9, p. 950) ; and a reprint with minor additions of Bulletin 42 of 

 the station on ornamenting home grounds (E. S. R., 10, p. 355). 



Preliminary report of the municipal agricultural experiment station at 

 Vyatka for 1897 ( Vyatka, pp. 61; rev. in Selsk. Khoz. i Lgesov.,190 (lS08),No. 9,pp, 

 716,717). 



Agriculture in the Hawaiian Islands, H. W. Wiley (Jour. Franklin Inst., 147 

 (1S99), No. l,pp. 31-7,1). 



Statistics of the glucose industry (Chicago: (ilucose Sugar Refining Co., 1S9S. 

 pp. 63). 



Development of the text-book of agriculture in North America, L. H. Bailed 

 (Book Reviews, 7 (1899) No. 2, pp. 43-46).— This article discusses the development of 

 the text-book on agriculture, and reviews briefly the most important works pub- 

 lished since 1837 in their chronological order. 



