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tli at the amount of water so utilized by the rice plant was 1.0G8 liters 

 of water per hectare per second. It thus appears that the water 

 requirements of rice are much smaller in Japan than in Italy, where, 

 according to Patriarca, 1 the average amount of water required by rice 

 is 2.637 liters per hectare per second. This difference is believed to be 

 due to the greater humidity of the air in Japan (76 to 94 per cent, as 

 compared with 52 to 09 per cent in Italy). 



Report of the agricultural exposition of Kiev and the agricultural industries 

 of Russia, H. Sagxier (Bui. [.]/<«. Agr. France], 17 (1898), Xo. 2, pp. 488-513).— Thia 

 report discusses the agricultural exposition held at Kiev in 1897 and the history and 

 present condition of agricultural education in Russia, and gives descriptions of the 

 Agronomic Institute at Moscow, the Imperial Agricultural Museum, and the Botanic 

 Gardens at St. Petershurg. An outline is given of the systems of agricultural ex- 

 perimeut stations aud meteorological stations and the general work of the Ministry 

 of Agriculture is pointed out. 



November*crop report, C. C. James (Ontario Bureau Iud. Bui. 68, pp. 31). — This 

 bulletin gives the estimates of the yields of crops, statistics of live stock, and the 

 total rainfall and average temperature for the Province of Ontario for 1898. 



Some statistics of the world's production and consumption of cereals, L. 

 Graxdeau (Ann. Sei. Agron., 1S9S, IT, Xo. 2, pp. 127-228). — Figures are given on the 

 production of cereals in general, on the production of wheat for all countries, and 

 on the cost of producing wheat in France. 



The culture of beets for forage, E. Mer (Frog. Agr. et Tit. (ed. Vest), 20 (1899), 

 No. 13, pp. 399-401). — This article reviews the methods of growing heets for forage in 

 different parts of France and gives directions for their culture. 



Broom corn ( Wallace's Farmer, 24 (1899), Xo. 14, p. 313). — A popular note on the 

 culture of broom corn in central Kansas. 



Cost of cane culture, R. F. Rose (Florida Agr., 26(1899), Xo. 15, p. ::?).— A brief 

 article on the cost of growing sugar cane iu Florida and Louisiana. 



The cultivation of pindars or ground nuts in Jamaica, F. Watts (Jour. Jamaica 

 Agr. Soc. 1S9S, Xo. 10, pp. 409-414; abs. in Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind., 17 (1898), Xo. 12, 

 p. 12D0). 



General observations on oats, Balland (Compt. Bend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 125 (1S97), 

 Xo. 16, pp. 579-581). 



Raising peanuts by irrigation (Fla. Agr., 26 (1S99), Xo. I-',, pp. 26, 27).— A. brief 

 article on the subject. 



Some good varieties of potatoes (Amer. Card., 20(1899), Xo. 226, p. 301).— Notes 

 on 16 of the newer varieties of potatoes tested at the Ohio Station the last two 

 seasons. 



The potato in France in 1781, G. Hexslow (Gard. Chron., 3. xer., 25 (1S99), Xo. 

 639, p. 177). — A review of a work ou the potato published in France in 1781, con- 

 taining many points of historical interest. 



The influence of form, size, and starch content of seed potatoes on the yield, 

 M. Fischer (Fuhling's Landw. Ztg., 48 (1899), Xo. 5, pp. 188-193; 6, pp. 901-208).— 

 Experiments were conducted to determine the influence of these factors on the yield 

 of potatoes, and the results are here tabulated and discussed. 



Relations between the color of the grain, its composition, and the form of the 

 heads and stems of rye, N. "Westermeier (Fiihling's Landw. Ztg., 47 (1898), No 

 pp. 847-852).— -This article is a discussion of the results of breeding rye by different 

 breeders. The author states that so long as it has not been proved that yellow- 

 grained rye is the more productive, green-grained rye should receive the preference 



1 Compare Markus, Landw. Meliorationsweseu, 1881, p. 59. 



