AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STATISTICS, ETC. 1097 



The preparation of Tilsiter cheese, R. Eichloff (Molk. Zlg., 13 {1S99), No. 2, 

 ])}>■ 19, 20). — A description of the methods employed in making this kind of cheese. 



A new alcoholic fermentation product from skim milk and whey, A. G. 

 Eksthaxd (Milch Ztg., 28 (1899), No. 2, pp. 21, .'.'). — A note on a new cheap alcoholic 

 beverage. 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Farm drainage — why and how, J. J. W. Bij.lingsley (Drainage Jour., 21 (1899), 

 No. 4, pp. 90-94). — A popular discussion of the subjeel . 



Automatic division of irrigation water, W. M. Bristol (Pacific Sural Press, 57 

 {1899), Xo. 10, p. 145, figs. 2). — The construction and mode of operation of an adjust- 

 able automatic weir in use in the Highland district, San Bernardino County, Cali- 

 fornia, are described. 



Plows in Italy, IT. A. Johnson ( U. S. Consular Bpts., 1S09, No. 225, pp. 614-616).— 

 An account of held trials of plows made by three German firms. 



Agricultural machines competing at Paris, M. Rincjelmann (Jour. Agr. Prat., 

 1S99, I, No. 13, pp. 464-470, figs. 0). 



Trials of farm machinery, 1898, U. Sverdrup et al. (Christiania. 1S9D, pp. 69, 

 ill.). — The report gives detailed results of working trials with farm machinery con- 

 ducted by the Royal Society for Norway's Weal, and includes trials of 7 two-horse 

 and 9 one-horse mowers, 10 horse rakes, and 4 hay tedders. Nearly all the leading 

 American farm-machinery firms were represented, and the machines awarded first 

 diplomas were, without an exception, of American manufacture. The working 

 trials were made according to a carefully prepared plan and scores given for quality 

 of work done, for work in relation to draft, construction, and durability, and atten- 

 tion required during operation. — v. w. woll. 



Agricultural electrotechnics, R. H. Thurston (Science, n. ser., 9 (1899), No. 222, 

 pp. 4S0, 451).— A review of an article by P. Renaud on agricultural electrotechnics 

 in Germany and its future in France and her colonies, published in Bui. Soc. Encour- 

 agement Ind. Nat., 1SD9, Jan., p. 15. 



Cigar leaf-curing barn (Queensland Agr. Jour., 4 (1899), No. 2, p. 107).— Brief direc- 

 tions for constructing a tobacco barn. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Tenth Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1897 (Alabama College Sta. 

 Bpt.lS97, pp.28).— This contains brief outlines of the work of the different depart- 

 ments and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. 



Organization and work of the Tuskegee Experiment Station, G. W. Carver 

 (Alalama Tuskegee Sta. Bui. 1, pp. 3-5).— The station stall", the act of the Alabama 

 legislature establishing the station, and brief notes on the proposed work of the sta- 

 tion are given. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of New York State Station, 1897 (New York State 

 Sta. Bpt.l897,pp. 661).— This contains the report of the treasurer for the year end- 

 ing September 30, 1897, a meteorological record for the year, and reprints of Bul- 

 letins Nos. 117-142 of the station, excepting Nos. 120 and 122, on the following sub- 

 jects: Treatment of leaf spot in plum and cherry orchards in 1896 (E. S. R., !». p. 148); 

 alfalfa (E. S. R., 9, p. 133) ; the downy mildew of the cucumber, what it is, aud how to 

 prevent it (E. S. R., 9, p. 248) ; spray pumps and spraying (E. S. R., !». \>- 262 1 ; spraying 

 potatoes on Long Island in the season of 1896 (E. S. R., 9, p. 765) ; anthracnose of the 

 black raspberry (E. S. R., 9, p. 762) ; forcing tomatoes, comparison of methods of 

 training and benching (E. S. R., 9, p. 1051) ; notes on a tomato disease (E. S. R., 9, p. 

 1058) ; feeding experiments with chicks and capons ( E. S. R., 9', p. 1076) ; strawberries 



