1098 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



in 1897 (E. S. R., 9, p. 1052) ; variety tests with raspberries, blackberries, and dewber- 

 ries (E. S. R., 9, p. 1052) ; analyses of commercial fertilizers for 1897 (E. S. R., 9. p. 1042; 

 10, p. 36) ; a bacterial disease of sweet corn (E. S. R., 9, p. 1056) ; results with oat smut 

 in 1897 (E. S. R., 9, p. 1060) ; the source of milk fat (E. S. R., 9, p. 1083) ; spraying iu 1897 

 to prevent gooseberry mildew (E. S. R*., 9, p. 1061) ; the composition and production 

 of sugar beets ( E. S. R., 10, p. 145) ; inspection of nurseries and treatment (if infected 

 nursery stock (E. S. R., 10, p. 168) ; commercial fertilizers for potatoes (E. S. R., 10, p. 

 431) ; experiments and observations on some diseases of plants (E. 8. R., 10, pp. 452, 

 453,454); plant lice, descriptions, enemies, and treatment (E. S. R., 10, p.467) ; wood 

 ashes and apple scab (E. S. R., 10, pp. 437, 452) ; digestion and feeding experiments 

 (E. S. R., 10, p. 476) ; report of the director of New York State Station (E. S. R., 10, p. 

 498). 



Seventeenth Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1898 (Ohio Sta. Ilpt. 1898, pp. 

 XXII I. map 1). — This contains reports of the board of control, the treasurer for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, and the director, including a brief outline of station 

 work for the year, a subject list of Bulletins 85-95, a list of the publications received 

 during the year, and acknowledgments of miscellaneous donations. 



Tenth Annual Report of Texas Station, 1898 (Texas Sta. Ept. 1S9S, pp, 1111- 

 1144, pis. 3). — This consists of a report by the director on the work of the college aud 

 substations, brief reports by the heads of departments, financial statements for the 

 fiscal years ending June 30, 1897 and 1898, and an appendix containing a bibliogra- 

 phy of agricultural publications. 



Tenth Annual Report of West Virginia Station, 1897 ( West Virginia Sta. Ept. 

 1S97, pp. 66). — This contains a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1897, and reports by the director, agriculturist and horticulturist, entomologist 

 (p. 1067), and chemist, reviewing the different lines of station, work for the year. 



An effort to help the farmer, I. P. Roberts (Xew York Cornell sta. Bui. 1-59, pp. 

 241-2GS). — This is the fifth report of progress of the State extension work in agri- 

 culture. Part I deals with the investigational work of the station already reported 

 in bulletins and that under progress, correspondence work, and itinerant teaching 

 by means of schools and lectures; Part II deals with the nature-study aud reading- 

 course work. The previous reports are given in Bulletins 110, 122, 137, and 146 of 

 the station (E. S. R., 8, pp. 135, 740; 9, p. 699; 10, p. 498). 



Beet-sugar manufacture in Sweden, 1896 to 1897 {Tidskr. Landtmiiu, 19 {189S), 

 No. 2, pp. 30-32). — This article gives statistics on the production of beet sugar in 

 Sweden for the year ending September 1, 1897. Nineteen factories were in opera- 

 tion and 890,240.4 metric tons of beets were worked, being an average of 46,855 

 tons per factory. The total yield of sugar was 105,556.2 tons, of which 94,261 tons 

 were first sugars, 9,649.5 seconds, and 1,645.7 tons thirds and fourths. Besides the 

 sugar 25,615.8 tons of molasses were produced. The yield of sugar was 11.86 per 

 cent of the beets worked; the first sugars amounted to 10.59 per cent of the beets; 

 the seconds to 1.08 per cent, and the thirds and fourths to 0.19 per cent. The yield 

 of molasses was 2.88 per cent of the beets. The average sugar content of the beets, 

 as determined by means of the polariscope, was 13.56 per cent, the maximum being 

 14.59 and the minimum 12.26 per cent. The number of tons of beets worked was 

 66 per cent greater than iu 1895 aud the amount of sugar obtained was 70 per cent 

 greater. — f. w. woll. 



