yifl<lc(l ;il><>\c K> l»nslii'ls. \ i/,. (lidilcii ('riiiiit Side. * * * St'\«*i;il 

 other varieties yielded av«*11. the best being Barley |3S bushels], Welch 

 |.»7.1i5 biishelsj, ami Kaily Dakota [.So bushels |." A coinyiarisoii of tin- 

 yields of lit varieties, which hav«' been t-esteil lor .» siuecssive years, 

 shows that '-the IJarh'v oats and Early T^akota oats have made the 

 best average, both of which wc consider good staii(hnd varieties." 



Massachusetts Hatch Station, Meteorological Bulletins Nos. 32 and 33. August 

 and September, 1891 pp. 4 each). 



A dail\ and int)ntiily snniinary of oi»scr\ ations for August an<l Sc]» 

 tcndxM' at the nictcoiol(»gical oliscivatory <tl'th<» station, in charge of ('. 

 I). Wiirnci, B. S. 



Minnesota Station. Bulletin No. 16. April, 1891 (pp. 12). 



Tin: (OMMo.N SCAM < >F SIIKKP. O. Llcailli:. I'll. 1). (pp. 7.">-S4. tigs. 



7). — Popular descriptions of scalt iiiitcs, especially that causing tin- 

 common scalt of shee]» ( Psoropfi s ronnininis, \ar. or/.s), <lirections for 

 treatment, and I'ornndas for a number (jf sheep dijis. Sjiecial reference 

 is made to the publication of this Dei>artment eutitle<l Animal Para- 

 sites of Sheep (see Experinu'ut Station Be<-ord, vol. ii. ]>. 70). from which 

 six of the ligun's illnstiatin.u the bulletin are taken. 



Minnesota Station, Bulletin No. 17. August. 1891 (pp. 24). 



Mkjk'AToky i.octsts in Minnesota in ISIM, O. Lt'(;<;kk, Pii. D. 

 (|>p. .S7-I0.S, tigs. lo). — Accounts of observations and exjterinu^nts by the 

 author in the Bed Iviver Valley, illustrated descriptions of the Kock> 

 Mountain locust [i'oJojttcuiis spntKs), lesser migrat(»ry locust {Mchmo- 

 jtht.s atlatitix), and pellucid lo»ust {('<n)iinihi jxUucidd). and suggestions 

 as to remedies. Statements regarding the ovipositing of the Rocky 

 Mountain locust and the Icgislaticm nee<led in ^Minnesota against locusts 

 are ([Uoted from I'ulh'tin No. S of the stati<»n (.see Kx|terinient Station 

 Record, vol. i. p. L'.'tOi. 'flic ol»ser\ ations ot' isitj ;igi('ed with those 

 made in ]>re\ ions years in showing that the ]»Iowing of land after the 

 i'ggs ha\(' heeii deposit«'d is an ett'ective means of repression. llopjuT 

 dozers were used Avith good results. The following species of insects 

 were observed to prey upon the locusts: Red mite {Trombidium Jortisto- 

 riim), blister beetle [Epivduta prniiNylroiiica), ground beetle {('dlosonia 

 rdlithon), rnsiitiarliKS sp.. and wolf s])ider {Phjiilippus fripioirtntHx), 

 Previous rei)orts on invasions of hunists in Minnesota may be found in 

 llnlletin No. 8 (.see Experiment Station lieroid. vol. i. j). L*;U)) and the 

 .\nnnal Reixatof the stati(Ui tor IS88(sce Kxperiment Station Ibilletin 

 .\(». 'J, part 11, p. 111'). 



