ABSTRACTS OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



Farmers' Bulletin No. C. 



Tobacco, cultivation and curing, J. M. Estes dtp. S).— Biief 

 iiistructious for the manageuient of tobacco by farmers. 



DIVISION OF VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY. 



Farmers' Bulletin No. 5. 



Treatment of smuts of oats and wheat, W. T. Swingle 

 (pp. 8, plate 1). — This popular bulletin includes brief illustrated 

 descriptions of tbe loose smut of oats ( Ustilago aveme) and the stinking 

 smuts of wheat {Tilletia fcetens and T. tritici)', statements regarding" 

 amount of damage caused by smut; directions for treatment with hot 

 water, potassium sulphide, or copper sulphate; and a list of publica- 

 tions on this subject. 



DIVISION OF BOTANY. 



Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium, Yol. Ill, 

 No. 1, February 25, 1892. 



Monograph of the grasses of the United States and Brit- 

 ish America, G. Vasey (pp. 89). — This number includes classified 

 descriptions of about half of the 800 species of grasses found in the 

 United States and British America. 



OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Experiment Station Bulletin No. 10. 



Meteorological work for agricultural institutions, M. 

 W. Harrington (pp. 23). — This contains suggestions of lines of mete- 

 orological work api)ropriate to agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations, together with statements regarding the necessary outfit. For 

 a further account of this bulletin see p. 585 of this number of the Rec- 

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