890 



different varieties grown on the station farm. From the small nnmber 

 plmited a good yield of seed was obtained. From tliis it is liopeil to 

 produee seed for disl ribntion. Notes and tabnhitcd dat:i <m enltnre and 

 the results of analysis are reported for 203 samples of beets received 

 from different ])arts of the State. 



Of the 263 .analyses, 55 show under 10 per cent of sugar in the beet; of these, 13 

 show 10 per cent and over of sugar in the juice. Eighty-four show between 10 and 

 12 per cent sugar in the beet; of these, 34 show 12 per cent and over of sugar in the 

 juice and are consequently of niark<table value. Seventy-nine show over 12 i)er 

 cent and under 15 jier cent of sugar in the beet; of these, 41 show over 13 i»eretnt of 

 sugar in the beet. Forty-tive show over 15 per cent of sugar in the beet; of these, 8 

 show over 17 and 2 show over 18 per cent of sugar in the beet. 



jNIistakes in culture or theselection of sami)les for analysis are stated to 

 account for the low percentages of sugiir found in many cases. The soil 

 and climate of the State aie favorabh' to the growth of the sugar beet. 



South Dakota Station, Bulletin No, 28, December, 1891 (pp, 35). 



Irrigation, L. Foster, M. S. A., and C. A. Duncan, B.'s. (figs. 

 .5). — (xcueral information is given regarding methods of irrigation and 

 the amounts of water to be api»licil t(t (Utfcicnt crops. A preliminary 

 report is made of experiments under direition of the station at Mel- 

 lette, Frankfort, and Huron. South Dakota. The water used was 

 obtain<'d from artesian wells. Ex]K'riments iiulicate that irrigation 

 may be advantageously used in the -lames IJiver \'alley lor cereals 

 and other croi)s. 



Texas Station. Bulletin No. 20. March. 1892 ipp. 14). 



A .«<TUDV OK THE COMroSITION OFCKASSES, II. II. llAURINnTON. 



M. S, (pp. 170-lS,")). — This includes deseiiptions by the author and 

 analy.ses by D. Adriance of samples of Johns(m grass {iSorf/Jmiti hnlc- 

 penac), rescue grass {limntiis lotiohnihs), alfalfa, and burr <-lover (^f('(JI- 

 catjo m((ci(h(t<i'i), cut at dilferent stages of growth, autl of tlie ash of 

 alfalfa. 



C<tNTlllHUTION TO TlIF, ('():\ll'( (.SIT ION OT A^tl^WKWN (J RAINS. II. II. 



Harkington, M. S. (pp. ISO-lS!)). — Analyses ol" a large nundn-r of 

 sam])les of corn, oats, wheat, rye, and barley, and of llie asli of wheat, 

 oats, rye, barley, and dhoura <'oin. 



Water analyses, 11. 11. 11 aki.*in(;t()N. M. S. (p. r.tt»)- — Aiuilyses 

 of six saMi))les of well and mineral waters. 



Vermont Station, Bulletin No. 27, January, 1892 (pp. 12). 



Tests of dairy Ari'ARAirs, .1, L, Hills, li. S. — This bulletin 

 describes the tests made in connection with the dairy selmol of the I'ni- 

 versity of Vermont and State Agricultural ("ollege, which was held at 

 Ibnlingtfui in l)ec( inher, ISOl. MMie dairy .school was well e(|uippi'd 

 with the newest forms of apparatus, in«luding butter winkers, churns, 



