92 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Tests of agricultural machinery at Ultuna Agricultural Institute (Sweden), 

 1894, H. Juhlin-Dammfelt and ^y. Melin (Rjyt. Ultuna Agl. Inst. 1894, pp. 

 99-11^').— Tests are reported of several forms of grain seeders, seed cleaners, and 

 mowing machines. 



Agricultural machinery in Denmark during 1895, H. F. K. Dencker (Tidsskr. 

 Landiikon., 15 {1896), pp. 156-167). 



Road construction, A. W. Campbell (Ori/ario Dept. Agr. Road Bui. l,pp. 4).— Brief 

 directions are given for drainage of the roadbed, crowning the road, selection and 

 placing of gravel, and repairs. 



Roads and pavements in France, S. P. Rockwell {Xeiv York: John Wiley 4- 

 Sons, 1896, pp. 107, figs. 25).— This book is partly the result of personal observation by 

 the writer and partly a compilation from standard publications on roads by French 

 engineers and from official documents. 



It treats of the stone roads of France and includes, among others, the following 

 topics: A perfect wagon road, grade, material for roads, gravel, broken stone, 

 quality of various rocks used, preparation, cleanness, size of stone used, mode of 

 construction, gravel road, stone road, roads with foundations, Tn'saguet's method, 

 Telford's system, roads without foundation, Macadam's system, thickness on the 

 Routes Nationales, binding material, convexity, maintenance and repair, general 

 recharging, rolling, cost of construction in United States and in France, and cost of 

 maintenance. 



Enlarging and arranging a barn, I. P. Roberts (Country Gent., 61 (1896), Ko. 2271, 

 p.612,figs.5). 



Notes on the construction of dairies, F. W. Waller (Agl. Students' Gaz,, 7 

 (1896), No. 6, pp. 209-219, pi. 1). 



STATISTICS. 



Organization list of agricultural experiment stations and institutions ■with 

 courses in agriculture in the United States (V. S. Dipt. Agr., Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations Bui. 27, pp. 93). — This contains the organization list of agricultural col- 

 leges and experiment stations revised to January, 1896 ; a subject list of ])ublication8 

 of the experiment stations received by this office during 1895; Federal legislation 

 relating to the colleges and stations; and the rulings of the Treasury and Post-Office 

 Departments as to the construction of the act of Congress of March 2, 1887, estab- 

 lishing the stations. 



Reports of the director and treasurer of Florida Station for 1894 (Florida Sta, 

 Ept. 1894, pp. 4). — A brief outline of the work of the year and a statement of 

 receipts and disbursements for the year ending June 30, 1894. 



Annual Report of the Louisiana Stations for 1895 (Louisiana Stas. Rpt. 1895, 

 pp. 8). — Brief remarks on the work of the 3 stations in the State, list of bulletins 

 published, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. 



Annual reports of director and treasurer of Vermont Station for 1894 ( Ver- 

 mont Sta. Ept. 1894, jip. 9-16). — This includes a brief review of the work of the year 

 by the director and a treasurer's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. 



Abstract of bulletins of Vermont Station, 1894 ( Vermont Sta. Rpt. 1894, pp. 

 75-5i).— Abstracts of Bulletins 41, 43, and 44 of the station (E. S. R., 6, pp. 2ti, 994, 

 1007). 



Annual Report of the experiment station of the Department de I'Aisne 

 (R^puhlique Fran^aise, Dept. de VAisne, Sta. Agron., Bui. 1895, pp. 87). — This bulletin 

 contains meteorological data for 1895, a general meteorological resume for the years 

 1890-'95, and reports ou investigations of the following questions : The role of com- 

 mercial fertilizers associated with barnyard manure; the best form of nitrogen, 

 phosphoric acid, and potash for sugar beets; the eilect of applications of pyritic 

 ashes and of sulphate of iron ; negative action of the products of coal oil distillation 



