306 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Cereals and other field crops ( Wijoming Sta. Bpt. 1895, Jppen., pp. 63-73). — 

 Reprinted from Bulletin 22 of the station (E. S. R., 7, p. 210). 



Gotten in British Central Africa ( /i6it' Misc. Bui. No. 113-114, pp. US, ii5).— Brief 

 notes are given of a seuiiwild cotton growing in Central Africa, the fiber of which 

 is of a woolly character, from 1^ to 1,'^; in. long, but rather weak. It is rated as 

 worth about 4:^- (J. (8i cts.) i)er pound in Manch('8t<'r, England. 



Flax fiber microscopically and chemically considered, A. Herzog (Die Flaclis- 

 fciser ill mil'roslcojyischer iind rhemischer Bezieh ung. TraniexciH : lS9G,pp. SG,Jlf/s. 3). — In 

 this publication the author considers microscopically the flax stalk, the bast fibers of 

 the ilax, and the recognition of flax fibers in fabrics and papers. On the chemical 

 sidehe treats of the water, crude f;it, crude protein, crude fiber, ash, and the nitrogen- 

 free extract of the flax fiber, also the bearing these considerations have on the prepa- 

 ration and use of the fiber. 



Fiber flax in Washington, A. W. Thornton ( Washington Sta. Bui. 20, pp. 11). — 

 lliis is a popular bulletin discussing the advisability of growing flax in the State 

 and giving full directions for its culture. 



Experiments -with fiber plants (Gard. Chron., sir. 3, 20 {1S96), Xo. 515, p. 558). — 

 A brief account is given of experiments with sisal hemp in Egypt. 



Tropical fodder grasses (Ktw Misc. Bui. No. 113-114, pp. 115-118). — Notes and 

 analyses are given of Andropogon i^ertusus, A. caricosiis, Chloris harhaia, Punicum colo- 

 num, and P. pri)Siratum. 



Forage plants ( Jryoming Sta. Rpt. 1S95, Appen., pp. 60-63). — Reprinted from Bulle- 

 tin 22 of the station (E. S. R., 7, p. 209). 



Fodder and forage plants exclusive of the grasses, J. G. Smith ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Division of Agrostology Bui. 2, pp. 58, Jigs. 50). — A popular bulletin on the sub- 

 ject, the species being arranged alphabetically according to the scientific names, 

 with an alphabetical index of the English names appended. The remarks under 

 each species, while brief, are designed to include the most important information of 

 practical value. In the United States there are over 200 native or wild species 

 of plants aside from grasses which are regarded as good forage i)limts. Among the 

 wild native sjiecies nienticmed by the author as worthy of more extended cultivation 

 in regions where they thrive are wild vetch (Hosaclia purshiaiia), deer weed (H. 

 glabra), Beckwitli clover {TrifoUum heckwithii), Buffalo pea (Astragalus caryocarpus), 

 winter fat {Eurolia lanafa), and sotol (Dasylirioii tesannm). 



Native and introduced forage plants in South Dakota, J. H. Siiepaud and 

 T. A. Williams {South Dakota Sta. Rpt. 1894, BuUefius, pp. 208, pis. 55).— Bulletin 40 

 of the station (E. S. R., 6, p. 403) is bound with the Annual Report. 



Some New Mexico forage plants, E. O. Wootox {Nnv Mexico Sta. Bui. 18, pp. 

 57-95, pis. 1?). — A botanical description, with remarks on the economic value, is 

 given of galleta grass (Hilaria mutica), joint grass (Pasjialum disiichum and Eriochloa 

 puyictaia), barnyard grass, grapevine mesqnite (Panicum ohtusum), Texas drop seed 

 grass (Muhlenhergia texana and Lycurus phalaroides), hunch grass (Sporobolus airoides), 

 blue grama (Bouteloua oiigostachya), six weeks grama (B.polystachya), woolly jointed 

 grama {B. eriopoda), tall grama {B. curtipendula and Ercmochloe kingii), salt grass 

 {Distichlis spicaia), millo maize, Kafir corn, Italian millet, pearl millet, alfalfa, 

 mein\\\\te {Prosopis juliflora),\,ovm\\o (P. pubescens), prickly pear, and sotol (Dasy- 

 lirioii wheelcri). 



Forage plants with tabular r6sum6 of their culture, P. Masse<J{on (Bui. Agr. de 

 V Quest, 1896, pp. 31). 



Guinea grass (Panicum maximum), J. H. Hart (71m?. Roy. Bot. Garden, Trinidad, 



2 (1896), No. 8, pp. 219-221). — Introduced into Jamaica as bird food. Cultural notes 

 are given. 



Grasses, W. C. Latta (Indiana Sta. Bpt. 1895, pp. 35, ,?6).— Yields of bay per 

 acre, calciilated from fifteenth-acre i)lats, are tabulated for 8 varieties of grasses and 



3 of leguminous i)lants. Alfalfa gave better results than any of the clovers in 1895. 

 Lathyrus sylvestris is recommended only for light sandy and exhausted soils. 



