308 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The properties and conditions of production of fine bre^wing ■wheat (Fithling'a 



lanclw. Ztg., 4.', {189G), Xo. SI, iip. GSS-GSG). 



Results of three years' experiments in cost and profit of growing -wheat, B. C. 

 BCFFUM {Wyoming Sta. Bpi. 1S95, Appen., pp. 147-154).— K reprint of Bulletin 25 of 

 the station (E. S. R., 7, p. 578j. 



Wheat culture at the experiment station of Capelle, F. Desprez {Jour. Agr. 

 Prat., GO (180G), II, Xo. 39, pp. 4GG-4G9). — Cultural notes are given on 4 square-head 

 varieties, Battel, and Jaune a Epi rouge. 



Crops at the Divide Substation, J. H. McClelland {CoJorado Sta. Ilpt. 1S95, pp, 

 123-13G). — A report on the culture of wheat, oats, and barley, flax, broom corn, buck- 

 wheat, grasses, and other forage crops in plats, Bromus inermis, alfalfa, and potatoes. 

 "The conditions were favorable for early oats and for hay; but late oats and pota- 

 toes made poor yields." Very brief notes are also given upon condition of the 

 orchard and garden. 



Grain, forage crops, and root crops at the Rain-Belt Substation, .J. B. Robert- 

 son {Colorado Sta. Bpt. 1S95, pp. 137-142). — Four varieties of wheat, 2 of oats, 3 of 

 barley, 1 of rye, 1 of field peas, and 6 of corn were sown ; also Kafir and Jerusalem 

 corn. Red Amber sorghum, and broom corn. Drought, chinch bugs, and early frosts 

 prevented the crops from maturing. 



Report of the Arkansas Valley Substation, P. K. Blixn {Colorado Sta. Rpt. 1895, 

 pp. 143-15'£). — Five varieties of winter wheat, 1 of spring wheat, 1 each of oats, rye, and 

 buckwheat, and 3 of corn were planted; also 73 acres of alfalfa, and 3 of red clover. 

 Of the 3 cuttings of alfalfa the first, 153.29 tons, cost $1.15 per ton for harvesting; 

 the second, 83.9 tons, $0.95 per ton; and the third, 74.2 tons, $0.99 per ton. N^otes 

 are also given upon culture of sugar beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, vegetables, and 

 fruits at the station. 



Grain, forage, and root crops, and garden at the San Luis Valley Substation, 

 C. A. Duncan {Colorado Sta. Rpt.1895, pp. 153-lGl). — Variety tests were made of 6 

 varieties of wheat, 5 of oats, and 15 of potatoes. Barley, Polish wheat, and field 

 peas were also sown. Wheat yielded from 14 to 20 bu. per acre, oats 23 i to 30 bu., 

 and potatoes 90 to 152 bu. No detailed results are given of vegetable culture. 



Grain, root, and forage crops in South Dakota, E. C. Chilcott {South Dakota 

 Sta. Bpt. 1894, pp. 10-17). — Thirty-seven varieties of wheat, 14 of barley, 11 of oats, 

 and 120 of potatoes were grown. Indian corn failed, owing to the unfavorable sea- 

 son. Jerusalem corn, Kafir corn, brown durra, uiillow maize, and dwarf Essex rajie 

 were also grown. 



The profitableness of an extensive and an intensive system, W. Lilienthal 

 {Deut. landiv. Bresse, 23 {189G), Xo. 85, pp. 757, 758). 



Experiments at Borsbeke-lez-Alost, results obtained in 1895, P. de Yuyst 

 (Rev. Agron., 5 {189G), Xo. l,pp. 1-22). — This report covers experiments with manures 

 on winter wheat, rye, oats, clovers, and meadows ; a comparison of difierent phos- 

 phates; and a comparison of the waste from excelsior with straw for bedding. 



Report on experiments in culture made in 1895 at the School of Agriculture 

 of Carlsbourg, F. Mathias {Bui. Agr. {Belgium), 12 {189G), Xo. 4, pp. 134-141).— 

 This gives the results of experiments in the analysis of the soil by the plant, of 

 experiments with the sugar beet, and of experiments undertaken with the object of 

 comiiariug the eifects of different phosphates on a moist meadow. 



HORTICULTURE. 



The ash analysis of the -watermelon, giving the mineral sub- 

 stances it takes from the soil, Gr. F. Payne ( Georf/la Dept. Agr. Bui. 

 32, pp. 2'J-31). — Two medium-sized watermelons were foiiud to eoutain 



