STATISTICS. 353 



Seventh Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1894 (Xeiv York 

 Cornell Stii. li'pf. ISOi.pp. G-24; Appen., pp. 74(i).— V\\\a incliides brief reports Ly the 

 cUreitor and heads of departments npou the work of the year, reprints of bnllctins 

 witli indexes of illustrations and text, aiul a detaihnl financial report for the fiscal 

 year endinj^ ,Tnne 30, 1894. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1895 {Ohio Sta. Jipt. 1S95, pp. 

 XLIIl). — This includes a brief report by the secretary of the board of control; 

 report of tlie treasurer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 189.5; report of the 

 director on the season and croi)s, work of the station and substations, and publica- 

 tions issued ; a list of douatious made to the station ; and reports of heads of statiou 

 departments, including some work mentioned elsewhere. 



Seventh Annual Report of South Dakota Statiou, 1894 (South Dakota Sta. 

 Ixpt. 1894, pp. 34). — A financial report is given for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1894, and the director and heads of departments summarize briefly the work per- 

 formed during the year. Some experiments are given in detail, and are elsewhere 

 reported. The bulletins issued during the fiscal year are bound with the report. 



Eighth Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1895 {South Dakota Sta. Bpt. 

 1S93, pp. -22). — A fiuancial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, is given, as 

 reported to this Department, upon the prescribed schedules ; and the president briefly 

 summarizes the work of the year and outlines future experiments. The bulletins 

 for the fiscal year are bound with the Annual Keport. 



Eighth Annual Report of Texas Station, 1895 {Texas Sta. lipt. 1S95, pp. 

 745-7SG). — Brief rei)orts upon condition of statiou work by the director and heads of 

 departments; fiuancial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895; synopses 

 of all bulletins issued by the station ; and index to the publications of 1894 and 1895. 



Reports of director and treasurer of Wisconsin Station, 1894 ( Wisconsin Sta. 

 Rpt. 1S94, pp. 1-4, 3S4). — Brief remarks by the director ujion the work of the station, 

 a list of the statiou publications available for distribution, and a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ending Juue 30, 1894. 



Fifth Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1895 ( Wyoming Sta. lipt. 1S95, pp. 

 34; and Appen., pp. 107). — This includes brief reports upon condition of station 

 and station work by the director, heads of departments, and superintendents of sub- 

 stations; treasurer's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895; and reprints of 

 press bulletins. The appendix contains reprints of Bulletins 21-26. 



Agricultural Station of the Island of Mauritius, report of the work of 1895, 

 M. r. BoXAMK {Ann. Sci. A(jron., 2 {1890), No. 2, pp. 205-320). — This article embraces 

 work done on the following subjects: Meteorology; experiments with difterent 

 manures on sugar cane; the utilization of molasses for food for man and animals, as 

 a manure, as fuel, 'in the manufacture of salts (K2CO3), and of alcohol; and potato 

 culture, inchnling varieties, planting of whole and cut tubers, and planting with 

 and without manure. 



The agricultural experiment station for the Province of Posen, M. Geklach 

 (Chem. Zig., 20 {1890), Xo. 57, pp. 550-558, figs. 11). — An illustrated description of the 

 buildings and laboratories, laboratory equipment, etc. 



What the country is doing for the farmer, W. 8. Hakwood {Xorth Amer. Bee, 

 1S9G, Xov., pp. 527-530). 



Variety tests in the experiment stations {(larden and Forest, 9 {1890), Xo. 456, 

 p. 401). — Editorial notes on the value of variety tests. 



Miscellaneous agricultural topics {Xorth Carolina Sta. Bui. 123, pp. 372-383). — 

 Reprints of the press bulletins of the station issued iu August, October, aiul Novem- 

 ber, 1895. Some of the more important topics discussed in a popular way are har- 

 vesting and threshing cowpeas by machinery, feeding calves, grasses for hay and 

 comparative values of hay, rust in small grains, onion growing, milk testing, com- 

 parative draft upon soil of wheat and oats, and notes on insect pests of shade trees, 

 lesser locust, harle<|uiu bug, and cabbage maggot. 



