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wool produced and consvimed in each State and Territory as given bj the Census 

 of 1890, amount transported in eacli of 10 groujis of States, an exi)lanati()n of the 

 freight chissitication of wool, tables showing rates from 12 important shijiping 

 points to about 40 markfts, and rates within 15 of the most important wool growing 

 States. The text is mostly explanatory. 



Report of the director of Arkansas Station for 1895 {Arlanxas 6ta. lipt. 1S95, 

 pp. 1,2). — A list of the bulletins ])ul)lished during the year, brief remarks, and a 

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



Reports of board of control and treasurer of Connecticut State Station, 

 1895 {('oiinecHciit Slate Sta. lipt. ISnr,, pp. XX, 302-305) .—Brief notice by the secre- 

 tary of the board of control upon work in different lines, and publications issued 

 during the year; and the report of the treasurer for the fiscal year ending September 

 30, 1895. Recent legislation affecting the station is also given. 



Reports of director and treasurer of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1895 ( Con- 

 necticut Storrs Sta. lipt. lSf)5, pp. 6-13). — This includes a general review of the lines 

 of work carried on during the year, and a financial reiiort for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1<S95. 



Eighth Annual Report of Kentucky Station, 1895 (EeiitKcky Sta. lijyt. 1895, pp. 

 LXVI, t4S, pis. <!, Jigs. D). — Financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1895; report of director giving changes in organization and list of publications, and 

 briefly outlining work of the year; reports of different divisions, including some 

 new work, which is noticed elsewhere; and reprints of bulletins issued during the 

 year. 



Eighth Annual Report of Maryland Station, 1895 {Maryland Sta. lipt. 1895, pp. 

 218-239, pis. 4). — Outlines of the work of the year by the director, chemist, horti- 

 culturist, and physicist; and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1895. 



Report of the director of Massachusetts Hatch Station for 1895 {Massachusetts 

 Hatch Sta. lipt. 1895, pp. 109-172). — This contains a brief history of the two stations 

 in Massachusetts, their consolidation, and the text of the act of the State legislature 

 regarding it, the reorganization of the station, and a financial statement for the 

 Hatch fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. 



Report on -work at the Gembloux agricultural experiment station during 



1895, A. Peteijmann {Ann. Sci. Aaron., ser. 2, 1896, II, No. 2, pp. 238-252). 

 Report on "work at the agricultural experiment station in the Island of 



Mauritius during 1895, P. Boname {Ann. Sci. Agron., ser. 2, 1896, II, No. 2, pp. 

 265-320). — Meteorological observations; laboratory work ; tests of fertilizers, espe- 

 cially on sugar cane, the titilization of molasses as a food, as a fertilizer, as fuel, and 

 for the manufacture of salts and alcohol; and experiments with potatoes (varieties, 

 planting, fertilizers, etc.). 



The Rothamsted experiments, 1896 {j^p. 15, figs. 7). — This gives plans and sum- 

 mary tables arranged for reference in the fields. 



Memoranda of field and other experiments at Rothamsted, 1896, J. H. 

 GiLBEHT {pp. 107, figs. 7). — This is the usual annual memoranda on the origin, plan, 

 and results of experiments on the farm and in the laboratory, including the data 

 obtained during the fifty-third year, and accomjianied by a list of the papers which 

 liave been published on these experiments. 



Conservatism in scientific agriculture, W. H. Jordan {Trans. Mass. Sort. Sac, 



1896, I, pp. 31-47), 



