974 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Report of experiments conducted at the Provincial Experi- 

 ment Garden at Ghent in 1894-'95, P. de Oaluwe {Expose Cult. 

 iJxjH'r. Jard. Omul, 1894-''95, pp. 100).— A report of experiments with 

 cereals, legumes, ])otatoes, and forage plants. The work consisted of 

 seed, variety, and feitilizer tests. Eesults are given in tabular form. 



Superphosphate, Thomas slag, and mineral phosphate were applied 

 to wheat plats — in some cases before and in others after sowing. Super- 

 phosphate proved itself less effective than Thomas slag and mineral 

 phosphate, and applying fertilizers before sowing was found to be the 

 better practice. Either potash or nitrate of soda when api)lied to flax 

 tended to lodge the crop and to retard maturity. The plats to which 

 mineral phosphate was applied gave larger amounts of tiber than 

 those on which Thomas slag and superphosphate were used. 



Experiments with chicory showed that barnyard manure tended to 

 malform the roots no more than commercial fertilizers. Plats fertilized 

 with horse manure gave the greatest yields. Superphosphate gave a 

 larger total yield than phosphate of potash, but the latter produced the 

 larger amount of dry matter in the roots. 



Commercial fertilizers were applied to iiotatoes broadcast, in the fur- 

 row, and in the hill. Crops were grown from whole tubers and from 

 cuttings. Applying fertilizers in the hill and growing plants from 

 whole tubers proved to be the better methods. 



Rye grown from large seeds produced a greater percentage of large 

 grains than rye from smaller seed. 



It was found more jirotitable to sow hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa) with 

 barley than with rye. 



Third annual report of field experiments carried out during 



1896, D. A. Gilchrist and F. H. Fouekes {Jour. Univ. Extension 

 College, Reading [England], Suppl. i, JU*- ^>-^)- — These experiments on 

 pasture, meadow, rotation, and various held crops were carried on in 

 various parts of England, and are to be continued. No imi)ortant 

 conclusions have as yet been reached in the seeding and rotation 

 experiments. Results are tabulated and notes on manures and their 

 application are given. 



Fertilizer experiments on pasture proved complete commercial ferti- 

 lizers the most economical. Applications of phosphatic fertilizers and 

 kainit improved the herbage. Superphosphate was found to be more 

 suitable for chalky soils than basic slag. Nitrate of soda tended to 

 make the herbage coarse. 



The potato experiments showed that nitrate of soda increased the 

 growth of the vines much more than that of the tubers. Potash 

 manures proved very effective. 



The carrot: Its culture as a field crop and its use (Zischr. landiv. Ver. Hessen, 



1897, Xo. J-,p- 133). 



Cotton culture in Oklahoma, G. E. Mokrow {Oklahoma Sta. Bui. 23, pp. 1-14).— 

 This is a popular bulletin on cottoii culture iu which climate, soils, aud methods of 

 cultivation are discussed. Notes by practical cotton growers are also given on cot- 

 ton culture. 



