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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



A new plan for the construction of a storage cellar, W. B. 



Alwood ( Virf/inia *SYa. BuL 'j^, pp. Ui3-l(JS, figft. 6').— A cellar for the 

 winter storage of fruits and vegetables has been constructed at the 

 station, the essential features of which are described as follows: 



"(1) A cellar excavateil into a gently slopinjjj billsiile, carried into the bank far 

 enough to place the cellar room entirely below the snrface of the «'arth and yet give 

 opportunity to enter the cellar easily by an inclined way from the lower side of the 

 slope; (2) a flue leading out from near the center of the floor of the cellar room, 

 along the bank of the hillside for a considerable distance, with sufticient fall to make 

 it act both as a drainpipe and a fresh-air flue; (3) ventilating flues placed at each 

 end of the cellar room, or elsewhere as desired, and rising to the height necessary to 

 give a sntilicient draft to carry ofl' rapidly the air from the cellar room wlienever 

 ventilation is desired.'' 



A trial of this cellar has given quite satisfactory results as regards 

 ventilation and uuiformity of temperature. 



Brick paving for country roads (U. S. Dcjyt. Agr., Office of Road fiiqum/ ('ire. 

 26, pp.7, fi{/s.G).— This IS an account, taken principally from the Monmouth Daily 

 Review and the Engineering News, of the successful use in road making of vitrified 

 brick made from shale in Monmouth. Warren County, Illinois. The narrow-strip 

 method of road constructiou is illustrated and discussed. 



STATISTICS. 



Ninth Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1896 (Geornia Sta. Rpt. ISful, pp. 

 593-598). — The report includes very brief notes by the director upon progress of work 

 at the station, a list of publications issued during the year, and a linancial statement 

 for the liscal year ending Jnne oO, 18H(i. 



Ninth Annual Report of Maryland Station, 1896 {Maryland sta. Bpl. isn''>, pp. 

 213-230). — This includes a report by the director upon bulletins issued, general prog- 

 ress of the station, aiul experimental work in the agricultural department; miles 

 upon investigations by the chemist, horticulturist, entomologist, iihysicist, and 

 veterinarian; and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending .June 30, 189(5. 



Tenth Annual Report of Nebraska Station, 1896 {Xebraska sia. Rpt. lSf)i'>, pp. 

 XXXIl). — Report by the director on the general management of the station, addi- 

 tions to the station personnel, station improvements and progress, and bulletins 

 published during the year; outlines of work liy heads of departments; .'ind a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ending .Fuue 30, IWH!. 



Eighth Annual Report of Ne'w Hampshire Station, 1896 (Xew Hampshire Sta. 

 Bill. 40, p)). 76-9f,Ji(js. ./). — Brief reports l)y the heads of dejiartments on tlie work 

 of the year, with lists of bulletins pulilished and of donations received by the sta- 

 tion, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending .June 30, l^t90. Some work 

 done by the entomologist is reported elsewhere (]>. lOOU). 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1895 (Ohio Sta. Upt. is:i:,, pp. 

 V-XLIII, fi(j8.2). — Rei)orts by the board of control, «lircctor, and heads of depart- 

 ments on the work of the year, parts of which appear eLsewhere; announcement as 

 to the scope of the station work; an inventory of the station buildings, with floor 

 plans of the main building and of the dairy barn; list.^ of the publications issued 

 and of the donations ami exchanges received dining the year; and a linaticial state- 

 ment for the fiscal \ear ending .June 30, 18i*.">. 



