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How to grow cotton in spite of the boll weevil, I. W. Williams {Ga. Bd. 

 Ent. Bui. Ifi {1911), pp. 4S, figs. 17).— The production of cotton from locally 

 adapted, pedigreed seed under the best cultural conditions is recommended as 

 the most effective method of combating boll-weevil and plant disease pests. 

 Blooming records of a number of varieties tested at Thomasville and Valdosta, 

 Ga., are reported. 



Methods of treating cotton seed for anthracnose and angular leaf spot are 

 noted. 



Some lint characters of Sea Island cotton, S. C. Hakland (Agr. Jour. India, 

 12 {1917), No. 1, pp. 115-120). — This paper presents a brief discussion of such 

 lint characters of Sea Island cotton as length, uniformity of length, weak fiber, 

 and lint index and lint percentage, and their bearing on cotton selection. 

 Summarized statements show the number of seeds necessary to be examined in 

 respect to each character, and the probable error involved. 



The author takes exception to the conclusions of Cook (E. S. R., 20, p. 439) 

 in so far as the latter maintains that a high lint percentage implies light seed, 

 and hence that continuous selection for high lint percentage is inadvisable, as 

 light seed gives rise to plants lacking in vigor. Observations with Sea Island 

 cotton are noted, the author maintaining that high lint percentage does not 

 imply a low seed weight, that plants with a low seed weight do not give rise 

 to progeny deficient in vigor, and that cotton selections having a high line 

 index are usually found possessing a high lint percentage. 



Notes on the destruction of cotton bushes by burning, F. R. Shepherd 

 {Agr. Jour. India, 12 {1917), No. 1, pp. 120, 121). — This paper reports satisfac- 

 tory results obtained with plowing under cotton stalks instead of burning them 

 at La Gu6rite, St. Kitts. By pulling the stalks, rather than cutting them, and 

 plowing them under from six weeks to two months previous to seeding, the 

 risk of infection of the new crop* with the leaf blister mite was apparently no 

 greater than when the stalks were burned, while the soil derived marked benefit 

 from the added organic matter. 



Ten years' practical experience of Java indigo in Bihar, D. J. Reid {Agr. 

 Jour. India, 12 {1917), No. 1, pp. 1-26, pi. 1). — Statistical data are presented and 

 discussed for each year from 1904 to 1915, inclusive, regarding the production 

 of Java indigo {Indigofcra arrecta) and of the local Sumatrana strain in Bihar 

 in an attempt to reestablish the industry on a satisfactory competitive basis 

 with synthetic indigo production. Approved cultural practices and the nature 

 and control of the wilt disease are briefly outlined. 



Matkee, a green manuring plant, A. Ram {Agr. Jour. India, 12 {1917), No. 

 1, pp. 161, 162. fig. 1). — The leguminous weed matkee {/Eschynomene indica) is 

 briefly described, and its use as a green manure for tea estates and elsewhere 

 outlined. 



Culture tests with varieties of oats, 1909-1912, J. C. Labsen {Tidsskr. 

 Plantcavl, 23 {1916), No. 5, pp. 701-756). — The results of cooperative culture 

 tests with varieties of oats conducted for four years are reported in detail in 

 tabular form and discussed. A description of each of the varieties tested is 

 given. The results of the tests are summarized in the following table: 



