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The weight test of the shelled corn was made in January, when the 

 corn was dry. 



Rural New Yorker, World's Fair, and Clark Superb yielded 754.2, 

 493.8, and 4G0.9 bu. per acre, respectively, and were the most profitable 

 varieties of potatoes. The author produces evidence that the Rural 

 New Yorker and Rural New Yorker No. 2 are the same variety. 



In the alfalfa experiment, Plat I was sown at the rate of 25 lbs. per 

 acre and the rest at the rate of 30 lbs. 



Total yield per acre of alfalfa from three cuttings. 



Plat I (broadcast) 



Plat II (drilled one wav). 

 Plat III (cross drilled)"!.. 

 Plat IV (press drilled) . . . 



Upland. Bottom. 



Tons. 

 5. 52 



5.52 

 5. 12 

 4. 22 



Four varieties of oats were tested. Early Champion, Calgary Grey, 

 and Colden yielded 73.13, 72.4, and 64.7 bu. per acre, respectively. 

 Black Russian rusted badly. 



Third annual report of field experiments carried out during 1896, D. A. 

 Gilchhist and P. H. Fouxkes (Jour. Univ. ill-tension College Beading [England'], 

 Snppl. 4, pp. 1-64). — A report on field experiments <ni hay, pasture, potatoes, Swedish 

 turnips, and mangel- wurzels, carried out in Berkshire, Dorsetshire, Hampshire, and 

 Oxfordshire. Notes on manures and suggestions for the manuring of various crops 

 are given. 



Trials of commercial crops at the Richmond River Experiment Farm, <;. M. 

 McKeown ( Agl. Gaz. X. S. Wales, 8 {1897), No. 3, pp. 167-170).— Notes are given on the 

 experimental growing of peanuts, arrowroot, rice, ginger, castor bean, potatoes, and 

 various fiber crops. It was found necessary to hill potatoes to protect the. tubers 

 from the excessive heat of the summer. 



Alfalfa,- W. P. Wheeler (New York State Sta. Bui. US, pp. 142-152).— A popular 

 bulletin on alfalfa culture, in which the results obtained at the station are enu- 

 merated. The food value of alfalfa is compared with that of several fodder crops and 

 the method of culture and its use as pasture, silage, and hay are described. "Alfalfa 

 is not suited to all kinds of soils and is probably not hardy much north of the cen- 

 tral portion of this State. It is, however, a plant of such decided value that it is 

 well worth a trial in any locality where there is a prospect of its growing." 



Growing barley for malting purposes, A. DAMSEAUX {Rapports Preliminaires S e 

 Congres Internat.d'Agr., Bruxclles, 1S95, pp. 19-36). — A popular article on barley cul- 

 ture and the treatment of the crop to best adapt it to malting. The price of barley 

 during the last week of every quarter since 1880 aud the amount of barley produced 

 by European countries is given. 



Beet sugar production: Possibilities for a new industry in 'Wisconsin, W. A. 

 Henry ( Wisconsin Sta. Bid. 55, pp. 40, figs. 4) . — A popular bulletin giving historical 

 and statistical information, describing the methods of culture and the process of 

 manufacture, aud estimating the cost of producing beets, manufacturing sugar, and 

 erecting factories. The history of the industry in Europe and America is given and 

 its possibilities in Wisconsin are discussed. A number of cuts show exterior aud 

 interior views of factories now in operation. The experiments performed during 

 recent years are reviewed. 



