298 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Agricultural statistics of Tasmania (Agr. Ga:. Tasmania, 4 {1897), No. 12, pp. 

 1S9). — Statistics relating to the principal crops arid live stock for 1896. The statis- 

 tics for 1895 are given for comparison. 



The wheat harvest of New South Wales ( Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 8 (1897), 

 No. 4, pp. 204-207). — A comparative statement of the total area cultivated and the area 

 and yield of wheat for the years 1895-'96 and 1896-*97. Tables give complete returns 

 of the Avheat crop in the counties of the coastal districts for the year ending March 

 31, 1897. 



The production of Swedish agriculture, P. E. Fahlbeck (Det srenska Jordhru ket* 

 Afkastning. Lund, 1893, pp. 100). — With a summary in French. 



Agriculture in Norway, 1896 (Norsk Landman sblad, 16 (1897), pp. 1-3). 



Report of the Department of Agriculture of Norway for 1895 (Aarsberetning 

 ang de off. Foranstaltninger til Landbrugets Fremme. Christiania. 1896, pp. LXV, 320). 



The Classen Agricultural School at Nasgaard, Denmark (Ugeskr. Landm.,41 

 (1890), pp. 325-330). — The first article in a series describing Danish agricultural 

 schools, their history, plan of instruction, attendance, etc. 



Agricultural School at Odense, Denmark (Vgeakr. Landm., 41 (1896), pp. 

 351-354). 



Report of Mustiala Agricultural and Dairy Institute for 1894, G. Grotenfelt 

 (Helsitigfors [Finland], 1895, pp. 87). 



A poultry school in France, E. Brown (Jour. Hoy. Agr. Soc. England, 3. ser., 

 8 (1897), II, No. SO, pp. 249-258). — An account of the poultry school at Gambais, 

 Seine-et-Oise, France. 



Some books on agriculture and agricultural science, A. C. True ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Circ. 31, pp. 176). — This gives a list of about 1.500 

 books published during the past 3 or 4 years in this and other countries. 



The farmers' and fruit growers' guide, W. H. Clarke (Sidney : William Applegate 

 Gulliek, 1897, pp. 468, figs. 100, pis. 15, maps 4). — This is a handbook on agriculture 

 and kindred subjects, issued under the auspices of the Department of Mines and 

 Agriculture of New South Wales. " The matter has been gleaned for the most part 

 from articles that have appeared in the Agricultural Gazette, and an effort has been 

 made to confine the information to methods and crops that have stood the test of 

 practical trial from season to season, not only by the Department staff of experi- 

 mentalists, but by a large number of enthusiastic agriculturists throughout the 

 Colony who have cooperated with the Department in determining the merits of the 

 systems of culture advocated." 



There are chapters on climate, soil, manures and manuring, rotation of crops, 

 sheep raising, irrigation, conservation of fodder and the value of food stuffs, clear- 

 ing, fencing, and preparation of land, cultivation of different crops under varying 

 climatic conditions, fruit culture, viticulture, farming, dairying, pig raising, poul- 

 try keepiug on farms, and bee keeping, besides an appendix giving data on miscel- 

 laneous agricultural topics. 



Work and expenditures of agricultural experiment stations, A. C. True ( U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Circ. 29, pp.4). — This gives the views of the 

 Department on certain matters affecting the management and expenditures of experi- 

 ment stations established in accordance with the act of Congress, March 2, 1887. 



Permanent elements in experiment station work, A. C. True ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Circ 30, pp. 4). — Reprinted from the Proceedings of 

 the Ninth Annual Convention of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges 

 aud Experiment Stations (E. S. R., 8, p. 537). 



Report of committee on methods of teaching agriculture ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office 

 of Experiment Stations Circ 32, pp. 20).— This report, with a paper on " Some features 

 of European institutions for agricultural education " by A. C. True, and "Notes on 

 agricultural education in the Scandinavian countries" by F. W. Woll, was presented 

 to the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations at the 

 convention held in Washington, D. C, November 10-12, 1896. The entrauce require- 

 ments and courses of study in the Technical High School at Munich, Germany; The 

 Agricultural Institute at Gemhloux, Belgium; and The National School of Agiicul- 

 ture at Grignon, France, are given in an appendix. 



