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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Motive powers on the farm, W. J. Maldex (Trans. Highland and Agr. Soc. Scot- 

 land, 5. ser., 8 (1896), pp\ 179-213, figs. 21).— The relative efficiency and the practical 

 applications of the following motive powers for farm purposes are briefly discussed: 

 Animal power; wind engines; water power, including methods of measuring the 

 power of a given water supply, water motors of various kinds, and hydraulic rams; 

 steam power; gas and oil engines, and electric motors. Atypical motor of each 

 class is described and illustrated. 



Results of windmill tests, E. C. Murphy (Kansas Univ. Quart., 6 (1897), No. 2, 

 pp. 89-94, figs. 2). 



Farm buildings and economical agricultural appliances, W. J. Maldex (Lon- 

 don : Kegan Paul, French, Triibner cf- Co., Lid., 1896, pp. 193, figs. IS).— Includes chapters 

 on general considerations on farm buiMings; homesteads adapted to varying condi- 

 tions; covered yards and temporary buildings— conversion of existing buildings ti> 

 suit changes; farm cottages and water; machinery for farm buildings — power; and 

 machinery for special purposes. This well-written book is designed especially for 

 the British farmer, but many of its suggestions are of wider interest and application. 



Ready-reference book for the agricultural engineer, V. Vermorel (Aide-memoire 

 de Vingenieur agricole. Paris: Librarie polytechnique Baudry #■ Cie., 1897, pp. 1000, fig*. 

 240). — A very handy and complete collection of useful tables, formulas, methods, 

 etc., relating to mathematics, mechanics, physics, agricultural chemistry, geology, 

 botany, zoology, meteorology, agriculture, viticulture, arboriculture, parasites and 

 diseases of cultivated plants, agricultural technology, agricultural engineering, 

 zootechny, rural law, and miscellaneous topics. The book also contains a classified 

 list of the principal works consulted in its preparation and an alphabetical index. 



STATISTICS. 



Ninth Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1896 (Alabama College Sta. 

 Rpt. 1896, pp. 30). — The work of the year is reviewed in outline by the heads of 

 departments and a financial statement given for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. 



Seventh Annual Report of Arizona Station, 1896 (Arizona Sta. Bui. 24, pp. 

 10). — A financial statement is given for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, with 

 lists of bulletins published by the station since its organization, acknowledgments 

 and exchanges, and a report by the director giving the results of the year's work. 



Report of the director of Arkansas Station for 1896 (Arkansas Sta. Rpt. 1896, 

 pp. 1, 2). — Brief report by the director on the work of the year and a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. 



Ninth Annual Report of Illinois Station, 1896 (Illinois Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 16).— 

 A general account of station work, showing experiments in hand during the year, 

 new work authorized, bulletins published, and a detailed financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. 



Ninth Annual Report of Indiana Station, 1896 (Indiana Sta- Rpt. 1896, pp. 61). 

 Reports by the director and heads of departments, parts of which appear elsewhere, 

 together with plans of various station buildings, lists of acknowledgments and of 

 bulletins issued, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. 



Report of the director of Massachusetts Hatch Station for 1896 (Massachu- 

 setts Batch Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 18). — Brief remarks on the consolidation of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Station with the Hatch Station and on the enlargement of the scope 

 of the work in the different departments ; station personnel ; subject list of bulletins 

 issued from 1887 to 1897, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1896. 



Third Annual Report of Montana Station, 1896 (Montana Sta. Bui. 17, pp. 

 61-96). — Brief report by the director on the station staff, farm buildings and equip- 

 ment, acreage and yield of farm crops at the station and in Gallatin County in 1895, 

 press exchange list, and lists of donations to the station ; reports by the chemist and 



