698 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Silage presses, J. J. Mortensen-Barrit (Landtmannen, 8 (1897), No. 35, pp. 493, 

 494). 



Highway repairing, J. O. Saneord and E. G, Harrison ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Office 

 of Road Inquiry Circ. 24, pp. 12). — This includes accounts of the practical advantages 

 of the daily care of country roads and notes on the improved roads at Cauandaigua, 

 New York, as well as opinions of leading citizens in the States of Wisconsin, Iowa, 

 and Indiana relating to the working of a cash tax in those States. 



Going in debt for good roads, Thayer ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Road Inquiry 

 Circ. 26, pp. 6). — An address delivered before the Iowa Bankers' Association at Coun- 

 cil Bluffs May 24, 1893. 



Addresses on road improvement in Maine, New York, North Carolina, and 

 Illinois, R. Stone ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Bond Inquiry Circ. 28, pp. 26).— The text 

 of addresses delivered before the State Board of Agriculture, Augusta, Maine, Jan- 

 uary 21, 1897, and before the General Assembly of North Carolina, Raleigh, North 

 Carolina, February 5, 1897; remarks before the committees of Senate and Assembly 

 at Albany, New York, February 25, 1897, and at the Good Roads Banquet of the 

 League of American Wheelmen, Albany, New York, February 11, 1897; and a letter 

 to the Illinois Farmers' Institute. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reports of director and treasurer of New Jersey Stations, 1896 (New Jersey 

 Stas. Ilpt. 1896, pp. XXI, 1-15). — Brief review of the work of the departments of 

 chemistry, horticulture, dairy husbandry, biology, botany, and entomology during 

 the year, <md a financial report of the State Station for the year ending October 31, 

 1896, and of the College Station for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. 



Annual Report of Oregon Station for 1897 (Oregon Sta. Ilpt. 1897, pp. 8-31). — 

 This includes reports by the director and heads of departments reviewing the work 

 of the year and offering suggestions as to future work ; a financial report for the fis- 

 cal year ending June 30, 1897, and a subject list of the bulletins (Nos. 1 to 47 inclu- 

 sive) published since the organization of the station. 



Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for 1897 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Ept. 1897, pp. 226). — Executive reports. 



Indiana agricultural statistics for 1895 (Indiana State lid. Agr., 1896, pp. 

 186-235). 



Iowa agricultural statistics for 1896 (Iowa State Agr. Soc. Rpl. 1S96, pp. 145-174, 

 maps 22). — A review of the crop season, with data showing the total acreage and the 

 average yield per acre of various farm crops and the kinds, number, and distribution 

 of farm animals in each county of the State. 



Agricultural statistics, Ireland, 1897 (Dublin ; Alex. Thorn $ Co., 1897, pp. 39).— 

 General abstracts showing the acreage under crops and the number and description 

 of live stock iA each county and province, with notes on crop conditions during the 

 last week in July, 1897. 



Crop and live stock statistics, 1897 ( Kansas State Bd. Agr. Bpt. 1897, pp. 

 225-282). — The tabulated data here given show the acreage, value, and yield per acre 

 by counties of farm crops grown in the State; the number, value, aud kinds of live 

 stock, and the amount and value of their products; the yields and value of orchard 

 and small fruits; the number of stands of bees, and the amount and value of honey 

 and wax produced; and the acreage of newly planted forests and the kinds of trees 

 planted. 



Report on crops, live stock, etc., in Manitoba (Manitoba Dept. Agr. and Immi- 

 gration Bui. 54, pp. IS). — Statistics on the acreage and yield of wheat, oats, barley, 

 flax. rye, peas, potatoes, and roots; the number of live stock in the province and the 

 number exported; production and price of dairy products, with general remarks by 

 correspondents on crop and farm conditions. 



