798 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Irrigation in Connecticut, C. S. Phelps (Connecticut Storra Sta. Bpt. 189G, pp. 216- 

 245, figs. 2). — The main features of this article will be found iu U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 36, pp. 9-26 (E. S. R., 9, p. 97). 



Seepage water of Northern Utah, S. FORTIEK ( Water Supply and Irrig. Papers, 

 U. S. Oeol. Surrey, No. 7, pp. 50, pis. 3, figs. 13). — "The facts herein presented are 

 based upon held work carried on mainly during the summer of 1896, and have special 

 value in illustrating couditions which prevail to a greater or less degree throughout 

 all irrigated lands, especially within inclosed valleys or on long, narrow drainage 

 s\ steins." Many of the data here reported are also given in Bulletin No. 50 of the 

 Utah Station ( E. S. R., 9, p. 427). 



Report of the engineer, O. V. P. Stout (Nebraska State Bd Agr. Bpt. 1896, pp. 

 95-104). — This is a report of measurements under the direction of the Nebraska State 

 Board of Irrigation of the rate of discharge during the growing season of 1896 of the 

 following Nebraska streams : Frenchman River at Palisade, Republican at Superior, 

 North Platte at Camp Clarke, North Platte at North Platte, Platte at Columbus, 

 Middle Loup at St. Paul, North Loup at St. Paul, Loup at Columbus, Elkhorn at 

 Norfolk. Besides these regular observations, a table of measurements of discharge 

 at other points thau the gaging stations is given. 



Digest of the general and special road laws of Pennsylvania, A. D. Harlan 

 (Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Bui. IS, pp. 129). — This is a digest "of all of the General 

 Laws of Pennsylvania, referring to roads, highways, and bridges, up to and includ- 

 ing the session of 1895. Also an index to road, highway, aud bridge laws as they 

 affect municipal corporations, including cities of the first, second, third, fourth, and 

 fifth classes, together with an index to all special county and township road laws." 



Cheap silos in Virginia, D. O. Nourse (Virginia Sta. Bui. 70, pp. 115-119). — A 

 brief account is given of the successful use of cheap silos at the station, especially of 

 a stave silo, the cost and details of construction of which are given. A table which 

 shows the capacity of round silos of different sizes is added. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reports of executive committee, treasurer, and director of Connecticut 

 Storrs Station, 1896 (Connecticut Storra Sta. Bpt. ISO'',, pp. 3-16). — Includes lists 

 of the trustees and officers of the station ; report of the treasurer for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1896; a brief report by the executive committee on the general 

 conduct of the station; aud a report by the director, reviewing in detail the work 

 of each department of the station for the year. 



Seventh Annual Report of North Dakota Station, 1896 (North Dakota Sta. 

 Bpt. 1896, pp.51). — This contains the organization list of the station; reports by 

 the chemist, veterinarian, horticulturist, botanist, and agriculturist, and of the 

 departments of dairying and domestic science, parts of which are noted elsewhere; 

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



Ninth Annual Report of South Carolina Station, 1896 (South Carolina Sta. 

 Bpt. 1S9G, pp. 32-18). — Brief reports are given by the director and heads of depart- 

 ments on the work of the year, parts of which appear elsewhere, and a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1897 (South Dakota Sta. Rpt. 1897, 

 pp. 5). — Brief remarks by the director on the publications and the general conduct 

 of the station during the year with a review of the work accomplished in each of 

 the departments, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. 



Annual Report of Virginia Station, 1896 (Virginia Sta. Bpt. 1896, pp. 13).— 

 Brief reports by the director and heads of departments on the work of the year, 

 with list of bulletins published, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1896. Some meteorological data included within these pages is noted else- 

 where (see p. 731). 



