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toe !B, corn, and flax. The greater part of the work consisted of tests of varieties of 

 these different crops. In connection with this early, medium, and late sowings of 

 the grains; fertilizer tests; cultural experiments with corn, and trials of sowing dif- 

 ferent amounts of flax per acre were made. All results are tabulated. 



Farm crops at the experimental farm, Indian Head, Northwest Territories, 

 A. Mackay (Canada Expt. Farms Bpts. 189G, pp. 377-403, pi. 1).— -Varieties of wheat, 

 oats, barley, peas, grasses, corn, turnips, mangel- wurzels, carrots, sugar beets, and 

 potatoes were tested. Wheat sown April 13 gave better returns than wheat sown 

 later; drilling 2 in. deep was found to be better than drilling either 1 or 3 in. deep, 

 and among the different amounts of seed sown per acre 1J bu. gave the largest yield. 

 The cost of growing wheat, oats, and barley at the farm is itemized. 



Farm crops at the experimental farm, Agassiz, British Columbia, T. A. 

 Sharpe (Canada Expt. Farms Bpts. 1896, pp. 425-442) . — Different cereal and root 

 crops were tested. Early sowings of wheat, oats, and barley produced better yields 

 than the late sowings. In the experiments of sowing clover with grain the clover 

 seemed to have lessened the weight of the grain harvested. 



New varieties of plants for field culture, A. Dubois {Jour. Agr. Prat., 62 (1898), 

 No. 3, pp. 93, 94, jigs. 2).— Notes on 1 new variety each of beets, potatoes, and maize. 



The selection of pasture plants, W. Toogood (Farmers' Gaz., 56 (1897), No. 52, 

 p. 789).— A popular article on the methods of establishing pastures. 



Methods of establishing meadows, G. Heuze (Jour. Agr. Prat., 62 (1898), No. 5, 

 pp. 1S1, 182). — Notes ou the making of meadows. Three different grass mixtures 

 are suggested. 



Fodder grasses of the northern hemisphere {Agr. Jour. Cape of Good Hope, 12 

 (1S98), No. 1, pp. 3-5, fig. 1). — Notes on Italian rye grass (Lolinm italieum). The chemi- 

 cal analysis of hay is given, and methods of sowing and harvesting are suggested. 



Notes on varieties of vetches, E. Quasthoff (Beat. Landw. Presse, 25 (1S9S), 

 No. 7, p. 73). 



The velvet bean, E. W. Siianibarger (Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower, n. ser., 

 10 (1898), No. 4, p. 54). — A popular article on the velvet bean. 



The grass-seed industry in New Zealand (Farmer's Gaz., 57 (1898), No. 2, p. 17). 



German grass-seed production, Wittmack and O. Ernst (Jahrb. Deut. Landw. 

 GeselL, 12 (1897), pp. 164-181). 



Fertilizing constituents in prickly comfrey, F. T. Shutt (Canada Expt. Farms 

 Bpts. 18$6, p. 201). — An analysis of this plant, showing the water, organic matter, 

 total ash, and the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, is reported. 



Manuring of potatoes (Landw. Cental. Posen, 25 (1897), No. 49, p. 299).— A popular 

 article. 



Sugar cane, W. C. Stubbs (Baton Rouge: State Bureau Agriculture and Immigra- 

 tion, 1897, col. 1, pp. 208, figs. 28). — This is the first volume of a treatise on the history, 

 botany, and agriculture of sugar cane, and the chemistry and manufacture of its 

 juices into sugar and other products. This volume treats of the history, botany, 

 and agriculture of the plant. 



Sugar-beet experiments in Arizona, R. H. Forbes (Arizona Sta. Bui. 26, pp. 15). — 

 This is a report on cooperative experiments with sugar beets in 1897. In most cases 

 the Kleinwanzlebener and Vilmorin varieties were grown. The former were richer 

 in sugar content and showed a higher coefficient of purity than the latter. Beets 

 grown after alfalfa gave better results as to richness and purity than those grown on 

 a virgin soil. 



The breeding of grains in Russia (Mitt. Deut. Landw. Gesell., 1898, No. 3, Sup., pp. 

 17-19). 



The growing of malting barley (Queensland Agr. Jour., 1 (1897), No. 6, pp. 433, 

 434). — Hints on harvesting the crop. 



Results cf experiments with cereals, F. Maddox (Notes and Results on Agricul- 

 tural Experiments, Tasmania, 1897, pp. 1-71, figs. 96).— The work reported here con- 

 sisted mainly of culture and fertilizer experiments and variety tests with wheat 



