998 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



sticky on the surface, and firm or hard underneath. (2) When the surface is covered 

 with a very deep loose dust and hard underneath. (3) When the mud is very deep 

 and so sticky that it adheres to the wheels of both kinds of wagons. It appears 

 that the dust must be extraordinarily deep to show a higher draft for the broad than 

 for the narrow tires. The three conditions just named, therefore, are somewhat 

 unusual and of comparatively short duration. Through a majority of days in the 

 vear and at times when the dirt roads are most used and when their use is most 

 imperative, the broad-tired wagons pull materially lighter than the narrow-tired 

 wagons. 



"(4) A large number of tests on meadows, pastures, stubble land, corn ground, 

 and plowed ground in every condition, from dry, hard, and firm to very wet and soft, 

 show without a single exception a large difference in draft in favor of the broad 

 tires. This difference ranged from 17 to 120 per cent. 



"(5) It appears that 6 in. is the best width of tiro for a combination farm and 

 road wagon, and that both axles should be the same length, so that the front and hind 

 wheels will run in the same track." 



Expeiiment farm barn well suited for animal comforts, F. E. Emery {North 

 Carolina Sta. Bui. 143, pp. 188-190, fig. 1). — The experiment station barn, with its 

 attached shed, is described, and observations on the temperature inside and outside 

 of the barn during 1895 and IS 16 are reported. The records show a wider range of 

 temperature outside than inside the stable, " but when comparisons are made of the 

 mean monthly temperatures the greater range is found to have averaged much 

 nearer the average stable record than might have been expected. The stable aver- 

 ages warmer for the winter half of the year and cooler during the summer half." 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Tenth Annual Report of Arkansas Station, 1897 ( Arkansas sta. Rpt. 1S97, pp. 7, 



Append, pp. 140). — Organization list, brief report by the director on the bulletins 

 issued and the general work of the year, and a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1897. The appendix is made up of reprints of Bulletins 44-48 of the 

 station. 



Ninth Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1896 (Xew York Cornell 

 Sta. Ept. 1896, pp. 3-34, Append, pp. 35-622). — Brief reports by the director and heads 

 of departments on the work of the year, subject list of bulletins published since the 

 organization of the station and text of the Federal law under which the station was 

 organized. The appendix contains reprints of Bulletins 106-123 of the station, 

 indexes of illustrations and text, and a detailed statement of receipts and expendi- 

 tures of the station for the tiscal year euding June 30, 18S6. 



Tenth Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1897 (Xew York Cornell 

 Sta. Rpt. 1S97, pp. XXI, maps ..' ; Append. I. pp. 352; II, pp. 353-374; III, pp. 67, 

 figs. 46). — The report proper consists of a res Lew of the work of the station by the 

 director and heads of the department lor the six; months ending June 30, 1897. Ap- 

 pendix I is made up of reprints of Bulletins 121-136 of the Station and Circulars.! 

 aud 6, which give suggestions concerning cooperative tillage experiments with pota- 

 toes, sugar beets, and fertilizers. Appendix II contains a detailed statement of the 

 receipts aud expenditures of the station for the six months ending June 30, 1897, and 

 an index of illustrations and text of the above-noted bulletins. Appendix III is a 

 reprint of Teachers' Leaflets on Nature Study 1-7, dealing with the following sub- 

 jects, respectively: How a squash plant gets out of the seed, how- a candle burns, 

 four apple twigs, a child's garden, some tent makers, what is nature study, and hiut< 

 on making collections of insects. 



Reports of director and treasurer of Rhode Island Station, 1896 (Rhode 

 Island Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 153-172, 370-380. /-A/A', map 1).— Report of the treasurer 

 for the tiscal year ending June 30, 1896, and a detailed review by the director of the 



