STATISTICS — MISCELLANEOUS. 1097 



Tbe meteorological records are not reported in detail. They included 

 observations on temperature and pressure, evaporation, rainfall, 

 humidity, sunshine, and solar intensity made at the station, substa- 

 tions, and by voluntary observers at different points in the mountains. 



Some notes on draining, H. V. Jackson {Agr. Gaz., Neio South Wales, 8 (1897), 

 Xo. 12, pp. 881-893, figs. 25). 



Report on trials of farm machinery, I*. Sverdrup (Tidsskr. Xorsle Landbr.,5 

 (1S98), Xo. 1, pp. 5-47, ill.).— The report gives full descriptions of trials of 7 self- 

 binders and 10 potato harvesters conducted at Aas and Storhamar, Norway, during 

 the fall of 1897, under the direction of the Society for Norway's Weal. 



Preliminary results of trials of self-binders at Aas Agricultural College, 

 1897 (Tidsskr. Xorsle Landbr., 4 (1897), Xo. 10, p. 432). 



Preliminary results of trials with potato harvesters,!:. Sverdrup (Tidsskr. 

 Nor she Landbr., 4 (1897), Xo. 10, p. 472). 



Repairs of macadam roads, E. G. Harrison ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Office of Road 

 Inquiry Circ. 30, pp. 14). — The text of a paper and letters from experienced road 

 builders upon this subject. 



Green fodder in winter (Sachs. Landw. Ztschr., 45 (1897), No. 41, pp. 563-566, figs. 

 3). — A description of a press useful in preserving forage crops. 



A model cow shed, .J. Mahon (Queensland Agr. Jour., 1 (1897), No. 6, pp. 437, 

 438,1)1. 1). — Drawings and specifications for a barn to accommodate twenty cows 

 are given. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Agriculture in Alaska, W. II. Evans, B. Killin, and S. Jackson 

 (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment stations Bui. j8, pp. SO, pis. 

 23). — This bulletin is the report to Congress of the commission referred 

 to in E. S. R., 9, p. 401. The general features of the investigation are 

 given in that place. 



The report gives the general topography and meteorology of the 

 country, including comparative tables which show the average temper- 

 ature and precipitation of Alaskan. North European, and Canadian 

 stations. The soils of Alaska are discussed at some length and tables 

 are given showing the percentage of coarse and fine earth and the 

 mechanical analyses of 24 samples of soils and subsoils. The natural 

 products of the country are discussed and analyses of the following 

 grasses given : Phleum prat&nse, Poa pratensis, Bromus sp.. Anthoxan- 

 tJtam odoratum, DescJiampsia bottnica, and Galamagrostis aleutiea. Com- 

 parisons are made of these and similar species grown elsewhere. Xotes 

 are given on the cultivated products, which consist almost entirely of 

 garden crops. The possible extent of agriculture, as shown by the area 

 of arable lands, is indicated and some of the difficulties and possi- 

 bilities pointed out. A list of about 100 economic plants and various 

 notes on the native animals and industries are given. 



In the preliminary report of Sheldon Jackson brief notes are given 

 on his observations made along the Yukon River as far as Dawson. 

 At various points visited hardy vegetables were seen growing, and 

 grasses taller than a man are reported as growing abundantly. 



