96 EXPERIMENT STATION KECORD. 



Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, the Association of Official Agricultural 

 Chemists, the Association of Economic Entomologists, the Association of Veterin- 

 arians of Exjieriment Stations, and of the American Association of Farmers' Institute 

 Workers; and a list of ythe agricultural experiment stations in foreign countries with 

 a list of the publications received from such institutions during 1901. 



Experiment Station Work— XX ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmeni' Bui. J 49, pp. 3^, 

 figs. 6). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: The value of muck 

 or peat, improved culture of potatoes, the farmer's vegetable garden, the shrinkage of 

 farm products, transplanting and manuring muskmelons, soils for strawberries, fer- 

 tilizer requirements of strawberries, jdum culture, methods of growing onions, the 

 digestibility of raw, pasteurized, and cot>ked milk, the dair}' cow and the weather, 

 and feed mills and windmills. 



Ihe card index of experiment station literature {V. ,S. Dipt. Ayr., Otficc of 

 Exixrhnent ,Sla(ioi)s Cire. 47, ]>p. 2). — A brief description of the card index of experi- 

 ment station literature and a statement of the terms of sale. 



The station bulletin, J. B. Weems (Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 1901, pp. 75-88). — 

 This is a discussion on the bulletins of the experiment stations based upon replies 

 received from editors of agricultural journals and from officers of experiment sta- 

 tions. The author considers that there is need of a government publication similar 

 to the Experiment Station Record for i)ublishing original articles by station workers. 



The farmer and his education, or the farmer as an educated specialist, 

 \V. J. Beal [Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 1901, pp. 19-25). 



Subdivision of agriculture for purposes of instruction and research, 

 E. Daveni'okt [Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 1901, jtji. 160-162). 



Agricultural imports and exports, 1897-1901, F. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Circ. 24, j)p. 16). — Statistical tables are given show- 

 ing in detail the agricultural imports and exports of the United States during each 

 of the 5 fiscal years 1897-1901. 



Cotton in Egypt ( V. S. Consular R]>ls., 68 {1902), No. 256, pp. 43, 4^).— Statistics 

 showing the annual production of P-gyptian cotton in the la>t 15 years, the average 

 price for each year, and the countries to which the staple was exported. 



Sugar industry of Saxony, B. H. Waknek, Jk. {U. S. Consular Pjds., 68 {1902), 

 No. 256, pp. 83, 84). — A brief account of the status of the industry is given, together 

 with statistics for the years 1882-1900, inclusive. 



Clearing new land, F. Williams ( V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers'' Bui. 150, pp. 24, 

 figs. 7). — This bulletin deals in a popular style with the proportion of uncleared land 

 in the United States, the land which may be i)rofitably cleared, the cost and methods 

 of clearing land with practical illustrations, the cultivation of new land, and crops 

 adapted to such lands. 



