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usual to the yield of ])eets, but favored a high sugar content. The manner of con- 

 ducting the test and the conditions connected with it are described. 



The sugar-beet industry, H. W. Wiley ( Ontario Agr. and Expt. Union Rpt. 1901, 

 pp. 33-42, figs. 2). — A i^aper on the sugar-beet industry, presented at the twenty- 

 third annual meeting of the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union. A dis- 

 cussion of the paper is also given. 



Tlie influence of nitrog-en, potash, and phosphoric acid on the sugar beet, 

 {Bui. Assoc. Chim. Sucr. et Distill., 19 {1902), No. 9, p. 1130).— K summary is given 

 of the results of experiments by Wilfarth, which lead to the conclusion that sugar 

 beets require a comjdete fertilizer and that manuring with nitrogenous fertilizers 

 alone does not give the good results generally attributed to them in i)ractice. 



Growing Sumatra tobacco under shade in the Connecticut Valley, M. 

 Whitney ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Soils Bui. 20, pp. 31, ph. 7, figs. :i').— This bul- 

 letin cctfitains a detailed statement of the growing of Sumatra tobacco under shade in 

 the Connecticut Valley during the season of 1901. Preparation of the seed bed, 

 selection of the land, erection and cost of the shade, and the cultivation and prepa- 

 ration of the crop are described, and suggestions as to the important points to be 

 sought in the culture of wrapper leaf are given. 



The area covered in this work aggregated 41 acres, of which 35.88 acres were 

 Sumatra and the rest Connecticut Havana. The average total cost of tlie shade per 

 acre was $286.70. The cost of fertilizers ranged from $10.51 to $64 i^er acre, with an 

 average of $45.31. The cost of cultivation, including the preparation of the seed bed 

 or the purchase of the plants where no seed bed was constructed, is estimated at 

 between |34, 21 and $73.28 per acre, with an average of $47.94. The cost of harvest- 

 ing, including the priming, stringing, hanging, and taking down and tying the 

 tobacco, is estimated at an average of $137.93 per acre. The fermentation, sizing, 

 assorting, and Ijaling was estimated to have cost an average of $139.29 per acre. 

 "The total cost of the crop, including the shade, fertilizers, cultivation, harvesting 

 [fermentation, sizing, assorting, and baling], as nearly as this could be determined 

 from the accounts kept by the farmers and by the Department agents, varied from 

 $613.42 to $849.55 per acre, or an average of $657.17." The total yield of Sumatra 

 tobacco was 51,308 lbs., or an average of 1,430 lbs. of cured tobacco per acre. Of 

 this crop about 71 per cent was wrappers, 16 per cent seconds, and 13 per cent trash. 

 The Connecticut Havana seed grown under shade produced an average of 1,367 lbs. 

 per acre. The cost of Sumatra tobacco, barn-cured and including the whole cost of 

 the shade, fertilizers, cultivation, and harvesting, is estimated at a little over 36 cts. 

 per pound, or at 32.2 cts. per pound if one-fifth of the cost of the framework is 

 charged against the crop. "The cost of the finished product, including cost of ware- 

 house work and allowing for the loss in this stage of the work, is estimated at 5I2- 

 cts. per pound, including the total cost of the shade, or 47.6 cts. per pound charging 

 one-fifth only of the cost of the framework." The author assumes that the frame- 

 work will last 5 years. During the summer of 1901 a portion of this crop of Sumatra 

 tobacco was sold at an average price of $1.91 per pound, prices ranging from $1.40 to 

 $2.50 per pound. 



Tobacco culture in Haiti ( U. S. Constdar Bpts., 58 {1902) , No. 256, j>p. 116, 117).— 

 A brief account of the culture of tobacco in Haiti, with notes on curing and preparing 

 the product and its use in cigar manufacture. 



The wheat industry in the Philippines {Amer. Threshermav, 4 {1902), No. 8, 

 pp. 623, figs. 9). — This article treats of the native threshing and milling devices. 



Variety tests with winter wheat, A. Sempolovski {Dent. Landw. Presse, 29 

 {1902), No. 31, pp. 203, 264). — The varieties tested are briefly described and the yields 

 of straw and grain recorded. 



