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EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



by E. J. Wickson, numerous articles noted elsewhere, brief abstracts of several bul- 

 letins of the station, and a reprint of Bulletin 130 on Preservation of Unfermented 

 Grape Must (E. S. R., 12, p. 794). 



Thirteenth. Annual Report of Delaware Station, 1901 {Delaware Sta. Rpt. 

 1901, pp. 21S) . — This includes a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1901, the organization list, and rejiorts of the agriculturist, mycologist, chemist, hor- 

 ticulturist, entomologist, and meteorologist, noted elsewhere. 



Biennial Report of Iowa Station, 1900-1901 {Iowa State Col. Agr. Rpt. 1900- 

 1901, pp. 14-~0, 54-oS, 84). — An account of the work of the station during the year 

 and financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1900 and 1901. 



Ninth Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1901 {Minnesota Sta. Rpt. 1901, 

 pp. XXII ^ 366). — This contains the organization list of the station, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, a report of tl director reviewing 

 at some length the work of the different divisions of the station and of the experi- 

 mental farms, and reprints of Bulletins 69-72 of the station on the following subjects: 

 Bugs injurious to our cultivated plants (E. S. R., 13, p. 66), influence of wheat farm- 

 ing upon soil fertility (E. S. R., 13, p. 546), investigation in milk production (E. S. 

 R., 13, p. 683), the forest garden (E. S. R., 13, p. 1053), and fruits and shrubs (E. S. 

 R., 13, p. 1048). 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Nebraska Station, 1901 {Nebraska Sta. Rpt. 

 1901, pj). 62). — This includes the organization list, a rejiort of the director on the 

 work of the station during the year, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1901, an article on Some Forage Plants for Summer Feed, already noted 

 (E. S. R., 13, p. 176), and several articles a])stracted elsewhere. 



Agricultural experiment stations in foreign countries, A. C. True and D. J. 

 Crosby (T, S. I)ept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 112, pp. 230). — This is a 

 list of the agricultural experiment stations and other institutions in foreign countries, 

 in connection with which investigations relating to agriculture are conducted. The 

 information regarding each is given under the following headings: Governing board, 

 station staff, origin, equipment, income, and lines of work. A general review of the 

 subject, constituting an introduction to the bulletin, is taken mainly from an editorial 

 in this journal (E. S. R., 13, p. 605). 



Our foreign trade in agricultural products, 1892-1901, F. H. Hitchcock 

 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign. Markets, BuJ. 27, pp. 67). — The following table 

 summarizes some of the statistics given in the bulletin: 



Value of impjorts and exports of the United States, 1892-1902. 



Year ended June 30 — 



Imports. 



Domestic exports. 



Dollars. 



1892 ] Sl!7, 402, 462 



1893 ' sm, 400, 922 



1894 6.^4, 994, 622 



1895 731 , 969, 965 



1896 779, 724, 674 



Annual average, 

 1892-1896 



772, 098, 529 



1897 764, 730, 412 



1898 61(;, 049, 654 



1899 : 697, 14,s, 4.s9 



1900 849, 941, 184 



1901 823, 172, 165 



Annual average, 

 1897-1901 



750, 208, 381 



Agricul- 

 tural. 



Dollars. 

 436, 697, 057 

 425, 657, 448 

 365, 160, 319 

 373, 115, 985 

 391,029,407 



398,332,043 



400,871,468 

 314,291,796 

 35.5, .514, 881 

 420,139,288 

 391,931,051 



376, 549, 697 



Per 

 cent ag- 

 ricul- 

 tural. 



49.1 

 55.8 

 51.0 

 50. 1' 



Total. 



Agricul- 

 tural. 



Dollars. Dollars. 



1,015,732,011 80:3,122,045 



831,030,785 621,201,671 



869,204,937 636,633,747 



793, 392, 599 558, 385, 861 



863,200.487 574,398,264 



51.6 874,-512,164 638,748,318 



52.4 1.032,007,603 689,7.5.5,193 



.51.0 1,210.291,913 8.59,018,946 



51.0 1,203,931,222 792,811,733 



49.4 1,370,763,571. 844,616,530 



47.6 1,460,462,806 9.51,628,331 



50.2: 1,255,491,423: 827,566,14'; 



Per 

 cent ag- 

 ricul- 

 tural. 



79.1 

 74.8 

 73.2 

 70.4 

 66.5 



Excess of 

 agricultur- 

 al exports 

 over agri- 

 cultural 

 imports. 



Dollars. 

 366, 424, 988 

 195, .544, 223 

 271,473,428 

 185, 269, 876 

 183, 368, 857 



73.0 240,416,275 



66.8 288,883.725 

 71.0 .544,727,1.50 



65.9 437,296,8.52 

 61.6: 424,477,242 

 65. 2j 559,697,280 



65.9 451,016.450 



