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testis witli sugHr beets are reported and a rotation and fertilizer application for guy;ar- 

 beet culture suggested. 



The results ol)tained in fertilizer and culture tests with field beets, abutilon, colza, 

 lupines, and grass are briefly noted. 



Influence of the size of seed grains on the yield of grain and straw, F. 

 LuBANSKi {Selsk. Khoz. i Lyesov.,200 {1901), Mar., pj9. eii-6i7).— Experiments were 

 conducted with winter wheat, barley, oats, and sugar beets. The results show that 

 the influence on the yield, and even to some extent on the quality of the crop, was in 

 favor of large seed.— p. fireman. 



Results on the experimental fields of Haute Marne {Seniaine Agr., 23 {1902), 

 No. 1080, pp. 28, 29) . — The results of variety and fertilizer tests with wheat, oats, and 

 potatoes are briefly noted, and the management of natural meadows is discussed. 



Report of the Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station at Vienna in 

 1901 {Ztschr. Lamhr. ]'erHii('lisir. Oesterr., 5 [1902), No. S, ]>p. 415-440).— Br\ei notes 

 on fertilizer experiments with wheat, rye, potatoes, and field beets are included in the 

 report. 



Report of the Moor Culture Station at Karlshuld, T. ]Mayer ( Vrtljschr. Bayer. 

 Landw. Rath., 7 {1902), No. 1, pp. 28-43). — A brief report on the work of the sta- 

 tion in 1901, which consisted mainly of culture and variety tests with cereal, root, 

 and forage crops grown on moor soil. 



Economic notes on some of the grasses in southwest Missouri, S. A. Hoovrk 

 {Missouri State Bd. Agr. Ept. 1902, pp. 449-456) .—The section of the State is briefly 

 described and short notes on a large number of wild and cultivated grasses are given. 



Forage conditions of central Montana, F. A. Spragg {Montana Sta. Bui. 36, pp. 

 40, figs. 23). — This Inilletin discusses the geology and physiography of central Mon- 

 tana and describes the natural plant formations in the region, i. e., those localities 

 which through difference of soil moisture and situation produce grasses adapted to 

 the conditions. These localities are known as the bad lands, alkali flats, prairie 

 benches, wet meadows, foothills, and mountain parks. The most common grasses 

 occurring in each region are briefly enumerated. A generic key to the grasses, rushes, 

 and sedges of Montana is published, and an annotated list of the grasses of central 

 Montana, including 76 species, is given. 



A preliminary report on the summer ranges of western Nevada sheep, 

 P. B. Kennedy and S. B. Dotkx {Nevada Sta. Bui. 51, pp. 57, pis. 26, map 1). — This 

 bulletin is a report on an investigation of the sheep ranges of the Sierra Nevada 

 within the State. The plants upon which sheep feed, including many grasses and 

 legumes, were collected, and each species is briefly described. The depletion of the 

 ranges for cattle and sheep is considered and methods for range improvement are 

 suggested. The character of the grazing lands is described and notes on the methods 

 of herding sheep and the control of the ranges are given. 



Grasses and legumes, C. S. Phelps {Rhode Island Bd. Agr. Rpt. 1.901, pp. 232- 

 254) . — An article treating briefly of the culture and uses of a number of grasses and 

 legumes. The composition and digestibility of the most common hays are discussed 

 and some fertilizer experiments with grasses and legumes are reviewed. 



Forage and pasture plants of Iceland, S. Stefans^«on and H. G. Soderbaum 

 {Medd. K. Landtb. Akad. Exptlfdlt, No. 74, PP- 50, fg. i).— After discussing the soil, 

 climate, and flora of Iceland, the following plants are described with reference to 

 their growth, value, and distribution on the island, and their chemical composition: 

 Aira cxspitosa, Festuca rubra, Poa pratensis, P. glavca, Agrostis vulgaris, Alopecurus 

 genicidatus, Carex cryptocarpa, C. rostraia, C. goodenoughii, Elyma beUardi, Eriophornm 

 polystachium, Scirpus palustris, C. csespitosus, Juncus filiformis, Triglochin palustre, Salix 

 laruda, Equ'tsetum palustre, and E. limosum. 



Cooperative fertilizer tests with grasses and field crops {Reading Col, Agr. 

 Depl. Rpt. 1901, p>p. 1-23, 30, .5/-.55).— Tabulated results of fertilizer experiments on 



