508 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Fifteentli Annual Report of Maryland Station, 1902 {Maryland Sta. RpL 

 1902, pj). XVIII +201). — This contains the organization list of the station; a report 

 of the director enumerating the lines of work pursued by the different departments 

 and giving notes on the station hhrary, agricultural museum and exhibits, etc. ; 

 observations on precipitation and teinperature; and a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 19U2. Reprints of Bulletins 77-84 of the station on tiie 

 following subjects are appended: The comparative digestibility of raw, pasteurized, 

 and cooked milk (E. S. R., 13, p. 674); dehorning of stock (E. S. R., 13, p. 895); the 

 disinfectant properties of washing powders (E. S. R., 13, p. 1020); acute epizootic 

 leucoencephalitis in horses (E. S. R., 14, p. 91); soils and fertilizers for greenhouse 

 crops (E. S. R., 14, p. 38); thinning fruits (E. S. R., 14, p. 2-53); an inquiry as to the 

 causes of pithiness in celery (E. S. R., 14, p. 250); and some feeding experiments 

 with cows (E. S. R., 14, p. 487). 



Proceedings of the fifteenth annual convention of the Association of 

 American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, A. C. True, W. H. 

 Beal, and H. H. Goodell ( U. S. Depi. Agr., Office of Expenment Stations Bid. 11.5, 

 pp. 134, fig- 1, charts 8). — This is a detailed account of the proceedings of the con- 

 vention held at Washington, D. C, November 12-14, 1901 (E. S. R., 13, p. 507). 



Statistics of the land-grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations 

 in the United States for the year ended June 30, 1901 ( V. S. DepA. Agr., 

 Office of Experiment Stations Bid. 114, PP- 39). — A summary of the statistics relating 

 to the stations appeared in E. S. R., 13, p. 700. 



Agricultural experiment stations and experimental fields, L. Grande au 

 {Jour. Agr. Prat., n. .sr/'., ./' {1902), Xo. 38, pp. 36o-367). — This article traces briefly 

 the history of agricultural experiment stations in France and explains and illustrates 

 the work they may do for the benefit of agriculture. 



Demonstration fields — their organization, object, and uses, L. Grandeau 

 {Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 4 {1902), Xo. 37, p]K 337-340) .—Thin article explains the 

 practical usefulness of demonstration fields and urges their more general establish- 

 ment throughout France. 



History of Ohio agriculture, C. W. Bvrkett {Concord, X. H., 1900, pp. 211, 

 pis. 4). — This book gives an account of the progress and evolution of agriculture in 

 Ohio. Soil, climate, special means of transportation, crops of various kinds, stock 

 raising, farm implements and machinery, and agricultural education are discussed. 



Report on Hv.ngarian agriculture, C. BAUDotiiN {Bui. Min. Agr. \_France], 21 

 {1902), Xo. 2, pp. 441-450) . — A brief report on agriculture in Hungary, containing 

 in addition to some general statements and statistics notes on rotation of crops, the 

 use of fertilizers, pasturing, and the culture of corn, oats, forage beets, and catch 

 crops as practiced in that country. 



Sources of the agricultural imports of the United States, 1897-1901, F. H. 

 Hitchcock {U. S. Bejd. Agr., Section, of Foreign Markets Bui. 28, pp. 132). — Of the 

 agricultural imports of the United States during the fiscal year 1901 Brazil supplied 

 13.65, Cu])a9.88, the United Kingdom 7.53, Germany 7.19, Japan 5.26, and France 

 5.15 per cent. The total value of the agricultural imports during 1901 was $391,931,051 

 and the average value for the 5 years covered by this report was $376,549,697. A 

 similar statistical report for the years 1896-1900 was published as Bulletin 24 of the 

 Section (E. S. R., 13, p. 494). 



Distribution of the agricultural exports of the United States, 1897-1901, 

 F. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Bui. 29, pp. 202).— Oi 

 the agricultural exports of the United States during the fiscal year 1901, the United 

 Kingdom received 52.16, Germany 15.22, the Netherlands 5.36, and France 5.28 per 

 cent. The total value of the agricultural exports during 1901 was $951,628,331, and 



