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45.69, 44.9-t, 42.65, 42.56, and 42.5.3 bu. per acre, respectively. The average yield of 

 all varieties was 38.52 bu. of grain and 2,305 lbs. of straw per acre. Tables are given 

 showing the average yield of varieties for 9, 4, 3, and 2 years. Among the varieties 

 tested for 9 years Japan gave a slightly better yield of grain than the other varieties 

 and as large a yield of straw. The average weight of grain per bushel for this variety 

 was 36 lbs., but the results show that the weight of the grain per bushel and the 

 yield had little or no ronnection. 



Potdtoes. — A test of 95 varieties was made in 1900. The yields obtained ranged 

 from 48.23 to 188.68 bu. per acre and the time of ripening from August 18 to October 

 12. Heath Late Beauty was the most productive, and Polaris, Six Weeks, Early 

 Andes, and New Bovee Seeilling the earliest. Tables are given showing the average 

 yield of the varieties tested 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 years. Of the varieties tested 6 years 

 Carman No. 1 gave the largest total and merchantable yield. The average yields of 

 the most productive varieties of those tested 6 years were over 16 per cent greater 

 and of the varieties tested 5 years over 45 per cent greater than the yields of the 

 sorts producing tlie smallest quantities of merchantable tubers. 



Saltbushes in the Southern Coast Range, C. II. Shinn (California Sfa. Rpt. 

 1809-1901, pf. 'J, 2)p..334-34''>, fiii'<- 4)- — The work with saltbushes by the station is 

 reviewed and recent results with new species are reported. Tlie value of Atriplcx 

 semibaccata is pointed out in the results obtained by the station and by farmers in the 

 State. A number of species tested at the Paso Robles substation have given good 

 results, and in this connection special attention is called to the following: Atriplex 

 nummularia, A. pampamm, A. cachiyuyum, Rhagodia nutans, and R. spinescens inermis. 

 Atriplex leptocarpa had no advantages over A. semibaccata in that region, and .1. vesi- 

 caria and A. halimoides exhibited a tendency to die out in spots when the plants are 

 old. ^1. nummnlaria, grown from cuttings and without irrigation, gave a yield of 17 

 tons 485 lbs. of green forage per acre from one cutting. A. pamjiarum and A. cachi- 

 yuyum.jielded over 15 and 12 tons of green forage per acre, respectively. These 3 

 saltbushes are large-growing species and produce 2 cuttings a year in that locality. 

 -Brief tlescriptive and cultural notes are given on R. spinescens inermis, R. nutans, R. 

 billardicri, R. parabolica, R. Jiastata, Chenopodium nitrariacea, -and C. atriplicinm. 

 Directions for the propagation of saltbushes from cuttings and other suggestions as to 

 their culture are also given. 



Analyses of sugar beets, AI. E. Jaffa ( California Sta. Rpt. 1899-1901, pt. 3, pp. 

 237-241)- — Analyses of samples of sugar beets from 1898 to 1900 are given in tables 

 and the results are briefly discussed. 



The beet-sugar industry in Victoria, A. N. Pearson {Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain, 

 Govt. Printer, 1901, pp. 37, ph. 5, fiij. 1, dcpn. 1) . — This is a jjaper on the subject pub- 

 lished in 1901. The results of experiments with sugar beets in Victoria, including 

 culture, variety, and fertilizer tests, are brought together and the possibilities of the 

 industry are discussed. 



Note on the localization of phosphates in the sugar cane, C. H. G. Spraxk- 

 LiNG {Jour. Chem. Soc. [London'], 81 {1902), No. 481, I, pp. 1543-1546) .—X)eiexm\i\a.- 

 tions of phosphoric acid and silica in the leaves and in different sections of the stalk 

 of sugar cane are reported. These show that the largest percentage of phosphoric 

 acid was in the leaves, the smallest in the middle sections of the stalk, increasing 

 toward the roots. There a})pears to be a storage of phosphoric acid as well as silica 

 in the leaves. 



Seedling and other canes in the Leeward Islands, 1901-2 {Lnji. Dept. Agr. 

 West Indies, Pamphlet No. 20, 1902, pp. 30). — This report summarizes the results of 

 experiments with sugar cane carried on at Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis in 1901-2. 



Seedling and other canes at Barbados, 1902 {Imp. Dept. Agr. West Indies, 

 Pamjihlet No. 19, 1902, vp. 07). — This report summarizes the results of cooperative 

 experiments with selected seedling and other canes. As in previous years, the canes 



