928 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



time to time. A separate chapter is devoted to an account of trials of agricultural 

 machinery in Sweden, Norway, and Germany. — f. w. woll. 



The macliine-testing station at Paris, M. Ringelmann {Ann. Inst. Xat. Agron., 

 2. ser., 1 {1876-1901), pp. 527-536, fig. 1). — A brief account of the organization, 

 development, equipment, and work of this station, which was established in 1888. 



History of the development of the plow during 5,000 years, A. Laacke 

 {Dent. Landic. Fresse, SO {1903), No. 17, pp. 135-138, figs. 21). — A brief summary of 

 the main steps in the development of the plow. 



Practical experience in the use of grain-seeding machines, Trcbenbacii 

 {Fiihlhu/s Lainhr. Ztg., 51 {1902) Xo.^. 19, pp. 718-723; 20, pp. 742-750). 



Exhibit of mowers and reapers at Hasselt in 1901, J. Pvro {Ulng. Agr. 

 GemhloiLv, 13 {1902), Xo. 5, pp. 187-203). — Some of the special features of the differ- 

 ent machines are described and tests of draft are reported. 



Historic highways of America, A. B. Hulbert ( Cleveland, Ohio : Arthur H. 

 Clark Co., 1902, vols. 1, pp. 140, figs. 4; '2, pp. 152, pis. 3, maps 3; 1903, vol. 3, pp. 215, 

 pis. 5, maps 2) . — This is the first three of the proposed series of ten volumes on this 

 subject. Volume 1 deals with the paths of the mound-building Indians and great 

 game animals; volume 2, Indian thoroughfares; and volume 3, Washington's road 

 (Nemacolin's path), the first chapter of the old French war. The book describes 

 these historic highways and discusses in a very interesting way their relation to 

 national development. 



Proceedings of the North Carolina Good Roads Convention, held at Ral- 

 eigh, N. C, February 12 and 13, 1902, J. A. Holmes {U. S. Dept. Agr., Office 

 of Public Road Imiuiries Bui. 24, pp. 72, pis. 5). — Among the subjects discussed are: 

 Interest of Railroads in Road Improvement, by M. A. Hays; Progress of the Good 

 Roads [Movement in the United States, by M. Dodge; Practical Suggestions as to Ways 

 and Cleans, by M. C. Butler; History of Road flaking in jNIecklenburg County, by 

 S. B. Alexander; Good Roads and their Relation to the Farmer, by T. B. Parker; 

 Economical Roads for Rural Districts, by W. C. Riddick; Good Roads and their 

 Relation to Country Life, by W. R. Cox; Roads and Road Laws of Wake County, by 

 W. C. ]McMackin; Good Roads and their Relation to Churches, by T. N. Ivey; The 

 Good Roads Movement in the West, by J. W. Abbott; Economy of Good Roads, by 

 G. T. Winston; Good Roads and their Relation to the Postal Service, by E. W. Pou; 

 Rural Free Delivery of Mails, by A. W. Machen; Methods of Raising and Expend- 

 ing Road Funds, by F. M. Simmons; and Road Building in Xorth Carolina, by J. A. 

 Holmes. 



Ninth annual report of the commissioner of public roads for the year 

 ending October 31, 1902, H. I. Budd {Trenton, X. J.: The John L. Mitrpluj Pub. 

 Co., 1902, pp. 243, pis. 29, figs. 2, map 1). — This report contains a detailed state- 

 ment of cost, and descriptions of roads improved in 1902; and papers and compiled 

 information regarding various phases of road building. 



The protection of buildings from lightning, K. Hedges {Bpt. Brllislt As.^oc. 

 Adv. Sci., 1901, pp. 770, 771). — The author compares continental and American 

 methods, and describes the plans devised by him for the protection of St. Paul's 

 Cathedral and Westminster Abbey as illustrating his views in general on this subject. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1902 {Alabama Col- 

 lege Sta. Itpt. 190.', pp. 35). — This includes the organization list of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, and reports of the president and 

 acting director, chemist, associate chemist, veterinarian, agriculturist, and biologist 

 and horticulturist reviewing the different lines of station work during the year. 

 Summaries of Bulletins 118-121 of the station are also included. 



