MISCELLANEOUS. 1031 



Methods and machines for cultivating the soil, ^I. Rixgelmanx {TVarau.v ct 

 tiiKcliiins ]>()ur la niise cii culture dcs terres. Paris, IDOJ, ji/i. JUS, Jigs. 267). 



Test of binders, 1902, A. Nachtweii [Arh. Dent. Lditdw. G&selL, 1903, No. 79, 

 ■pp. 68, figs. 64)- — Six grain binders of American make are described and tests of the 

 amomit and character of work performed by them and of the (h-aft are reported. 



Practicability and adaptability of gasoline engines for agricultural con- 

 ditions, G. TniBEK(; (A. Lamlt. Ahid. IlaiuJl. nrh Ti<hhr.. .',.1 {l!tO;l], Xo. 1, ])ji. 26- 

 35, figs, o, dgin. 1). 



Note on simple machines for extracting plantain fiber, R. L. Pr(hi)lock 

 {Dept. Land Records and Agr., Madras, Vol. II, Bui. 47 , ptp- 261-268, figs. 2). — Atten- 

 tion is called to the possibilities of the common plantain as a fiber plant, and descrip- 

 tions of 2 types of primitive machines used in the Philippine Islands for extracting 

 the fiber are given. 



Measures for the prevention of accidents with agricultural machinery, 

 W. IloFFSTEDT (A'. Laudt. Akad. Uandl. orh Tidskr., 43 {1903), Xo. 1, pp. 14-25, 

 figs. 9) . 



Proceedings of the Jefferson Memorial and Interstate Good Roads Con- 

 vention, held at Charlottesville, Va., April 2, 3, and 4, 1902 ( T. ,s. Ikpf. Agr , 

 Office of I'uhlic Road Inquiries Bid. 25, pp. 60, pis. 5, figs. 3). 



Boad construction, L. H. Adams ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 1902, pp. 280, 281, j>l. 1).-- 

 A lirief account is given of the construction of a macadam road on the University of 

 "Wisconsin farm. 



Silos and silage, ('. S. Plumb ( V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers^ Bui. 32, rev. ed., pp. 30, 

 figs. 6). — A thorough revision of tliis ]>ulletin, which has been in large jiart rewritten. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1901 {('unnecticui 

 Storrs Sta. Rpt. 1901, pp. 253). — This includes the organization list of the station, a 

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

 presenting a general review of station work during the year, and iiiiscellaneous 

 articles noted elsewhere. 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Georgia Station, 1902 (deorgiaSta. Rpt. 1902, 

 pp. 251-260). — This includes the organization list of the station, reports of the com- 

 missioner of agriculture and the director on the work of the station during the year, 

 and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June :iO. 1902. 



Twentieth Annual Report of New York State Station, 1901 {Xew Yuri; 

 >St(de Sta. Rpt. 1901, pp. 434).— Th\>i includes the organization list of the station; a 

 financial statement for the year ended September 30, 1901; a list of jieriodicals 

 received by the station; a meteorological record noted elsewhere; and reprints of 

 circulars of the station on ginseng culture and " red albumen" and of Bulletins 197-211 

 of the station on the following sul)jects: The food source of milk fat, with studies on 

 the nutrition of milch cows (E. S. R., 13, p. 781); inspection of feeding stuffs (E. S. 

 R., 13, p. 774); an epidemic of currant anthracnose (E. f^. R., 13, p. 758); notes from 

 the botanical department (E. S. R., 13, p. 759); report of analyses of commercial 

 fertilizers for the spring and fall of 1901 (E. S. R., 13, p. 935); San Jose scale inves- 

 tigations, III (E. S. R., 13, p. 968); a study of enzyms in cheese (E. S. R., 13, p. 

 1087) ; report of analyses of Paris green and other insecticides in 1901 (E. S. R., 13, 

 p. 1068); influence of manure upon sugar beets (E. S. R., 13, p. 1042); commercial 

 fertilizers for onions (E. S. R., 13, p. 1047); conditions affecting weight lost by 

 cheese in curing (E. S. R,, 13, p. 1088); stable manure and nitrogenous chemical 

 fertilizers for forcing lettuce (E. S. R., 13, p. 1046); treatment for San Jose scale in 

 orchards— I, orchard fumigation (E. S. R., 13, p. 1064); the immediate effect on milk 

 production of changes in the ration (E. S. R., 14. p. 77); and director's report f .r 

 1901 (E. S. R., 14, p. 95). 



