106 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



8, p. 7:;.".; ( .t, p.594); The Importance of the Right Amount and Right Distribution 

 of Water on Crop Production, by F. II. King (E. S. R., 10, p. 746; 11, p. 537); The 

 Influence of the Right Amount and Right Distribution of Water on Crop Produc- 

 tion, by F. II. King I E. S. R., 12, ]». 40: 13, pp. 34, 936); Relation of Crop Produc- 

 tion to Amount of Water Available and Method of Cultivation, by A. R. Whitson 

 (E. S. R., 14, p. 955). 



The right way to irrigate, J. A. Widtsoe and W. W. McLaughlin ( Utah Sta. 

 Bid. 86, i>i>. 5S-101, pis. 8, figs. .'.:\.— This is a popular exposition of some of the 

 results reported in Bulletin SO of the Utah Station (E. S. R., 15, p. 655). 



An irrigation system in the region of Hyeres, J. Farcy {Jour. Agr. Prat., 

 n. ser., 7 (1904), No. 9, j>/>. 619-622, figs. .').— A system for irrigating about 75 acres 

 from wells is described. 



The railroads and the wagon roads ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Public Road 

 Inquiries Circ. 37, pp. 4)- — This paper was read by A. L. Craig, general passenger 

 agent of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co., before the Oregon State Good 

 Roads Association at its first annual convention, held in Portland, October 24, 1903. 



List of National, State, and local road associations and kindred organi- 

 zations in the United States ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Public Road Inquiries 

 Circ. 36, ret:, pp. 14). 



Problems in farm mechanics, F. II. King ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. 346- 

 353). — A summary of investigations during the 10 years ending with 1903. The 

 following articles are included: 



Silos (pp. 346-349).— The Construction of Silos (E. S. R., 3, p. 248), The Construc- 

 tion of Silos and the Making and Handling of Silage (E. S. R., 9, p. 393), Silage and 

 the Construction of Modern Silos (E. S. R., 12, p. 495). 



Country roads (pp. 349-352). — Principles of Construction and Maintenance of 

 Country Roads (.E. S. R., 11, p. 1095). 



Feed grinding (pp. 352, 353). — Experiments in Grinding with Small Steel Feed 

 Mills (E. S. R., 12, p. 492). 



The history, construction, and critical examination of mowing machines, 

 A. Nachtweh (Landw. Jahrb., 32 (1903), No. 5-6, pp. 655-772, pis. 6, Jigs. 111).— The 

 history of the development of the mowing machine is reviewed, the general con- 

 struction of such machines is discussed, and results of detailed examinations of a 

 large number of makes are reported. 



Electricity in agriculture, E. (Iiarini (Uclectricitc agricole. Lausanne: Socitti 

 Suisse d' Edition; Paris: Fischbacher [1904], ]>}>• 162, ill.; rev. in Jour. Agr. Prat., n. 

 ser., 7 (1904), No. 16, p. 525). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of Connecticut State Station, 1903 (Con- 

 necticut State Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. XIV). — These pages accompanying part 5 of the 

 report of the station for the year ended October 31, 1903, contain an announcement 

 concerning the work of the station; a brief report of the board of control on the 

 work of the station during the year, and a financial statement for the year ended 

 September 30, 1903. 



Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Connecticut State Board of Agri- 

 culture, 1903 {Connecticut State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 1903, pp. 325). — Among the addresses 

 delivered at the meeting of the board held in December, 1903, and published in this 

 report, are the following: Agricultural Fairs Improvement, by H. B. Cowan; Dairy- 

 ing in France, by H. E. Alvord; Evolution of Farm Machinery and its Effect upon 

 the Life and Business of the Farmer, by J. M. Hubbard; Farmers' Institutes, by 

 J. Hamilton; Intensive Cultivation, by G. M. Clark; Potato Growing in Connecti- 

 cut, by A. L. Clinton; Reminiscences of Thirty Years of Agricultural Science in 

 Connecticut, by W. O. Atwater; The Corn Crop in Connecticut, by E. H. Jenkins; 



