MISCELLANEOUS. 107 



The Commercial Bide of Fruit Growing, by J. H. Hale; The Cow Feeder's Great 

 Problem, by F. S. Cooley; The Decline in the Value of New England Land — How 

 to Arrest and Improve it, by G. T. Powell; and The Education of the American 

 Farmer, by K. L. Butterfield. 



Annual Report of Idaho Station, 1903 ( Idaho Sta. Rj>t. 1903, pp. 34).— This 

 contains the organization list of the station; a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1903; and reports of the director and heads of departments on the 

 different lines of station work during the year. The report of the meteorologist is 

 noted elsewhere. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of Louisiana Stations, 1903 [Louisiana sta*. Rpt. 

 Hi".:, ]>]>. ,.'.' f ). — This contains reports of the work of the Sugar Station at Audubon 

 Park, the State Station at Baton Rouge, and the North Louisiana Station at Calhoun; 

 notes of the geological and soils surveys being made in the State; the organization 

 lists of the stations, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Maine Station, 1903 (Maine Sta. Rpt. 1 90S, 

 pp. 219). — This is made up of Bulletins 89-99 of the station on the following subjects: 

 Experiments in orchard culture (E. S. R., 15, p. 39), fertilizer inspection (E. S. R., 

 15, p. 26), the chinch bug in Maine (E. S. R., 15, p. 56), feeding stuff inspection 

 (E. S. R., 15, p. 287), poultry experiments in 1902 (E. S. R., 15, p. 394), fertilizer 

 inspection (E. S. R., 15, p. 348), nitrate of soda and muriate of potash as top-dressing 

 for grass land (E. S. R., 15, p. 355), dandelions (E. S. R., 15, p. 360), hawkweeds 

 (E. S. R., 15, p. 372), ginseng (E. S. R., 15, p. 360), cankerworms (E. S. R., 15, 

 p. 381), plant-house aleurodes (E. S. R., 15, p. 882), wheats and flours of Aroostook 

 County (E. S. R., 15, p. 867), potato experiments in 1903 (E. S. R., 15, p. 972), notes 

 on the Angora goat (E. S. R., 15, p. 996), the preservation of hen manure (E. S. R., 

 15, p. 958), and finances, meteorology, and index (E. S. R., 15, pp., 956, 1025). 



Fifteenth Annual Report of New Hampshire Station, 1903 ( New Hampshire 

 Sta. Bui. 104, pp. 83-98). — This includes the organization list of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, and brief reports of the vice- 

 director and heads of departments. The report of the chemist contains analyses of 

 a number of samples of cattle and poultry foods. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of Rhode Island Station, 1903 (Rhode Island Sta. 

 Rpt. 1903, pp. 173-300 +- VII). — This contains the organization list of the station; 

 a report of the director reviewing the different lines of station work during the year 

 and calling attention to the needs of the station; departmental reports noted else- 

 where; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, and lists of 

 donations and exchanges. 



Twentieth. Annual Report of "Wisconsin Station, 1903 ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 

 1903, pp. 414)% — This contains the organization list of the station; a report of the 

 director; a description of the new agricultural building and a history of the agricul- 

 tural college and experiment station of the University of Wisconsin, by \V. A. Henry; 

 numerous articles summarizing the work of the experiment station during the last 

 10 years; lists of exchanges and acknowledgments, and a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. 



The Royal Agricultural Academy of Bonn [Poppelsdorf], P. Rolley (Ann. 

 Inst. Nat. Agron., 2. ser., 3 (1904), No. 1, pp. 75-118, figs. 8). — This is an account of 

 the history, equipment, and organization of this institution, with a detailed outline 

 of the courses of instruction and statistics as regards attendance. 



[Reports of the agricultural experiment stations in Austria] (Ztsc)n: Landw. 

 Versuchsw. Oesterr., 7 (1904), No. 4, pp. '265-364). — This includes reports of the fol- 

 lowing experiment stations: Agricultural Experiment Station for Plant Culture, 

 Bri'inn; Experiment Station of the Lower Austrian Agricultural, Horticultural, and 

 Viticultural Schools, Feldsberg; Agricultural Chemical Experiment and Seed Con- 

 trol Station, Gratz; Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station of the Royal Imperial 



