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washing, the retention of soil moisture, fertilizers and crop rotation, and the differ- 

 ent phases of the culture of the crop, such as plowing, planting, and cultivation. 



Selection of corn and wheat, E. F. Lado [North Dakota Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. 36- 

 41). — The results with 8 samples of wheat under test since 1900 for the purpose of 

 determining whether the protein content in wheat can be increased by selection, and 

 whether wheats retain this property from year to year, are given in a table. The 

 samples <lid not all continue to increase their protein content, and in some of them 

 it was even lower in 1903 than in 1900. In 1901, a season unfavorable to full maturity, 

 the protein content was exceptionally high for all samples. A study of the gluten 

 content and of the gluten constituents is reported in progress. 



Analyses of corn planted at different distances; of samples selected for high protein 

 content; of the stalks, cob, and kernel of individual plants, ami of corn planted on 

 different dates are reported. In all cases, except in the study of individual plants, 

 the results are compared with those of previous years. 



Consumption of cotton in the cotton States, J. L. Watkins ( U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Vearbook !!">■:. pp. 463-478, />>■•<. 3, Jig. 1). — The history of cotton manufacture in 

 the United States is reviewed by periods, and the consumption and production of 

 cotton and the number of mills and spindles in operation in South Carolina, North 

 Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia in different years, from 1850 to 

 1903, are presented in tables. In addition, the cotton consumed with the number 

 of mills and spindles in operation in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Ken- 

 tucky, and Missouri at the close of each decade from I860 to 1900, inclusive, and in 

 1902 and 1903 are given, and the condition of the cotton industry in various countries 

 during the past 20 years is briefly noted. A tabulated summary of the statistics pre- 

 sented, showing the consumption and production of cotton in the Southern States 

 from 1850 to 1903, concludes the article. 



The growing of long-staple upland cottons, II. J. Webber ( U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Yearbook 1903, pp. 121-136, pis. 5). — This paper discusses the importance of extend- 

 ing the culture of long-staple upland cottons, notes the history of their introduction, 

 and describes briefly the principal races which are now being grown. Directions for 

 the improvement of varieties, selection of seed, cultivation, picking, ginning, baling, 

 and marketing are also given. 



The A, B, C of cotton planting, D. Morris (Imp. Dej>l. Agr. West. Indies, 

 Pamphlet 31, 1904, />}>■ 60). — The principal facts of cotton culture are presented in a 

 series of questions ami answers. 



Principal commercial plant fibers, L. H. Dewey ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 l '.in.;, pp. 387-398, pis. 5 \. — After reviewing the importance of the fiber industry and 

 outlining a classification of fillers into cottons and hard and soft fibers, the author 

 presents discussions of American upland, Sea Island, Egyptian, India, and Peruvian 

 cotton, flax, hemp, jute, Manila fiber, sisal, >iew Zealand hemp, Mauritius hemp, and 

 istle. 



Lupines as green manure for rye, Causemaxx I Deut. Landw. Presse, 31 (1904), 

 No. 39, pp. 344, 346 i- — Rye was sown on light soil after lupines had been turned under 

 by shallow plowing. The seeding was late, October 15, but the crop wintered well 

 and made a rapid growth the following spring. 



The percentage of husk in different varieties of oats, C. IIauter (IUus. 

 Landw. Zig., 24 (1904), No. 25, pp. 279, 2S0). — The percentage of husk determined 

 in 32 varieties is reported, together with the weight of the oats per hectoliter 

 and the weight of 100 wholeand husked grains. The grains with the husks removed 

 constituted from about 70 to 75 per cent of the whole grain. Potato and a variety of 

 side oats Btood highest in the percentage of husked grains. 



Irish potatoes. E. C. Green i Texas Sta. Bui. 71, pp. 16, jigs. 4). — This bulletin 

 discusses the results of experiments at Troupe Substation. The results of a culture 

 test show that planting 3 in. deep produced a larger total yield and a larger per- 



