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Summary of press bulletins, J. Fields ( Oklahoma Shi. Rpt. 1904, l>l>- -4-40). — 

 Results obtained at the station from year to year in different lines of work are briefly 

 noted and summarized. The average results for 4 years show that wheat sown about 

 September 15 and October 15 yielded 31.82 and 31.06 bu. per acre, respectively, 

 while wheat sown about November 15 averaged for 3 years only 20.49 bu. per acre. 

 The average results for 4 years on land plowed at different dates are in favor of early 

 plowing, the yields of wheat being 30, 27.7, and 25.65 bu. per acre from July, August, 

 and September plowing, respectively. 



On a plat of 1 acre wheat has been grown continuously since 1893. One-half of 

 the plat received 15 tons of barnyard manure per acre in the fall of 1898 and another 

 application at the rate of 11 tons per acre in the fall of 1899. Since then no manure 

 or fertilizer has been applied. The yield for the year 1902-3 was 27.6 bu. for the 

 m mured portion and 20.3 bu. for the unmanured portion of the plat, and the aver- 

 aye per acre for 5 years, 30.02 and 18.74 bu., respectively. 



Since 1892 over 250 varieties of wheat have been tested at the station, and out of 

 this list 25 were grown during the past season. Red Russian, Missouri Blue Stem, 

 Pickaway, Early Red Clawson, German Emperor, New Red Wonder, Big English, 

 Sibley New Golden, Crimean, Paris, and Fultzo-Mediterranean yielded from 36 to 

 39.5 bu. per acre; Fulcaster, Early Ripe, Turkey, Oregon Red, and Gypsy Amber, 

 from 33 to 36 bu. per acre, and Fultz, Eversaw, and Weissenburg, from 30 to 33 bu. 

 per acre. 



Experiments in pasturing wheat, begun in the fall of 1902, have so far shown that 

 light winter pasturing reduces the yield but little, while late spring pasturing causes 

 a marked reduction in the yield of both grain and straw. A plat not pastured 

 yielded 23.2 bu. of grain and 1.49 tons of straw per acre, while a plat pastured lightly 

 during the winter and late in the spring yielded only 10.7 bu. of grain and 0.83 ton 

 of straw per acre. 



The average yields of Kafir corn for 4 years amounted to 4,422 lbs. of stover and 

 1,506 lbs. of grain, and of Indian corn 1,951 lbs. of stover and 622 lbs. of grain per acre. 



Notes are given on seeding wheat, growing oats, selecting seed corn as well as 

 Kafir corn and cotton seed, and the growing of rape and Bermuda grass. 



Notes on agriculture in the United States, F. Brettreich ( Vrtljschr. Bayer. 

 Landw. Hal., 9 (1904), No. 2, app., }>p. 125). — This contains statistical matter com- 

 piled from various sources, and the author's observations on the different lines of 

 agriculture in the United States. 



Grazing problems in the Western States, E. V. Wilcox (Out West, 19 (1908), 

 No. 4, /'/'• 444-449). — Attention is called to the intimate relationship between the 

 development of the range stock business and the system of management and the 

 condition of the range. Great deterioration in range conditions has been noted in a 

 number of localities, and a system of leasing the public domain is recommended as 

 a means of preventing the wanton destruction of the grazing lands. 



Alfalfa in New York, J. L. Stone (Xeir York Cornell Sta. Bui. .'.'1, pp. 14, figs. 

 2). — This bulletin discusses the damage to alfalfa fields in New York resulting from 

 the severe winter of 1903-4, and presents suggestions regarding the culture of the 

 crop. 



Alfalfa or lucern, J. H. Grisdale, F. T. Shitt, and J. Fletcher ( ( 'anada < 'ent. 

 Expt. Farm Bui. 4< : , \<l>- 19, [>h. ..', figs. 4)- — This bulletin discusses the culture and 

 uses of alfalfa, points out its value as a fodder and a fertilizer, and treats the subject 

 from a botanical and historical standpoint. The results obtained at the Canada 

 Experimental Farms with this crop are reviewed, and its composition as a fodder 

 and fertilizer is compared with that of other forage crops. 



Manurial experiments with barley (Jour. Bd. Ayr. [London], 11 (1904), No. /, 

 pp. 211-214). — These experiments were made at the Midland Dairy Institute in 1903. 



