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to the movements and changes of the carbohydrates and the absence of these sub- 

 stances in properly dried leaves. With reference to the nitrogen compounds, the 

 author states that the albuminoids and nicotin have a low movability, while ammo- 

 nia and nitric acid, and especially the amids and amins, show a high power of trans- 

 location. The greater portion of the substances translocated within the plant were 

 alkaline. The effect of the removal of the leaves on the production of seed is dis- 

 cussed. 



Vetch sown with oats on fallow, F. Gubine {Zend. Ghaz., 1903, No. 30, pp. 123, 

 124; abs. in Zhur. Opuitn. Agron. [Jour. Expt. Landw.~\,5 (1904), No. l,pp. 115, 116). — 

 The results of growing vetch with oats for a series of years at the Moscow Agricul- 

 tural Institute show that this crop draws heavily upon the soil moisture, and that it 

 is detrimental to an immediately following crop of winter rye. The yield of winter 

 rye under these conditions is reduced from 30 to 35 per cent as compared with the 

 yield on black fallow. — p. fireman. 



Observations on winter wheat in the Kherson Government, P. N. Kozlovski 

 ( Vyestnik Selsk. Khoz., 1903, Nos. 14, 15, 18, 23, 26; abs. in Zhur. Opuitn. Agron. [Jour. 

 Expt. Landw.], 5 (1904), No. 1, p. 114)- — The development of winter wheat on differ- 

 ent kinds of fallow is described in detail. At the time of sowing black fallow con- 

 tained 18.4 per cent of soil moisture at a depth of 10 cm., while American corn fal- 

 low contained only 9.21 per cent. The crop on black fallow came up 26 days earlier 

 and was much better developed at the beginning of winter than the crop on corn fal- 

 low. Although rains were plentiful the following spring the wheat on the black 

 fallow retained this decided advantage. — p. fireman. 



Macaroni wheat in foreign markets ( U. S. Dept. Com. and Labor, Spec. Consular 

 Rpts., 29 (1904), pp. 76). — A series of reports by the consular officers of the United 

 States in Europe, Northern Africa, and Argentina on the production and consump- 

 tion of macaroni wheat in their districts. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of the horticulturist, A. T. Jordan (New Jersey Stas. Rpt. 1903, pp. 289- 

 345). — The records of another year showing the yields with asparagus and a number 

 of small and orchard fruits, when differently fertilized and cultivated, are reported. 

 This work has been under way for a number of years (E. S. B,., 15, p. 149), and 

 summaries are given of the results thus far obtained with asparagus and raspberries 

 for the whole period. These summaries have been published in bulletin form and 

 noted previously (E. S. R., 16, p. 262). The usual meteorological data are incor- 

 porated in the report. 



In the fertilizer work with asparagus and small fruits a comparison is being made 

 of the relative value of barnyard manure, a complete commercial fertilizer, the same 

 fertilizer plus bone and potash, and the same fertilizer plus bone, potash, and nitrate 

 of soda. Duplicate plats in each case are irrigated. 



Irrigation has increased the total yield of raspberries on the average about 2 per 

 cent. With blackberries irrigation has increased the average yield 4£ per cent. 

 Early Harvest, Eldorado, and Erie have given the largest yields in the order named. 

 With irrigation the heaviest yield has been obtained on the manured plat. Without 

 irrigation the heaviest yield was obtained on the plat receiving complete fertilizer 

 plus bone and potash. With currants the average yield from the irrigated plats 

 exceeds that from the unirrigated by %\ per cent. The largest yields both with and 

 without irrigation have been obtained on the manured plats. 



A record is given of the yields of a number of individual currant bushes, which 

 shows the production of individual bushes of the same variety to vary between 

 1,405.2 to 6,149.4 qts. per acre. With gooseberries the average yields for 6 years are 

 slightly in favor of irrigation. Similarly manured plats have averaged larger in 

 yield than the plats fertilized with complete commercial fertilizer. 



