MISCELLANEOUS. 615 



German agriculture at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 ( Die Deutsche Land- 

 wirtschaft aufder WeUausstellung in St. Louis 1904. Berlin: Unger Bros., 1904, pp. 

 206). — The exhibits in agriculture are enumerated and described, and the different 

 phases of German agriculture are discussed. Brief sketches are given of the agricul- 

 tural institutions of the country. The different topics presented are climate, soils, 

 agricultural population, different forma of agriculture, such as agronomy, viticulture, 

 horticulture, etc., animal husbandry, and public means, including agricultural edu- 

 cation for the improvement of agriculture. 



Experiment Station Work, XXVII ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. .'10, ///>. 32, 

 figs. 7). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Preservation and 

 value of hen manure; nitrate of soda for field crops; varieties, culture, and quality of 

 wheat; breeding corn of special composition; effect of irrigation on the quality of 

 crops; the effect of shading strawberries and vegetables; injuries to shade trees; soft 

 corn and its value for beef production; hay substitutes; oak leaves as forage; the 

 covered milk pail; canning cheese; millet seed for hogs; and fertilizers for potatoes. 



Crop Reporter ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Statistics Crop Reporter, vol. 6, Nos. 4, 

 pp. 25-32; 5, pp. 33-40; 6, pp. 41-48). — These numbers for August, September, and 

 October, 1904, contain the usual statistical reports on the crops in the United States 

 and foreign countries. Particular mention may be made of articles dealing with 

 cocoanuts, copra, and cocoanut oil, and the fruit trade with foreign countries, the 

 latter of which has been noted elsewhere (E. S. R., 16, p. 264). 



Methods and routes for exporting farm products, E. G. Ward, Jr. ( U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Bureau 0/ Statistics Bui. 29, pp. 62). — This contains an enumeration of 

 the principal agricultural exports of the United States, billing instructions, and lists 

 of fast freight lines and of foreign and domestic ports between which steamboats 

 regularly ply. 



The agricultural distribution of immigrants, R. DeC. Ward (Pop. Sci. Mo., 66 

 (1904), No. 2, pp. 166-175). — Considerable restriction of immigration is considered 

 very desirable and the proposition to distribute immigrants throughout the agricul- 

 tural districts of this country, while admittedly a remedy for existing evils resulting 

 from the settling of immigrants in cities, is shown to be fostered, in many instances 

 at least, by transportation companies and by no means free from serious objections 

 worthy of careful consideration. 



Review of legislation, 1903 — general agriculture, E. W. Allen {New York 

 State Library Legislation Bui. 22o, pp. 1-14)- — A review of legislation relating to State 

 agricultural departments, experiment stations, farmers' institutes, agricultural sta- 

 tistics, weeds and noxious animals, commercial feeding stuffs, and fertilizers. 



