864 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Report of assistant in agrostology, E. E. Nelson I Wyoming Sta. Rpt. I904,pp. 

 64 85, pis. 6). — The relative weights of hull and kernel of common white oats grown 

 at high altitudes in Wyoming and at lower altitudes in Nebraska were determined. 

 The results show that there is little difference in the percentage of hull but that the 

 Wyoming oats grow n under irrigation are heavier than the Nebraska <>ats produced 

 without irrigation. The thick and firm hull of barley oats was found to weigh more 

 than the hull of the common white kinds. A list of varieties of wheats under test is 

 given. 



The grass and forage plant work carried on in cooperation with this Department 

 was begun in 1901 (E. S. R., 15, p. 350). Grass seed sown in the fall of L902 came 

 up the following spring, but apparently only Agropyron occidentale, A. spicatum, 

 Bromus inermh, and Eurotia lanata persisted. In the experience of the station when 

 less than 1 in. of rain fell during each of the months of April, May, and June the 

 grasses did not become established. The native wheat grass and brorne grasses were 

 successful at the station when red top and timothy under like conditions failed. A 

 stand was most readily obtained from grasses with large seeds. 



In general, the common perennial grasses, whether native or cultivated, and even 

 on cultivated land did not head before the second year. It was observed that the 

 best growth was made when the stand was thin and that all grasses on thick and 

 heavy soil made little growth and did not head well. Notes on 66 grasses and 15 

 other forage plants tested at Laramie from 1901 to 1903 are given. Sixteen species 

 of saltbushes were grown in 1903 ami the results are briefly noted. "The native 

 annuals such as Atriplex argentea, A. phUonitra, and A. truncata have been found easy 

 of cultivation, grow quite rank, and yield a large amount of forage on moist alkali 

 land." 



Four varieties of field peas, Mexican, White Canadian, Golden Vine, and Green 

 Canadian, were grown on a 20-acre tract. Golden Vine, the earliest, and Mexican 

 matured in August and the other 2 varieties in September. 



Grasses and forage plants, H. Benton {South Carolina Sta. Bui. 93, pp. 21).— 

 This bulletin contains discussions based upon experiments and observations by the 

 station during the past 12 years with reference to the culture of cowpeas, hairy or 

 winter vetch, crimson clover, alfalfa, velvet bean, sorghum, Bermuda grass, Johnson 

 grass, orchard grass, Texas blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, German millet, and 

 Paspalum dilatatum. 



Miscellaneous field crops in New South Wales, G. L. Sutton and G. M. 

 McKeown (Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 15 {1904), No. 11, j>p. 1081-1090, 1093-1096, 

 1102-1106, 1108-1115, 1118-1125, 1129-1133).— Brief notes are given on the year's 

 work with cereals and forage crops conducted at the Hawkesbury Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Bathurst, Coolabah, Wollongbar, Glen Innes, Moree and Pera Bore. 



Work in cereal breeding, T. vox Weinzierl {Ztschr. Landw. Versuchsw. Oesterr., 

 7 {1904), No. .?, pp. 237-258). — A list is given enumerating breeding experiments 

 carried on by the seed control station at Vienna with rye, wheat, barley, oats, and 

 corn, and culture tests with these crops in addition to flax, tobacco, potatoes, and 

 grasses. 



Early and modern methods of breeding cereals, J. Holmboe ( TMsskr. Norske 

 Landbr., 11 {1904), No. 7, pp. 287-311). — A discussion of the leading general princi- 

 ples underlying the breeding of small grains. — f. w. woll. 



The system of farming at Aas Agricultural College; Norway, 1860-1902, 

 T. Landmark (Tidsskr. Norske Landbr., 11 {1904), No. 5, pp. 187-229).— -The paper 

 gives a complete history of the system of farming followed at the Agricultural Col- 

 lege at Aas for the period given, with statistical data for 1" and 5 year periods with 

 reference to crops, number of farm animals, and milk production. The gross and 

 net income from crops, farm animals, forest, orchard, and workshop is also given. — 



F. W. WOLL. 



