MISCELLANEOUS. 935 



the fiscal year ended June 30, L904; and reprints of Bulletins 212-220 on the follow- 

 ing subjects: Cooperative records of the cost of producing eggs I E. S. K., L5, p. 603 I; 

 methods of milking | K. s. I:., 15, p . 712); the ribbed cocoon maker of the apple 

 (E. S. R., 15, p. 880) ; the grape leaf-hopper I E. S. R., 15, p. 980); spraying experi- 

 ments: I.. Spraying for wild mustard (E. S. li.. 15, p. L085); II. Dusl or powder 

 sprays I E. S. R., 15, p. 1089), an Outline of cooperative demonstrations and tests for 

 L904 (E. S. K.. 15, p. H36); spray calendar (E. S. I:., 15, p. L093); onion blight 

 I E. S. R., 16, p. 170); diseases of ginseng (!•'.. S. It., 16, p. 271 i; and the utilization 

 of skimmed milk in feeding pigs i !•'.. S. R, 16, p. 295). 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1904 i Wyoming Sta. Rpl. 

 1904, pp. 86). — This includes the organization list of the station; a report of the 

 director giving a review of the work of the station during the year; abstracts of 

 Bulletins 59-62 of the station; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1904; and reports of the heads of departments, parts of which arc noted elsewhere. 



American agriculture, S. Strakosch (Amerikanische Landwirtschaft. Vienna: 

 W. Frick, 1905, pp. 187, pi. 1, figs. 56) . — In this volume the author presents an account 

 of observations and studies made during a tour throughout the United States. Par- 

 ticular attention was given to a study of the economic aspect of agricultural industries, 

 types of farms, animal husbandry, fruit, grain elevators, beet-sugar industry, and the 

 organization of this Department and the agricultural experiment stations. A large 

 amount of literature relating to American agriculture was collected, and in all points 

 the author's views reflect quite accurately the agricultural conditions of America. 



Agricultural experiment stations in foreign countries, A. ( '. True and 1). J. 

 Crosby (/'. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 112, rev. ed., pp. 276). — 

 In this revision of Bulletin 112 of the Office (E. S. R., 14, p. 304) are incorporated 

 changes based upon information secured directly from the officers of the stations, and 

 also accounts of about 75 stations not included in the original bulletin. 



Report on investigations relative to the profitableness of Swiss agricul- 

 ture in 1903 (Landw. Jahrb. Schweiz, 19 {1905), No. 1, pp. 65; Ann. Agr. Suisse, 6 

 (1905), No. .', pp. 29-95). — The harvests in 1903 were appreciably above the average. 

 Nevertheless the net returns did not exceed 4 per cent of the capital invested. 



The teaching of agriculture in the rural common schools, A. ( '. True et al. 

 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Circ. 60, />i>. 20). — This report of the 

 committee on methods of teaching agriculture of the Association of American Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations has already been noted in a summary of 

 the proceedings of the association (E. S. R , 16, p. 430). 



The organization of agriculture, E. A. Pratt (London: John Murray, 1905, pp. 

 443). — This book reviews the different lines of cooperation in agriculture in European 

 countries, the United States, Argentina, Canada, Australasia and Japan. 



Accessions to the Department Library, 1904 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Library Buls. 

 50, pp. 62; 51, pp. 56; 52, pp. 45; 53, pp. 66). 



