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Wheat from rusty plants contained a higher percentage of protein, fiber, and ash 

 than some fully matured grain from rust-free plants grown under the same condi- 

 tions. The percentage of carbohydrates was highest in the sound samples. Some 

 of the rusted wheat samples contained as high as 19.30 per cent of protein. 



The effect of rust on the straw and grain of wheat, F. T. Shutt {Jour. Amer. 

 Chem. Soc, 27 (1905), No. 4, pp. 366-369).— The data reported have been noted from 

 another publication (E. S. R., 16, p. 585). 



Wheat and barley from Madagascar, Balland (Jour. Pharrn. et Chim., 6. ser., 

 19(1904), pp. 377-381; abs. in Ztschr. Untersuch. Nahr. u. Genussmtl, 8 (1904), No. 

 12, p. 753). — Analyses are reported. 



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Another hardy garden book, Helena R. Ely (New York: Macmillan Co., 1905, 

 pp. XV J r 243, pis. 49). — An entertaining account of the culture of vegetables, fruits, 

 trees, shrubs, and flowers in the home garden, written in a popular manner and 

 based on the author's personal experience. The book does not pretend to be 

 exhaustive. Its purpose is to awaken interest in this healthful work. 



Firminger's manual of gardening for India, J. Cameron (Calcutta: Thacker, 

 Spink & Co., 1904, 5. ed., pp. XIX+710, pis. 3,figx. 40).— This book, first published 

 in 1863, has been enlarged and revised to meet the needs of Southern India and other 

 adjacent parts of the country. The work takes up in different chapters the opera- 

 tions of gardening and the culture of vegetables, fruits, and flowers. 



Department of horticulture, L. B. Judson (Idaho Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 11-26, figs. 

 6). — A brief survey is given of work along different lines carried on at the station 

 during the year with some details relative to the culture of mushrooms and string 

 beans under glass. A spot disease affecting Jonathan apples is noted. The disease 

 affects simply the skin of the apple and no trace of fungi has been found connected 

 with it. The only apparent harm is the detracting appearance of the fruit. A dis- 

 ease called "Apple Rosette" is under observation. The disease is characterized by 

 the failure of the lateral buds along infested branches to develop normal leaves. 



In the experiment with mushrooms under glass, the spawn of the American varie- 

 ties Alaska and Bohemia was compared with English spawn, in a small bed under 

 the greenhouse bench. The Bohemia variety yielded 47 mushrooms, weighing a 

 total of 15.75 oz. ; Alaska 26 mushrooms, weighing 8 oz., and the English 48 mush- 

 rooms, weighing 19.5 oz. 



In the bean experiment, the varieties tested were Early Warwick, Stringless Green 

 Pod, and Triumph of the Frames. The yields obtained from these different varieties 

 are tabulated and illustration given of the pods. The beans were affected with bac- 

 teriosis and after the first crop had been harvested finely powdered copper sulphate 

 was worked into the soil of one section to see if it would check the disease, but with- 

 out apparent effect. Shearing off the diseased portion of the plants as soon as the 

 bacteriosis began to show was apparently of some benefit. The use of fertilizers in 

 this experiment was apparently without benefit. 



Cooperative tests in 1904 of peas, beans, sweet corn, and cabbage, N. E. 

 Hansen, V. Fulkerson, and E. G. Sanderson (South Dakota Sta. Bui 91, pp. 22). — 

 The experiments here recorded were conducted in cooperation with this Department. 

 Cultural tests were made of a large number of varieties of peas, sweet corn, cabbage, 

 and bush, pole, and Lima beans. In the case of the peas and beans cooking tests 

 were also made. 



The results secured in the case of the peas are given in a somewhat elaborate table, 

 showing the kind of stock used, height of the vines, dates of first picking, number of 

 pods on the vines, number of peas in the pod, average length of pods, shape, size, 

 time required for cooking, color, sweetness, flavor, juiciness, hardness, etc. The cul- 



