1138 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Annual Report of Virginia Station, 1904 ( Virginia Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 27).— 

 This includes the organization list of the station; a report of the director, giving the 

 changes in the staff of the station and outlining the investigations now in progress; a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, and departmental reports. 

 Finances, meteorology, index (Maine Sta. Bui. Ill, pp. 209-226 + XII, pis. 2, 

 fjg,^ 9). — This* bulletin consists of reprints of press bulletins published in 1904; 

 meteorological observations noted elsewhere; a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1904; an index to bulletins 100 to 111 of the station, which collect- 

 ively make up the Twentieth Annual Report of the Station; the organization list of 

 the station; brief statements concerning the station by the director; and a history 

 and description of Holmes Hall. The subjects of the 5 press bulletins are as fol- 

 lows: Retopping sweet apple trees; mulching for apple trees and gooseberries; testing 

 vitality of seeds; oat smut and its prevention; making clover hay. 



Second Annual Report of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Asso- 

 ciation, 1904 (Ann. Rpt. Wisconsin Agr. Expt. Assoc, 2 (1904), pp. XVIII '+ 132, 

 pis. 4). — This contains a report of the meeting held in February, 1904, at which the 

 results of experiments along different lines were reported. Among the subjects of 

 the numerous papers and addresses mention may be made of the following: Official 

 corn score card; Wisconsin grain crops; growing clover for seed; growing barley; 

 farm managers; Wisconsin tobacco; treating seed corn to prevent smut; rape as a 

 forage plant for pigs and sheep; growing alfalfa, soy beans, and Swedish Select oats; 

 and summer pasture for pigs. Outlines for experimental work are also given. 



Agricultural returns, 1904 (Ed. Agr. and Fisheries {London], Agr. Returns 

 1904, pp. 56). — This publication contains tables showing the acreage under crops 

 and grass and the number of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs in each county of Great 

 Britain, with summaries for the United Kingdom. 



Agricultural statistics, Ireland, 1904 (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, 

 Agr. Stat. 1904, p>p. 43, dgm. 1). — Tables are given showing the acreage and the 

 produce of the crops for the year 1904. 



Report of the government statistician on agricultural and pastoral statis- 

 tics for 1903 (Brisbane: Govt. Printer, 1904, pp. 68).— Among the general agricul- 

 tural statistics for Queensland the yields, imports, and exports of wheat, barley, 

 corn, oats, rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cotton, and tobacco are given. 



Agriculture within the empire, edited by W. Macdonald (Pretoria: Govt. 

 Printing Office, 190.5, pp. XVI + 165 + XI, pis. 50, maps 4).— A report of the Boer 

 delegates, W. L. Jooste, J. M. Lane, and H. T. Rood, on the agriculture and stock 

 farming of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Included in the general discussion 

 of agricultural conditions as observed on the tour are descriptions of the Central 

 Experimental Farm at Ottawa, the Ontario Agricultural College in Canada, and the 

 Bathurst, Wagga- Wagga, and Momohaki farms in Australia, a chapter being devoted 

 to each institution. 



Contributions to the information on agriculture in Wurtemberg, V. von 

 Strebel (Beitrage zur Kenntnis der wurttembergischen Landwirtschaft. Plieningen: 

 Friedrich Find, 1904, }>p- 77).— The management of 34 estates is described and the 

 income and expenditures of each are briefly stated. The grain yields of the country 

 are shown in tables and discussed. 



Employer and employees in Norwegian agriculture, O. A. R. Sandberg 

 ( Tidtskr. Norske Landbr., 11 (1904), No. 4, pp. 141-174). 



Description of small prize farms in Sweden, 1902 and 1903 (Meddel. K. 

 Landtbr. Styr. [Sweden'], 1904, Nos. 89, pp. 33; 90, pp. 51). 



The first principles of agriculture and forestry, R. Henderson (London: 

 Country Gentlemen's Assoc, Ltd., 1904, pp. XVI + 408).— Thin book discusses the 

 physical and chemical properties of matter, the formation of soils, meteorology, 

 vegetable and animal life, and forestry. A chapter each is devoted to soil fertility, 

 manuring, and breeding live stock. 



