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Can wrapper leaf tobacco of the Sumatra type be raised in Connecticut? 

 E. II. Jknkixs ( ('onttrctirat Stale Sta. Rpt. lUOO, pi. ii, jyp. SriS-S^9,j}l. 1). — Thi.« article is 

 a (lesi-ription of an exjH'Hnient conducted in 1900 to determine wlietlier wrapper leaf 

 tobacco of the Snniatra type could l)e grown in Connecticnt w liicii wonld compare 

 favorably with imported Sumatra. The tobacco was grown under a frame I'overed 

 with cheese cloth, and the method of covering and constructing tlie frame are here 

 described. The cultivation and care given the plants is described, and the advan- 

 tages accruing from growing tobacco under cover are jiointed out. Samiiles of the 

 toba.'co jtroduced in this test were sent to tobacco dealers and experts, and tiie let- 

 ters containing the exiK'rt o])inion concerning the (juality of the leaf are reproduced. 

 The result of the experiment demonstrated that "tobacco of the Sumatra tyjn^ can 

 be raised in Connecticnt which is equal in all respects to the average imported 

 Sumatra." 



Deep culture and intensive farming in Andalusia, L. Grande a u {Jour. Af/r. 

 Prat., V.I01, J, No. 7, pp. 309, 210).— A report on tests of shallow and deep plowing, 

 sowing ))roadcast and in drills, and using a fertilizer application of 400 kg. super- 

 phosphate, 200 kg. potassium chlorid, and 200 kg. sodium nitrate in growing cereals. 



Cooperative fertilizer experiments in Iiower Austria in 1899 conducted 

 by tlie Royal Agricultural Society of Vienna, F. W. Dafert ['/txclir. Lnvdir. 

 Ver.mcJisir. Orxtcrr., o {1900), No. 2, pp. 81-122, jils. 2). — -This is a report on exten- 

 sive cooperative experiments with fertilizers for field crops and meadows. 



Tropical plants at the agricultural school at Wageningen, C. J. Van Look- 

 EREN Camtagne {Oi'gaon Vrr. < >ii(1hrr. Jiijkx. Landhoitw.^rliool, 13 {1901) , No. 1,51^ 

 pp. 24-29, fi(j>i. r>). — A description of growing sugar cane, rice, and indigo plants under 

 glass. 



HORTICULTURE. 



The farmer's vegetable garden, J. W. Lloyd {Illinoifi Sta. Bui. Gl, pp. 16, 

 figs. r>). — "In oi'der to secure data regarding the amount of labor involved in the 

 care of a garden and the amount of produce it would yiel<l, a ' farmer's garden ' was 

 planted . . . and was managed with a view to furnishing a continuous suj)ply of 

 vegetiibles throughout the season." A succession of vegetables was obtained l)v 

 planting varieties of different degrees of earliness, and by planting the same variety 

 atdifferent times. The garden was well cared for throughout the season, cultivation, 

 weeding, and hoeing being given whenever it was found necessary, and these items 

 charged up against the garden. Vegetal)les were planted in rows, so that horse culti- 

 vation could l)e used to the greatest extent. Diagrams are given showing the shape 

 antl arrangement of the garden and the period when each vegetal)le was in season. 

 Cucuml)er l)eetles were controlled by sjiraying with Bordeaux mixture, and cabbage 

 worms by spraying with white hellebore. 



"If nothing is charged for the use of the land nor for the manure, the total cost of 

 the garden may be summarized as follows: See<ls and i)lants, |5.45; insecticides, 

 $0.50; labor, $26.11; total, $32.06. 



" In return for this expenditure the garden furnishe<l a continuous supply of fresh 

 vegetables throughout the growing season, with enough sweet corn for drying, 

 tomatoes for canning, cucumbers, jieppers, cabbage, string beans and green tomatoes 

 for pickles, besides onions, beets, carrots, jjarsnips, salsify, winter radishes, cabbage, 

 and celery for winter use, and parsni{>s, salsify, and horse-radish left in the ground 

 ff)r use in the spring. . . . These vegetables could not ordinarily have been l)ought 

 at retail for less than $s:?.84. This leaves a balance of $51.78 in favor of the garden. 

 What other lialf acre on the fanu would i)a\' as well?" 



Horticultural department, ('. !'. C'lose {Utah Sta. li/it. I'.too, ji/i. XXXIII- 

 XLl). — The author outlines the work of th(> year, giving tiie results of some experi- 



