196 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Ninth Annual Report of Washington Station, 1899 ( Wnslilngton Stu. R])t. 

 1S99, pp. S). — Thi.s foiitaiuf^ a rt-pcjrt <jf the ilireetor reviewing briefly the different 

 lines of station work and giving a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1899. 



Tenth Annual Report of Washington Station, 1900 ( Washington Sta. Rpt. 

 1900, pp. S). — This contains a report of the director reviewing briefly the different 

 lines of station work, and giving a financial statement for the fiscal year ended .June 

 30, 1900. 



A report on the work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment 

 stations for the year ended June 30, 1900, A. C. True ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office 

 of Ex pe rime at Slatiom Bui. 9S, pp. ISl, pis. ^^}. — This includes a critical review of the 

 conduct and general management of the stations, with brief abstracts of all station 

 publications received during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and general 

 statistics relative to organization, publications, principal lines of work, revenue, 

 expenditures, etc. 



Report on the agricultural resources and capabilities of Hawaii, W. C. 

 Stcbbs {U. S. Dipt. Agr., Office of Experimod Stations Bui. 95, pp. 100, pis. J3). — 

 This bulletin deals with the agricultural conditions and capabilities of the Hawaiian 

 Islands, with special reference to the establishment of an agricultural experiment 

 station. The author visited the islands as special agent of this Department, and the 

 collected information here set forth pertains to subjects of direct agricultural interest. 

 A suitable location for an experiment .station was selected, and recommendations 

 regarding its equipment and suggestions as to its lines of work are presented. The 

 physical, geographical, and geological features of the islands, including the soils and 

 the origin of the Hawaiian people, are discussed, and the climate and rainfall are 

 briefly noted. The greater part of the ])ulletin is devoted to a consideration of the 

 flora of the islands, the production of coffee and sugar, and the growing of fruits and 

 vegetables. ]\lany native and introduced plants are Ijriefly descril)ed, and some of 

 the fruit trees and the palms growing on the islands, together with plants bearing seeds 

 in the neighborhood of Honolulu, are enumerated. Stock raising, irrigation, forestry, 

 labor, and land matters, including the history of land titles and land ownership, are 

 each given separate consideration. 



Agricultural resources and capabilities of Porto Rico ( U. <S'. House of Repre- 

 sentatives, .56. Cong., 2. Session, Doc. 171, pp. 32, ph. 7).— This is a report by S. A. 

 Knapp, special agent of the Department of Agriculture, on investigations of the agri- 

 cultural resources and cai^bilities of Porto Rico, with special reference to the estab- 

 lishment of an agricultural experiment station in the island. In the discussion of 

 these subjects, climate, soil, water supply, forestry, public roads, the cane-sugar, 

 coffee, and tobacco industries, the culture of corn, rice, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, 

 stock raising, and, in general, the economic conditions of the island are considered 

 and improvements in different lines are suggested. A list of fruits and nuts, includ- 

 ing those produced in Porto Rico and others that may safely be introduced, is given. 

 The rep urt concludes with a discussion on the establishment of an experiment station 

 near San Juan. 



Crop Reporter ( I'. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Statistics Crop Reporter, Vol. II, Xos. 

 10-12, pp. 8 eacli). — Among the articles of a statistical nature included in these num- 

 bers are the following: Report of the statistician for the fiscal year 1900, the trans- 

 Atlantic cattle trade, the world's flax crop, interstate commerce, trade ojiportunities 

 in Southern republics, United States commerce with Japan, crop report for March, 

 agricultural exports, production of wheat in Russia since 1883, the winter grain 

 crops of France, estimates of world's wheat crop, manufacture of beet sugar, crop 

 conditions on April 1, 1901, Bureau of Animal Industry, production of rye in Russia 

 since 1883, Russian wheat crop of 1900, and exports <>f butter, cheese, and eggs from 

 the United States and Canada. 



