28H EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The organization and results of cooperative fertilizer experiments in 

 Bavaria, H. Dubbers ( Vrtljschr. Bayer. Landw. Rath., 6 {1901), No. 1, pp. 36-43). — 

 The results of cooperative experiments with fertilizers on grains, potatoes, beets, 

 alfalfa, and meadows are ])riefly reported. 



Organization of fertilizer experiments {Bent. Landw. Presse, 28 {1901), No. 37, 

 pp. 33G, 321) . — The plan of cooperative experiments which have been undertaken in 

 Bavaria for the purpose of making a systematic study of fertilizer requirements is 

 described, and some of the results with barley, oats, potatoes, roots, hay, and alfalfa 

 are reported. 



Commercial fertilizers and. humus, K. de Vrieze [Deui. La)tdir. Presse, 28 

 (1901), No. 34, pp. 296, 297). — An argument to prove that the continued use of com- 

 mercial fertilizers does not necessarily result in a decline in the humus content of 

 soils. 



Fertilizers, F. T. Shutt {Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 1900, pp. 161-166). — Analyses 

 of 6 samples of marl, 3 samples of gypsum, 2 of wood ashes, and 1 of wool waste are 

 reported, with discussion of their value as fertilizers. 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods {Maine Sta. Bui. 72, pp. 4^-.^).— This bulle- 

 tin contains analyses of 136 brands of fertilizers (manufacturers' samples) licensed 

 before March 9, 1901, with a summary of the chief provisions of the State fertili- 

 zer law. 



Fertilizer inspection in North Carolina, B. W. Kilgore {Bid. Nortli Carolina 

 Slate Bd. Agr., 22 {1901), No. 4, PP- 3-30, 36). — The names and guaranteed composi- 

 tion of fertilizers registered for 1901, and analyses and valuations of 201 samples of 

 fertilizers examined during the spring of 1901, with the usual explanations regarding 

 freight rates, valuation, etc., and a note on the increased trade in fertilizers in the 

 State during the year. 



Official report on commercial fertilizers inspected, analyzed, and licensed 

 to be sold in the State of Ohio during 1900 {Ohio State Board of Ac/ricidtyre, 

 1901, jtp. 85). 



Commercial fertilizers, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite ( West Virginia Sta. Btd. 

 72, pp. 32). — This bulletin gives the results of analyses and valuations of 287 sam- 

 ples of fertilizing materials examined during the year 1900. 



Analyses of licensed commercial fertilizers, 1901, E.. H. Shaw and A. 

 Vivian ( Wisconsin Sta. Bid. 86, pj}. 10). — This bulletin contains the text of the 

 Wisconsin fertilizer law, notes on the sources of fertilizing ingredients in fertilizers 

 and on valuation of fertilizers, and analyses of 5 samples of fertilizers sold in the 

 State during the year. 



Draft bill to regulate the sale of agricultural fertilizers and feeding stuffs 

 {.lour. Jamaica Agr. Soc, 5 {1901), No. 3, pp. 120-122). — The text of an act passed in 

 1901, providing for the inspection of fertilizers and feeding stuffs sold in Jamaica. 



Recent contributions to knowledge relating to the fertilizer industry, 

 VON Grueber {Chem. Ztg., 25 {1901), No. 35, pp. 378-377). — A general summary. 



FIELD CROPS. 



Field experiments, J. Atkinson {lovxi Sta. Bui. 55, pp. 362-384, figs. 7). — These 

 experiments comprised variety and culture tests with corn, oats, barley, spring 

 wheat, spelt, sorghum, rape, kohl-rabi, soy beans, and sugar beets. Nineteen vari- 

 eties of corn selected out of 50 varieties grown in 1898 and 1899 were given a further 

 test in 1900. The best yielding varieties were of selected stock. The varieties giv- 

 ing the best returns, mentioned in the order of their productiveness, were: Reid 

 Yellow Dent, Legal Tender, Snow Flake White, Seckler Perfection, and Champion 

 White Pearl, yielding from 90.9 to 100.3 bu. per acre. Wisconsin Earliest Dent, with 

 a yield of 52.5 bu. per acre, was the least productive. The other varieties, given in 



