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incomplete fertilizer applications prove remunerative. Transplanting beets was found 

 to he detrimental in every way. Meteorological conditions of the season are shown 

 in a table. 



Sugar-beet experiments for 1900, E. F. Ladd {Xorth Dakota Sta. Rpt. 1900, 

 pp. ;i'0-;2S). — This is a report on cooperative culture experiments with sugar beets 

 made throughout the State. The results of analyzing the samj^les are given in tables. 

 An unfavorable season prevented maturity of the beets, and the results were not 

 satisfactory. 



Sugar-beet investigations in Ohio in 1900, A. D. Selby and J. W. Ames 

 {Ohio Sta. Bui. 1;^6, pp. 13.3-174, fig^- 8). — ^This bulletin is a report on the cooperative 

 culture tests with sugar beets throughout the State in 1900. The results of germi- 

 nation tests of the beet seeds used in these experiments and the meteorological data 

 for the year and for previous seasons are reported. Seed was sent to 203 farmers in 

 60 different counties of the State, and of these 109 returned samples for analyses. A 

 total of 303 samples was analyzed by the station, and the results are set forth in 

 tables. The results for the entire State show an average of 10.9 per cent of sugar in 

 the beets and a purity of 77.1. Dividing the State into different sections, the results 

 for the northern section show an average of 11.3 per cent of sugar in the beets, with 

 a purity of 77.8; for the middle section, 10.7 per cent of sugar and 77.4 purity; and 

 for the southern section, 8.1 per cent of sugar and 67.5 purity. The bulletin further 

 discu.sses the industry within the State, gives a concise description of the factory pro- 

 cesses, and notes the advantages of certain cultural practices. The most important 

 diseases of the sugar beet are discussed and remedial measures suggested. 



Sugar-beet experiment, A. E. Shuttleworth {Ontario Agr. Col. and Ilijjt. Farm 

 lipt. 1900, pp. ^5-.'9). — This article describes the experimental culture of sugar beets 

 by farmers in 3 different localities in Ontario and reports the results obtained from 

 these tests and reviews briefly previous experiments in this same line. In each of 

 the 3 localities samples were taken on different dates, and it was found that there 

 was very little increase in the size of the beets between September 25 and November 

 6, but the purity gradually improved. The weight of the beets in all the samples 

 varied from 15.7 to 20.8 oz., the sugar in the juice from 13.7 to 15.3 per cent, and the 

 purity from 81.9 to 86.8. 



Sugar-beet experiments in Ontario in 1900, A. E. Shuttleworth (Ontario 

 Agr. Col. Bui. US, pp. 4-j, fig^- 9, map 1). — This bulletin contains the report of coop- 

 erative culture tests with sugar beets conducted at 3 different centers: Aylmer, Wel- 

 land, and Newmarket. The results of the analyses of different samples are recorded 

 in tables. Directions for the cultivation of sugar beets in Ontario are given and a dis- 

 cussion of the cost and profit of sugar-beet culture is taken from other sources. Most 

 of the samples analyzed showed the required sugar content for factory purposes and 

 a correspondingly high coefficient of purity. 



Nitrogenous fertilizers in the culture of sugar beets {Sucr. Indig. et Colon- 

 iale, 57 {1901), Xo. 6, pp. 167-171). — A brief account is given of experiments in the 

 department of Aisne which showed that mixtures of nitrate of sodr,, sulphate of 

 ammonia, and dried blood gave better results as regards yield and quality of beets 

 than nitrate of soda alone. 



The sugar industry in the island of Guadeloupe {Sucr. Indig. et Coloniale., 

 57 {1901), Xo. 9, pp. 272,273). — A de.scription of the sugar-cane crop and the cam- 

 paign of 1900. 



Brief notes on the culture of tobacco {Tabac, 21 {1901), Xo. 369, pp. 2, 3). 



Notes on the culture of tobacco and its preparation, M. M. Garcia {Bol. 

 Agr. Min. e. Ind. [Mexico'], 10 {1900), Xo. 2, pip. 3-60). — An article treating at some 

 length the culture of tobacco in Mexico. 



The drying of tobacco. I, Total weight and loss of weight, E. C. J. Mohr 

 {Meded. 's Lands Flantentuin, 1900, Xo. 41, p^p. 49). — The author studied in detail 



