494 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



STATISTICS- MISCELLANEOUS. 



Biennial Report of Idaho Station, 1899 and 1900 {Idaho Sta. Bui. 29, pp. 

 35). — Reports of the director and heads of departments on the work of the station, 

 and financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1899 and 1900. The 

 report of the chemist contains analyses of 4 samples of baking powder, 1 sample of 

 watermelon sirup, and 6 samples of water. The report of the meteorologist is noted 

 elsewhere. 



Fourteenth. Annual Report of Nebraska Station, 1900 {Nebraska Sta. Rpt. 

 1900, pp. 80). — A report of the director on the staff, work, and publications of the 

 station during the year; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; 

 and several articles abstracted elsewhere. 



Annual Report of South Carolina Station, 1900 {South Carolina Sta. Rpt. 

 1900, pp. 3-2). — The different lines of station work are reviewed at some length in 

 departmental reports, parts of which are noted elsewhere. A financial statement is 

 given for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Texas Station, 1900 {Texas Sta. Rpt. 1900, pp. 

 287-308, pis. 3). — The report of the director reviews the different lines of station 

 work during the year and summarizes some of the results obtained by the station 

 during 12 years. Resolutions adopted by the Texas Farmers' Congress and by the 

 Texas Live Stock Association relative to experiment station work in the State are 

 given. Reports of the heads of departments are included, one of which states briefly 

 the results of some experiments in marketing peaches. A financial statement is 

 given for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900. A subject list is given of station pub- 

 lications, those still available being indicated. The front elevation and first and 

 second floor plans are given of the agricultural-horticultural 1 niilding erected in 1900. 



Sources of the agricultural imports of the United States, 1896-1900, 

 F. H. Hitchcock {U. S. Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Bui. 24,pp.l20). — Tables 

 are given showing in detail the quantities and values of all the agricultural products 

 imported into the United States from the several countries of supply during each of the 

 five fiscal years 1896-1900. A similarreport for thefiscal years 1894-1898 was published 

 as Bulletin 17 of the Section (E. S. R., 12, j). 98). The average annual value of the 

 agricultural imports during the 5 years was $376,369,368. Of the articles imported 

 sugar constituted over 23 and coffee 18 per cent. Brazil supplied 12.99 per cent of 

 the total imports, the United Kingdom 8.96, Germany 6.88, and Cuba 6.10 per cent. 



Distribution of the agricultural exports of the United States, 1896-1900, 

 F. H. Hitchcock {U. S. Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Bui. 25, pp. 182). — 

 Statistical tables show the quantities and values of all the various agricultural prod- 

 ucts exported from the United States to each country of destination during the 5 

 fiscal years 1896-1900. A similar report for the fiscal years 1894-1898 was published 

 as Bulletin 16 of the Section (E. S. R., 12, p. 98). The average annual value of the 

 agricultural exports during the 5 years was $752,120,133. The United Kingdom 

 received 51.77, Germany 14.20, France 6.08, and the Netherlands 5.22 percent of the 

 total exports. Breadstuffs, cotton, and meat products constituted, respectively, 

 32.17, 29.38, and 20.02 per cent of the total exports. 



Apprenticeships in agriculture {Maryland Agr. Co'. Quart., 1901, No. 13, pp. 

 61, 62) . — A brief statement regarding the api^renticeships offered in the dairy and 

 horticultural divisions of the stations. 



Nature teaching, F. Watts {London: Dulau& Co.; Bridgetoicn, Barbados: Bowen 

 & Sons, 1901, p2i. XII -\- 109). — This book treats of the general principles of agricul- 

 ture and is intended for the use of schools. A chapter is devoted to each of the fol- 

 lowing subjects: The seed, the root, the stem, the leaf, the soil, plant food and 

 manures, fiowers and fruits, weeds and insects. 



Industrial progress in North Carolina {Bui. North Carolina State Bd. Agr., 22 

 {1901), No. 8, pp. 3-23). — Gives lists of cotton, woolen, and silk mills and other 

 industries, and cattle, horse, swine, sheep, goat, and poultry registers. 



