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experiments relating to wheat growing are reproduced as follows: Quantity of seed 

 per acre (E. S. R., 10, p. 947); subsoiling rs. plowing (E. S. R.Jl, p. 1026); wheat 

 after alfalfa (E. S. R., 12, p. 427); and profit of wheat growing (E. 8. R., 7, p. 578). 

 Several methods of treating seed wheat for the prevention of smut are reported from 

 other sources. 



Wheat growing- and g-eneral agricultural conditions in the Pacific Coast 

 regions of the United States, E. S. Holmes, Jr. ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Dirision of Statistics 

 Bui. 20, misc. ser., pp. 44, ph. 8, maps 4)- — This bulletin embraces discussions of the 

 economical conditions of the wheat growing sections of the Pacific Coast region, a 

 presentation of considerable statistical data with reference to the region and its 

 w^heat industry, and descriptions of the methods of w^heat growing and farming gen- 

 erally. The monthly and annual normal mean temperature and rainfall at certain 

 stations throughout these States are shown in tables. Owing to difference in methods 

 of preparing the soil and harvesting the crop the region is divided into 4 sections, 

 namely, California, Oregon, the Big Bend country of Washington, and the Palouse 

 country in Idaho and Washington, and each of these sections is described separately.. 

 The tabulated statistical data include the total and agricultural population in 1890 

 and 1900; farm wages from 1866 to 1899; acreage and production of w^inter and spring 

 wheat in Oregon and Washington from 1894 to 1900; acreage, production, value, and 

 average yield of wheat per acre in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; and 

 quantity and value of wdieat and wheat flour exported from this region from 1868 to 

 1900 inclusive. 



Wheat culture in Australia {Mitt. Dexit. Landw. Gesell., 16 {1901), Sup. to No. 

 14, pp. 85-88). — This article reviews the development of wheat culture in Australia, 

 and describes the practices and methods' in vogue in connection with the industry. 



Experiments on wheat manures, Simons {Agr. Jow. Cape of Good Hope, 18 

 {1901) , No. 3, pp. 119-124). — A report on a series of fertilizer experiments on wheat 

 and of analyses of the soil on w^hich the experiments were conducted. 



Wheat pasture, A. B. McReynolds {Oklahoma Sta. Rpt. 1901, pp. 150, 151).— 

 The value of growing wheat for pasture is briefly noted, and a table compares the 

 analyses of 2 samples of green w'heat made at the station with the analyses of 

 several of the most common grasses obtained from other sources. Wheat pasture as 

 a source of winter forage in Oklahoma is discussed. 



The silo and silage, J. Withycombe {Oregon Sta. Bid. 67, p>p. 87-110, pis. 4)- — 

 This bulletin discusses primarily the construction of the silo and the method of making 

 silage. A number of analyses of silage made for the purpose of determining its acidity 

 are given in tables. It was found that the liquid constituents of immature clover 

 containing 79. 14 per cent of moisture were lost, to a certain extent, by oozing out at 

 the bottom of the silo. A chemical analysis of this exudate showed a protein con- 

 tent of 1.13 per cent. In one experiment water was added to clover silage approxi- 

 matelj' at the rate of 1 gall, per 100 lbs. of material, to determine its influence on 

 the acidity and the protein content. The loss of dry matter arid the degree of acidity 

 w^ere greatest in the moistened silage. It is considered that acidity and loss of dry 

 matter, wdiich occurs in carbohydrates and allied substances, go hand in hand. The 

 application of water did not wash out protein compounds to any ai^preciable extent. 

 The results further indicated that immaturity of the plants and extreme compactness 

 of the silage favor the development of organic acids. 



Shrinkage of farm products, C. D. Smith {Michigan Sta. Bui, 191, j^P- 159-172). — 

 This bulletin reports some of the observations made at tlie station and elsewhere on 

 the gains or losses in the weight of stored farm products. The various experiments 

 on this subject made at different experiment stations and the observations in this 

 line by practical men are briefly described. The data and conclusions given in this 

 abstract are taken from the author's summarj' of the bulletin. It was shown that 

 the fluctuation in the weight of wheat under ordinary conditions does not exceed 6 



