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experiment to determine whether clover needs phosphoric acid and potash gave 

 negative results. The author states that under favorable soil and water conditions 

 the clover plant is capable of obtaining these elements from the soil as well as from 

 fertilizer applications. Experiments with Alinit and nitrogen did not show conclu- 

 sive results. 



The effects of sowing barley at diiferent rates, J. VaSha {Zischr. Landw. 

 Vermchxir. Oe.sterr., 4 {'1901), No. 4, pp- 537-o4'^)- — Barley was grown in pot experi- 

 ments made in triplicate and sown at the rate of 60, 130, 180, and 240 kg. per hectare. 

 The detailed results are here reported in tables and briefly discussed. The influence 

 of the rate of seeding on the stems, heads, grains, composition of the grains, and the 

 stooling of the plants was determined. 



A fertilizer experiment with Vicia faba and barley on heavy marsh soils, 

 LiLiENTHAL {FilhUng's Landiv. Ztg., 50 {1901), Nos. 2, pp. 80-84-, figs. 3; 4, PP- 141-146, 

 fig 1). — The experiments were conducted to determine the different effects of lime 

 on marsh soils when applied alone and when applied with different combinations of 

 commercial fertilizers. 



Results of an investigation of barleys on exhibition at the Bavarian expo- 

 sition of barleys and hops, Munich, 1900, C. Kraus { I'rlljfichr. Bayer. Landv>. 

 Rath., 6 {1901), No. 1, sup. 1, pp. 187-198).— The protein and starch content of the 

 barleys grown in different Bavarian provinces was determined and the results, with 

 brief explanations concerning the cultural conditions for the different samples, are 

 given in tabular form. 



A study of beet plants produced from seed of a single boll, H. Briem 

 {Oesten-.-Ungar. Ztschr. Zuckerind. u. Landw., 29 {1900), p>. 137; abs. in Centhl. Agr. 

 Chem., 30 {1901), No. 8, pp. 544,545). — A study is reported of the plants produced by 

 beet seed taken from the same boll. In the author's experiments 5 seeds weighing 

 from 0.0058 to 0.0027 gm. were grown under similar conditions, the plants being 

 weighed at the end of 20, 50, 118, and 191 days. Throughout the entire period the 

 plants produced were almost in direct ratio to the original weight of the seed. At 

 the end of the experiment the beet plants weighed from 765 to 193 gm. , the heaviest 

 plant being produced by the heaviest seed. 



Note on the cultivation of cotton in Egypt, E. A. Benachi {Jour. Khcdiv. Agr. 

 Soc. and School Agr., 3 {1901), No. 2, pp. 68-72). — This note describes briefly 4 impor- 

 tant varieties of cotton grown in Egypt, namely, Mit-afifi, Abbassi, Yannovich, and 

 Upper Egyjit, and sums up the results of cotton culture the preceding season. 



Culture experiments w^ith flax conducted by the German Agricultural 

 Society in 1900, Kuhnert {Mitt. Deut. Landw. Gesell, 16 {1901), No. 18, pp. 89-91).— 

 In these experiments flax was sown at the rate of 150, 180, 210, and 240 kg. per hec- 

 tare, but as in previous years the results were not conclusive. 



Ginseng {Truck Farmer of Texas, 4 {1901), No. 3, pp. 121-123).— This article dis- 

 cusses the history and distribution of ginseng culture and points out the uses of the 

 plant. 



Hop manuring, Wagner ( W'urtiemhurg. Wchnhl. Landiv., 1901, No. 17, p. 279). — 

 This article recommends 3 different fertilizer ai^plications for hop growing. 



A study of the lupine plant, A. L. Knisely {Oregon Sta. Rpt. 1901, pp. 30, 31). — 

 Determinations are given of the nitrogen content of the leaves, pods, stems, roots, 

 and nodules of the lupine plant at different stages of growth. When the plants were 

 in full bloom the water-free substance of the leaves contained 4.02 per cent of nitro- 

 gen, the pods which were just forming 3.07 per cent, the stems 1.15 per cent, the 

 roots 0.92 per cent, and the nodules 5.17 per cent. 



Maize, H. V. Jackson {Agr. Gaz., New South Wales, 12 {1901), No. 5, pp. 552-558, 

 ]ils. 4). — This article gives a classification of maize, enumerates a number of varie- 

 ties under each group, and reports the results of variety and fertilizer tests with this 

 crop at Wollongbar Farm. 



