940 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



notes on their culture and storage, AV. Keller {WiArtlciulivrij Wclinbl. Landw., 

 1901, Xo. 41, pp. 061, <i6.^). 



Observations on rice culture in Argentina {Bol. Ayr. y fTdnaderia, 1 (1901), 

 No. 2, pp. .'>0--'i4). — Thii^ article discuppes the culture of rice in Argentina, mainly 

 from a statistical standpoint. 



Bice as a reclamation crop, J. H. Paull iJuur. Khadir. Ayr. Sor. and School 

 Ayr., S [1901), No. S, pp. 141-143, fiy. 1). — This article deals with Sabeini rice, as a 

 means of reclaiming land in Egypt. 



Storing root crops [Dent. Landw. Prei^se, 28 [1901], Xo. 80, p. 676). — A brief note 

 on the sul)ject. 



Results of variety tests -with rye, Bachmaxn [Ldxdiv. Wchnbl. Schleswly-IIol- 

 stein, 51 {1901), Xo. 40, pp. 003, 004). — A table gives the yields and financial returns 

 of 14 varieties. 



Experiments in sugar-beet culture during 1900 and 1901, F. W. Woll and 

 E. H. Shaw ( Wi'troimn Sta. Rp>t. 1901, pp. 201-270, fiy. 1). — The work with sugar l)eets 

 for the 2 seasons comprised investigations at the station and analyses of beets grown 

 by Wisconsin farmers. 



In 1900, 9 A'arieties of sugar beets were grown on 3 plats, one of which received an 

 application of common fertilizers. The fertilizer application used consisted of 90 

 lbs. each of dissolved bone and sulphate of potash and 100 lbs. of nitrate of soda per 

 acre. One-half the quantity of nitrate of soda was applied after the beets were thinned. 

 The average sugar content for the fertilized plat was 15.30 i^er cent with a purity of 

 81.7 per cent, and for the unfertilized plats 15.03 per cent with a purity of 82.8 per 

 cent. The use of the fertilizer increased the total yield of beets 22 tons and the yield 

 of sugar 729 lbs. per acre, but this increase was insufhcient to pay for the fertilizer 

 applied. The varieties ranged as follows: 



".-Is to yield of beets — Klein wanzleben Dippe, Austrian Klein wanzleben, Russian 

 Kleinwanzleben (No. 1), Zehringen, Russian Kleinwanzleben (No. 2), 'S^ilmorin 

 France, Austrian Queen of the North, and Austrian White Improved. 



" As to yield of suyar — Kleinwanzleben Dippe, Austrian Queen of the North, Aus- 

 trian Kleinwanzleben, Russian Kleinwanzleben (No. 1), Austrian White Improved, 

 Vilmorin France, Zehringen, and Russian Kleinwanzlel)en (No. 2). 



" As to tlie jjer cent of suyur in tlie beets — Austrian Queen of the North, Austrian 

 White Improved, Austrian Kleinwanzleben, Russian Kleinwanzleben (No. 1), 

 Kleinwanzleben Dippe, Vilmorin France, Zehringen, and Russian Kleinwanzleben 

 (No. 2)." 



In 1901 the woi'k was carried on under adverse conditions, and the results, as 

 shown by the tables, were low. The beets w^ere planted at a late date and in addi- 

 tion the climatic conditions were unfavorable. 



The results of analyses of 34 samples of beets grown by farmers in 1900 and of 

 249 samples in 1901 are summarized by counties in a table. Sixteen samples of 

 beets grown by members of a beet growers' association showed an average of 19.8 

 per cent of sugar in the beet Mith a purity of 85.3 per cent. 



Relative composition of different varieties of sugar cane, B. Bv^xame {Bui. 

 Sta. Agron. Mauritius, 1901, pp. 24). — The analyses of different varieties of sugar 

 cane are tabulated and the quantities of plant food removed from the soil by each 

 are given. 



Results of tobacco experiments conducted in various parts of the TJnited 

 States, M. L. Floyd ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Field Operations of tJie Dirision, of Soils, Second 

 Beport, 1900, pp. 4^3-473, figs. 2). — This article discusses in detail the experimental 

 growing of tobacco under shade in Florida, Georgia, and Connecticut, and its sub- 

 sequent handling, together with tests of jjacking and fermenting cigar leaf tobacco 

 in Pennsylvania. Experiments in growing tobacco under shade were begun in 

 Gadsden County, Florida, in 1896. The cover consisted of 2-in. laths placed 2 in. 



