MISCELLANEOUS. 1001 



The evolution of reaping- machines, J\r. F. Millek (f7. S. Depf. A[/r., Office of 

 Experiment Stations Bid. JOS, pp. 4S, ph. 9, jig. /).— This article summarizcH the his- 

 torj' of the various stages in the development of reaping machines. It has not been 

 attempted to refer to all inventions in connection witii reaping machines, but as a 

 rule only those are considered which have marked some imi)ortant advance in tlie 

 development of the perfected modern machine. .\ i)artiai l)il)liograi)hy of the su))ject 

 is given. 



The test station and information bureau for agricultural machines of the 

 Bavarian Academy of Weihenstephan, 1896-1901, H. Puchner [Vrtljschr. 

 Bayer. Lanilu: Ruth., 7 (1!'0J), X<j. 1, pp. 44-5.'>).—\ brief account is given of the 

 work done by this institution during the period named. 



Eighth annual report of the commissioner of public roads for the year end- 

 ing October 31, 1901 {Xeiv .Jersey State Com. Put,. RixkU Rpt. 1901, pp. 1H7, ph. 

 34, yiap 1). 



Roads and national welfare, J. P. O'Reili.v {Nature [7yOH(/o/i], 6VT {1902), No. 

 16S0, p. JJ2). — A l)rief discussion of this topic. 



Roads; their construction and maintenance, A. Greexwell and J. V. Elsdkn 

 (London: Wliiftakrr ^{• 0»., 1901, pp. V1I^280). 



Refrig-erating machines; their construction and use, E. Stetefeld {Die Eis- 

 und K(:dteerzeugungs-Maschinen. Ihr Bau und ihre Verwendung in der Praxis. Stutt- 

 gart: Ma.v ^yaag, 1901, pp. 488, ph. 35, figs. 313). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Fovirteenth Annual Report of Alabama Station, 1901 {Alabama College Sta. 

 Ppt. 1901, pp. 321-344)- — This includes the organization list of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, a report of the director on the 

 work and publications of the station during the year, and brief departmental reports. 



Thirteenth Annual Report of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1900 {Connecticut 

 Starrs Sta. Rpt. 1900, pp. 194; sup., pp. 12). — This includes the organization list of 

 the station, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, a report of 

 the director on the different lines of station work during the year, and miscellaneous 

 articles noted elsewhere. A supplement to the report contains a list of the publica- 

 tions of the station since its organization. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of New York State Station, 1900 {Ne^v York 

 Slate Sta. Rpt. 1900, pp. 494)- — This contains the organization list of the station, a 

 financial statement for the year ended September 30, 1900, a list of periodicals 

 received by the station, a meteorological record noted elsewhere, and reprints of 

 Bulletins 174-195 of the station on the following subjects: Fumigation of nursery 

 stock (E. S. R., 12, p. 273); a parasite of carnation rust (PI S. R., 12, p. 358); 

 inspection of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs during 1900 (E. S. R., 12, p. 877) ; 

 report of analyses of commercial fertilizers for the spring and fall of 1900 (E. S. R., 



12, p. 1026); inspection of Babcock milk-test bottles (E. S. R., 12, p. 1083); an 

 anthracnose and a stem rot of the cultivated snapdragon (E. S. R., 12, p. 1055); mis- 

 cellaneous notes on injurious insects (E. S. R., 13, p. 65); a fumigator for small 

 orchard trees (E. S. R., 13, p. 71); experiments on the suiphur-iime treatment for 

 onion smut {¥.. S. R., 13, p. 58); notes on some dairy troubles (E. S. R., 13, p. 85); 

 the influence of the temperature of curing upon the commercial quality of cheese 

 (E. S. R., 13, p. 86); the New York apple-tree canker (E. S. R., 13, p. 59); the 

 sterile fungus Rhizoctonia as a cause of plant diseases in America (E. S. R., 13, p. 55); 

 commercial fertilizers for potatoes {l\. S. R., 13, p. 41); spraying for asparagus rust 

 (E. S. R., 13, p. 147); a little-known asparagus pest {Agronti/za simpler) {K. S. R., 



13, p. 159); report of analyses of Paris green and other insecticides in 1900 ( E. S. R., 

 13, p. 108); a fruit disease survey of western New York in 1900 (E. S. II., 13, p. 148); 



