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best variety fur rich, .«tn)ii<i, or low lands such as i-reek or river iHtttoins. Nigger, 

 Egyptian, Currell Prolitic, Mediterranean, New Monarch, and Improved Poole proved 

 to be high yielding varieties, while Jones Square Head, Jones, Winter Fife, Royal 

 Australian (Clawson), Early White Leader, New T>ongberry, and Martin And)er 

 were some of the less promising sorts in these tests. The INIealy wheat, grown at the 

 Station for 1 1 years in succession, gave relatively the liighest average yield in the 

 comparative tests. Observati<ins seem to indicate that this variety has a tendency to 

 shrivel when grown on low or otherwise rich land, Init the results of |1h> last year 

 show that under like conditions it does not shrivel worse than the other varieties. 

 The results of the year show tliat a larger proportion of white wheats than of red 

 wheats were shrivelled. 



Under normal conditions seeding at the rate of 8 to 10 pecks per acre gave a supe- 

 rior quality with higher yields as compared with thinner seeding. Eight or nine 

 pecks of seed per acre are reconnnended for the thinner and less fertile soils of the 

 State and 5 or 6 pecks for the rich, alluvial, or very strong upland soils. Compara- 

 tively late seeding gave the best results, but the author warns against d<>ferring seed- 

 ing too long in order not to interfere with a good, strong, fall growth. P'rom the 

 results of using different grades of seed it is concluded that either the ijuality of the 

 seed does not influence the crop materially or that the variation in the (juality of the 

 seed was not sufhciently marked. 



The California wheat industry, N. A. Cobb {Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 12 

 {1901), Xo. 11, pp. 1.317-1S4S, figs. 43; Dept. Agr. New South Wales, Misc. Pub. 519, 

 pp. 3J, figs. 4.i) .—T\ima,r\.\c\<i presents personal observations in the wheat-growing 

 regions of California. The author describes the most important varieties grown, 

 pointing o\\\ their adaptation to the conditions of soil and climate, and discusses at 

 some length the methods of harvesting grain and the machines employed for that 

 purpose. 



Wheat culture on the experiment field at Grignon in 1900 and 1901, 

 P. P. Deher.\in and C. Dupont {A)in. Agron., 27 {1901), No. 11, pp. 5S4-551). — This 

 report compares the results of 3 varieties of wheat, Japhet, Bordeaux, and Noe, spring 

 sown in 1900, and 2 varieties, Japhet and Scholley, fall sown in 1901. Of these 

 varieties, Japhet gave the best yields. The weather conditions which prevailed dur- 

 ing the season, and the treatment of the soil with reference to rotation and fertiliza- 

 tion, are shown in tables. Sowing wheat the latter part of October gave better 

 results than sowing about 2 weeks later. In these tests wheat grown after potatoes 

 gave larger yields than wheat grown after beets. It was found that vetch was not a 

 favoraV)le crop to precede wheat. 



Variety tests of wheat {New Zealand Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1901, pp. 158, 159). — The 

 results with 10 varieties of wheat are tabulated. Marshall Chaff produced the best 

 yield. 



Australian methods of testing and improving w^heat {Agr. Ledger, 1901, No. 

 2 {Agr. ser., No. 34), pp- 11-31). — These methods arediscussed and their applicability 

 to India with sjtecial reference to the prevention of rust is considered. 



The harvest of wheat, rye, and mixed grain {Semaine Agr., 21 {1901), No. 

 1063, pp. 305, 306). — Estimates on the production of wheat, rye, and mixed grain in 

 France for 1901, and a discussion of the commercial relation between the millers and 

 bakers of the country. 



The cost of producing wheat, rye, and potatoes (.sV/rA.s. f.tmdir. Zlsclir., 49 

 {1901), No. 49, p. 1154). — A brief note on the cost of producing these crops in 

 Germany. 



The cost of producing our most important field crops, W. II. Howard {Die 

 Froduktiiiiixkoxteu miserer iricJitigslen Feld fri'tehte. Berlin: I'aiil I'arei/, 1901). 



Colonial plants, H. Ji'mki.lk ( Les cnlfures cohniales. Paris: J. B. Baillii're d- Son, 

 1901, vols. l,pp. 360, figs. 101; 2, pp. 430, figs. 103) .—The author has brought together 



