418 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



weie experiiiuMits witli fall wheat, sjniiig wheat, barley, oats, cross- 

 hied wheats, peas, com, tunn})s, iiiau^elwurzels, carrots, sugar 

 beets, and potatoes, and dates lor seeding spriug wheat, barley, 

 and oats. 



The Hat pea {LatJtyrus sylvestris) was grown. " Neither our cattle 

 nor horses care for it. They were led to the plat during June and July, 

 but in no case would they eat it, preferring the green grasses growing 

 alongside." Millet, hemp, jute, and peanuts failed to mature. Sun- 

 flowers harvested October 10 and 17 yielded at the rate of over 8 tons 

 of heads per acre. 



Experiments Tvith farm crops in Nova Scotia, W. M. Blatr {Can- 

 ada J'J.iptl. F<irms Rpt. IH'Jo^ pp. 21o-2:2')). — Among the experiments con- 

 ducted were variety tests of spring wheat, barley, oats, peas, turnips^ 

 mangel-wurzels, carrots, sugar beets, corn, potatoes, broom corn, aiid 

 beans, and experiments to determine the best date for sowing wheat, 

 barley, and oats. 



Experiments v^ith small grain at G-hent, Belgium, P. de Calitwe 

 {Expoac Cult. Expn-.Jard. Caiid, is;)2-'.i:'>.,pp. >^-2--J}. — Fertilizer experi- 

 ments and variety tests of rye, wheat, barley, and oats were conducted. 

 Dattei wheat grown on sandy soil of the station and then for 2 years 

 on a better wheat soil in a different locality was compared with the 

 same variety grown continuously for 4 years at the station, but no 

 advantage was found to result from the change of seed. Analyses of 

 winter and spring barley are given. 



Culture of alfalfa, V. AriiERT {Rnl. Jour. Soc. Central (VAqr., Alpes-Mitrit'imes, 

 34 (1S94), Xo. 9, pp. l'>j-171).—A. poimlar article on the best soil, preparation, ami 

 manuriug for this crop. 



Coniposit:on of beets and beet leaves, Herzfelu (Ztschr. Ziickcrind, 44 {1S94), 

 p. 041; ahfi. in Chnn. Ztg., IS (1S94), Xo. 7S, Rcpcrt., p. fi36). 



Removing taesels from corn, G. C. Watson {Xeiv York Cornell Sia. Rpi. 1892, 

 pp. 14.J-lo,5).—\ reprint of Bulletin 40 of the station (E. S. R., 4, p. 338). 



Marram grass, S. T. Aveky (Card. Cliron., ser. 3, 16 {lS94),p. 535).— Description 

 of this Australian grass, AiiintophUa (ireiiaria, valuable on very loose sand. 



Physiological .studies on hops, J. Beukens {Ab-s. in Hot. Cviithl., CO {1S94), Xo. 6, 



j)p. i:s~iso). 



The manuring of meadows and pastures, L. Gkaxi>eau {Jour. Af/r. Prat., 5S 

 (1894), Xo. 44, pp. O.ll, OJJ). 



The yield and malting value of 8 varieties of barley, M. J. R. Duns^tan (L'pt. 

 L'xpt.s. in Afir., 189.1, Xoll.^ Co., Enijhtnd, pp. .^,-14, 18-19). 



Fertilizer experiments on meadows, il. J. R. Dunstax {Upt. Expts. in Agr., 

 1893, Xotls Co., I':n(iUind,pp. 14-18). 



Effect of cutting seed potatoes, A. Giraud (Jour. Agr. Prat., 58 {1894), Xo. 44, 

 )ip. 63o-t>40). — A record of certain exi)eriuieiits in France. 



Methods of storing potatoes, G. HCnersduri' (Dcul. landw. f'rev.se, :.'l {1894), Xo. 

 75, p. 744).— Popular. 



The flowering of sugar cane in its relation to degeneration, .1. H. Wakker 

 (East Java Espt. Sta. Jiul. 11, n. str., pp. 10, pi. 1). 



The culture of tobacco in Hessen {Ztschr. landw. J'er. Ilcssen, 1894, Xo. 23, pp. 

 186, 187). 



