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and 2.3 per cent of molasses. The price of the first-grade sugar 

 averages $3 per cwt., aud in 1892 the output was (]8,0(»4 tons of sugar, 

 55,128 tons being first grade. The proposed construction of a vast 

 reservoir at Assouan, on the Upper Nile, is commended, to supply water 

 to the planters in the drought of summer. 



The use of pure yeasts in cider-making (Ind. Lait., 19 (1S94), No. 52, pp. 



254, 255). 



Vegetable fibers, A. Rosoll {Jahresher. niedcr bsterr. Landw. oherrealschule, JViejicr 

 Neustadf, 29 {1894), pp. 15, pjs. 5; ahs. hi Bot. Centhl., 60 (1894), No. 7, pp. 215, 216). 



Improvements in apparatus to be employed in the cleaning of cotton seed 



{Jour. Soo. Chem. Ltd., 13 {1894), No. 9, p. S93). 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



The progress of cooperative drainage in Rhine Hesse, Luedecke (Ztschr. 



landw. Ver. Hessen, 1894, No. 41. pp. 330. 337; No. 42, pp. 345, 346). 



Windmillirrigation, K. H. Egglestox, Jr. {Cult, and Country Gent., 1894, Nov. 8, 

 p. 805). 



The measurement and division of water, L. G. Carpenter {Colorado Sta. Bui. 

 27, pp. 42, figs. 7). — This is a third revised edition of Bulletin 13 of the station (E. S. 

 R.,2, p. 396). 



An electric plow, F. Brutsciike {Deut. landw. Presse, 21 {1894), No. 89, pp. 834^ 

 835, fig. 1). 



Miscellaneous implements exhibited at Cambridge, T. STiRTON(JoKr. Rog. Agr. 

 Soc. England, ser. 3, 5 (1894), No. 19, pp. 466-487, figs. 12). — Notes on the work of the 

 manure spreader, bay presses, weighbridge, potato digger, plows, sheep dipping 

 apparatus, and other implements. 



New dairy building, H. H. Deax (Ontario Agl. Col. and Exptl. Farm Rpt. 1893, 

 pp. 174, 175, figs. 2). — Plans of the new dairy building at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College. 



STATISTICS. 



Report of director of Connecticut Storrs Station (Connecticut Starrs Sta. Bpt. 

 1893, pp. 8-16). — This includes general remarks on the lines of work pursued during 

 the year, including the examination of food stalls made under the supervision of the 

 director of the station as a member of the jury of awards at the World's Fair, and 

 investigations with the bomb calorimeter and the respiration calorimeter. 



"Hitherto the only satisfactory bomb calorimeter has been that of Berthelot, but 

 its great cost, $1,000 or more, which is due to the large quantity of platinum required 

 for its construction, has prevented its general use. With the aid of Prof. Hempel, 

 of Dresden, I have succeeded in obtaining a bomb calorimeter which costs not more 

 than $100 or $200, and proves quite satisfactory. The effort is now being made to 

 devise one which shall be less expensive." 



Report of treasurer of Connecticut Storrs Station (Connecticut Storrs Sta. Bpt. 

 1893, pp. 6, 7).— This is for the tiscal year ending June 30, 1893. 



Sixth Annual Report of Georgia StaX-iou. (Georgia Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 107-111). — 

 A brief review of the work of the year, list of bulletins published, and a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. 



Sixth Annual Report of Indiana Station (Indiana Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 55).— This 

 includes short reports by the director, chemist, botanist, veterinarian, horticulturist, 

 and agriculturist, some of which are mentioned elsewhere, and a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. 

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