216 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The preservation of potatoes, F.. Schkihaxix (Hal. .lour. Soc. Central d'A{/r., 

 Alpeii-MariUmcn, S4 {1S94), No. 5, pp. 111-110). — Dire(;tious lor trout inji; jiotatoes with 

 a solution of stilpliuric acid in order to preserve them. 



Fertilizer experiments with the sugar beet, A Bkandin {Jour. Jt/r. I'rat., 158 

 {1894), No. .30, pp. :US-347). 



Beet sugar in California {Cult, and Country Gent., 1804, Sept. G, p. 647).— \ i)opu- 

 lar article on proiits made by sugar-beet growers at Chino, California. 



Sugar cane, D. N. Barrow {Louliiiana Stan. Bui. 28, :2d ser., p. 075). — Analyses of 

 the juice of 1.") varieties of sugar cane, both ])lant cane and stubble. 



The care of tobacco plants for seed (liraunschiv. laudw. Ztg., <'>.! {1894), No. 24, pp. 

 1(10, 107). — Before topping the crop the plants with the best leaves should be selected 

 for seed. In order to have all fche seed ripen at the same time it is recommended that 

 only the first blooms be left, removing all the seed stems excejit the topmost; fur- 

 ther, that no leaves be removed from the stalks selected for seed until the latter are 

 ripe. The injury to the seed resulting from the removal of leaves is in proportion 

 to the number of blooms allowed to stand, and is greater in cold, wet seasons, when 

 the plants are late in reaching complete maturity, than in seasons more favorable to 

 early ripening. 



The weight of the individual seeds determines to a large extent their value, and 

 the removal of leaves reduces the weight of the seeds. Ten thousand seeds growing 

 on plants from which the leaves when ripe had been removed, weighed, when all 

 blooms were allowed to mature, 0.78 gm. ; when only 40 to .50 blooms per jilaut were 

 retained, 0.82 gm. When the leaves were not removed 10,000 seeds weighed, when 

 all blooms were left, 0.87 gm. ; when only 40 to 50 blooms were retained, 0.86 gm. 



The tobacco crop in Connecticut, S. B. Keach {Cull, and Country Gent., 1894, 

 Aug. 9, p. 570). 



Experiments vyith fertilizers on tobacco, M. A. ScovKLr, {Kentucky Sta. lipt. 

 1890, pp. 113-121).— X reprint of Bulletin 28 of the station (E. S. R., 2, p. 225). 



Tobacco and buckwheat, D. N. Barrow {Louisiana Stan: Bui. 28, 3d scr., p. 

 974). — A list of varieties of tobacco grown and an experiment with 2 varieties of 

 bufkwheat. Silver-hull buckwheat failed; the Japanese variety yielded 720 lbs. 

 of grain per acre. Planted in April, both varieties ripened in 60 days. 



Experiments -with wheat, M. A. Scoveli, and C. L. Curtis {Kentucky Sta. llpt. 

 1890, pp. 135-146).— X reprint of Bulletin 30 of the station (E. S. R., 2, p. 227). 



Experiments ■with varieties of w^heat, Y. Desi'REZ {Jour. Agr. Prat., 58 {1894), 

 No. 35, pp. 321-323; No. 30, pp. 357, .358). — A record of yields of wheat at the Cappelle 

 (France) Experiment Station and notes on varieties. 



Cacao drying (/I'o//. Boi. Gard. Trinidad, Misc. Bui. 23, pp. 273, 274). — Description 

 of hot water apparatus for rapid drying of cacao. 



CofiFee culture in Honduras, J. J. Peterson ( U. S. Consular Bpt., 1894, July, pp. 

 402-405). 



Liberian coffee {Boy. Bot. Gard. Trinidad, Misc. Bui. 23, pp. 267-273). — A report on 

 the cultivation and ])rcparation for market of this coffee. 



Cultivation of flax in Holland, L. S. Reque ( U, S. Consular lipt., 1894, July, pp. 

 412-415). 



The cultivation of ginseng, H. Trimble {Amcr. .Jour. Pharm., 24 {1894), No. 8, 

 pp. 390-401). — Principally notes from practical growers. 



Intensive cultivation of grain, G. C'ugixi {Ann. Soc. Agr. Bologna, 1894, j)p. 45). 



Farm notes, C. L. Ixgersqll {Nebraska Sta. Bui. 35, pp. 178-182, fig. 1). — Tabu- 

 lated data giving yield and cost per bushel for 2 varieties of spring wheat, 8 of 

 oats, and 11 of corn; a general statement regarding detasseling corn ; and uotes on 

 seeding to clover, on insects, fall crops, oats for forage, varieties of potatoes, and 

 yield of sugar beets. 



