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"TLe ronds of an entire county are arranged in as long lengths as practicable and 

 are all nanic4^ They are then measured, conimenciiig at the county seat or at the 

 end nearest to it, and each mile is divided into 10 equal parts or imaginary blocks, 

 having frontage ouly. Two numbers are assigned to each block; one to each front- 

 age, the odd oues upon the left and the even ones upon the right —10 blocks to a 

 mile; 20 numbers to a mile. Any house having an entrance in a block has the num- 

 ber of that block. The number for all but the first house in a block is followed by 

 a distinguishing letter — 742, 742a, 7426, etc. Divide the even numbers by 2 and 

 point of'" one decimal, and the distance in miles and tenths from the commencement 

 f)f the road is shown." 



Irrigation and cultivation {California State Bd. Hort. Rpt. 1893 and 1S94, pp^ 

 343-34S). — A general discussion of the irrigation of orchards in central and northern 

 California with special reference to peaches and prunes. 



Fertilization in relation to irrigation, S. M. Woodbuidge {California State Bd. 

 Hort. Rpt. 1S93 and 1S9J, pp. 315-31S). — A general discussion of the use of fertili- 

 zers and irrigation, insisting on the necessary connection of the two, and urging 

 investigations in regard to the various amounts of water required for dift'erent crops. 



Trials of plows at Storehedinge (Denmark), 1893, F. Bukklmann, J. C. la. 

 COUR, and H. F. K. Dexckeu {Tidsskr. LandJkun. 12 (1894), pp. 745-802). 



Cultivation by means of steam plows, L. Danger {Landw. Wochenhl. SchJes. 

 Hoist., 4o {1895), Xo. 1, pp. 5-9). 



History of tests of agricultural machinery in Denmark {Tidnslcr. Landokon. 12 

 {1894), pp. 737-744). 



STATISTICS. 



Reports of director and of treasurer of Maine Station {Maine Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 

 4, 7-9). — The treasurer's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, and a brief 

 general report, on the work of the station by the director. 



Annual Report of Minnesota Station for 1893 {Minnesota Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 

 350). — A brief review of the work of the year, list of the bulletins published by the 

 station since its organization, treasurer's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1893, a reprint of Bulletins 26-32, with an index to the same, and an account of some 

 hitherto unpublished investigations mentioned elsewhere. 



Annual Report of Pennsylvania Station for 1893 {Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1893, 

 pp. 7-13). — This contains the treasurer's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1893, a brief review of the work of year by the director, and accounts of investiga- 

 tions noticed elsewhere. 



Report of the statistician (Z7. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Statistics Rpt. 122, pp. 705- 

 778). — The principal subjects treated are the following: Meteorological conditions of 

 the year; crop review; statistics of the acreage, yield, and value in 1894 of the 

 principal crops; farm prices December 1, 1894, of corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, buck' 

 wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay, cotton, and tobacco; wholesale prices of corn, 

 wheat, oats, barley, hay, cotton, butter, eggs, and tobacco in the principal cities in 

 1893 and 1894; statistics of agricultural exports and imports for 1893 and 1894; 

 statistics of foreign crops; notes on foreign agriculture; and transportation rates. 

 From the Abstract of the Eleventh Census of the United States tabular statements 

 are compiled relative to the number, size, and value of farms; percentage of owned 

 and rented farms ; value of farm products per acre; and total value of land, improve- 

 ments, machinery, and live stock in the different States. 



