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The general plan of the experiments is to be that adopted by the convention of 

 directors of experiment stations at Washington, March, 1889.' The experiments are 

 to be made " chiefly in those sections of the State where the exhaustion of the soil 

 and the depressed conditions of agriculture indicate their need." 



On -w^hat kind of soils, to T^-hat crops, and in vrhat forms should lime be 

 applied, B. Sciiultze (Brauytsclnv. landiv. Ztg., 62 {1894), No. 51, pp. SIS, 214).— A. 

 popular article in which the draft of difi'ereut crojjs on the lime content of the soil, 

 the variation in lime content of dift'erent soils, the iuHuence ofchemical fertilizers in 

 causing loss of soil lime, the indirect fertilizing action and physical effect of lime, 

 and the comparative nu'rits of marl, gypsum, and burnt lime are discussed. 



Development of the natural sources of nitrogen {Landw. Centbl. Posen, 23 

 {1895), No. 3, p. 8). 



The utilization of night soil as a fertilizer, J. H. Vogel {Deuf. laiidw. Presae, 22 

 {1895), No. 8, pp. 66, 67). 



The town sewage question in its agricultural relations, R.S. Burn {Jour. Bath 

 and West of EinjJand Soc. , 4 {1893-94), so: 4, pp. 106-117). — A general discussion of 

 this subject, critically reviewing present English systems of sewage disposal and 

 urging the advisability of more extended use of city sewage in liquid form on farm 

 lands. 



On Kiihn's vie^vs on the value of barnyard manure nitrogen, P. Wagner {Vent, 

 landw. Presse, 22 {1895), No. 8, pp. 62, 63; No. 10, p. 83). 



The rational use of bone meal, M. Ullmann {Jour. Soc. Agr. Braiant; L'Engrais, 

 10 {1895), No. 5, 2)p. 113, 114). — A brief popular summary of information as to the 

 soils best adapted to bone meal and the best methods and time of application. 



A new potash deposit {Landiv. Centbl. Posen, 23 {1895), No. 2, p. 5).— The dis- 

 covery is announced of a potash de^iosit on the boundary of Beyenrode, near Gif- 

 horn, Hanover. It is a bed of kainit 20 to 30 meters thick and containing 27 per 

 cent of chlorid of potassium. The deposit is calculated to contain 2,400,000,000 

 centner (aoont 132,000,000 tons) of the salt. 



Commercial fertilizers, W. L. Hutchinson {State Chemist Mississippi Bui. 6, pp. 

 12.) — Notes on valuation and tabulated analyses and valuations of 37 official samples 

 of fertilizers sent to the inspector by manufacturers, with a list of manufacturers' 

 guaranties. 



FIELD CROPS. 



Millet, A. A. Crozier {Michigan Sta. Bui. 117, p. 64, jigs. 6.) 



Synopsis. — The principal topics treated are the following: Character of soil; amount 

 of seed; draft on soil fertility; curing, soiling, and pasturing millet; eflect of 

 millet hay on health of animals; weight, price, and uses of millet seed; diseases 

 and enemies of millet; descriptions of cultivated forms or varieties, and yields 

 of different kinds of millet. 



In 1894 there were sown at the station 73 samples of millet seed, 

 including IG species and varieties. The dry season materially reduced 

 tlie yields and altered the normal ripening period of the different varie- 

 ties. Millet thrives best on a warm, loose, fertile soil. Where the 

 soil is poor or where droughts prevail, broom corn millet and common 

 millet are recommended as preferable to German millet; the first men- 

 tioned is specially recommended as resistant to drought. 



The following table gives the yields of Hungarian grass hay on thirty 

 second-acre plats on light, sandy soil and on loam when 1, 2, 4, and 6 

 pecks of seed per acre were sown : 



'Office of Experiment Stations, Circulars 7 and 8. 



