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good market in Europe, and it is increasing year by year. The 

 bananas produced in the district are contracted for by the United 

 Fruit Company of New York, and are shipped to that port weekly 

 by vessels of the Hamburg-American line, which are specially 

 chartered for the purpose. From all accounts the cultivation of 

 the banana is a most lucrative investment, and the prospects for 

 the future, in view of an ever increasing demand, are bright. — 

 Journal of the Society of Arts, London, August 23, 1907. 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



FARMERS BULLETINS. 



Farmers' Bulletin J02. 



Sea Island Cotton; Its Culture, Improvement, and Diseases. By 

 W. A. Orton, Pathologist, Bureau of Plant Industry. Pp. 

 48, figs. 13. 



Economic importance of the Sea Island cotton industry, geographical 

 distribution and ideal requirements of the crop, possible extension, mar- 

 kets, factors governing prices, etc., with directions for the cultivation and 

 handling of the crop and methods for treatment and prevention of dis- 

 eases. 



Fanners' Bulletin joj. 



Corn-Harvesting Machinery. By C. J. Zintheo, Expert in Farm 

 Mechanics, Office of Experiment Stations. Pp. 32, figs. 20. 



This bulletin is a condensed summary of the report on corn-harvesting 

 machinery published as Bulletin 173 of the Office of Experiment Stations, 

 and contains illustrations of corn harvesters, binders, shockers, loaders, 

 pickers, buskers, and shredders, with directions for their use. 



Farmers' Bulletin S05. 



Experiment Station Work, XLII, Compiled from the Publica- 

 tions of the Agricultural Experiment Stations. Pp. 32. 



Contents : Extension of rice culture — growing seed potatoes under 

 mulch — Manure as a summer mulch in forcing houses — Renewal of old 

 orchards — Injury by Bordeaux mixture — Gluten flours and similar foods — 

 Laxative properties of wheat bran — Emmer as a feeding stuff — Roots for 

 farm animals — Cabbage as stock feed — Pasturing hogs — Cull beans as a 

 feed for hogs — Healthy poultry. 



