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Tests of forage sorghums for sirup production made in cooperation with the 

 U. S. Indian Service resulted in yields of sirup amounting to -U0 gal. per acre 

 for Gooseneck, 176 gal. for White African, 149 gal. for Honey, and 70 gal. for 

 Sumac. Sorghum grown on soil containing much white alkali was found to he 

 undesirable for sirup production. 



Amraoti and Bangalia field pens gave the highest yield of seed, 15.45 and 1 - 

 bu. per acre, respectively, while selections of the Tangier pea grown during 1917 

 failed to produce yields equal to these. 



Chufas are said to have produced much higher yields on medium soil than on 

 sandy soil. Yields of li.l tons <.f tubers and 2 tuns of hay per acre were obtained. 



The failure of rice on the project is briefly noted, and the possible danger to 

 all other crops of raising the water table of areas adjacent to land being heavily 

 irrigated for rice is indicated. 



Eastern-grown seed Of a strain Of Irish Cobbler potatoes was compared with 

 seed grown as an autumn crop on the experiment farm the preceding year, and 

 also with seed from the soring crop of the preceding year thai had been shipped 

 to a cool climate for summer storage. Yields amounting to s '.»..'i. 28.3, and 36.6 

 bu. per acre, respectively, were obtained. 



Report on the department of agriculture, Barbados. 1916—17. J. R. Bovell 

 (Rpt, Dept. Agr. Barbados, 1916-17, /</». .' SO). This reports the progress of 

 work with sugar cane, cotton, cassava, economic Caladium and Xanthosoma, 

 various Legumes, yams, sweel potatoes, and miscellaneous fodder crops along 

 the same general lines as previously noted < i;. s. K.. :;s, p. 526). 



Field experiments [in Ireland], 1917 {Dept. Vgr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland 

 Jour., IS {1918), Wo. .'. ;-//. 15S 168). -The results of fertilizer, variety, and 

 cultural tests with potatoes already noted (K. S. It., .".s. p. 4.'»1' ) are reviewed. 

 and variety tests with winter wheat are briefly reported. Queen Wilhelmina. 

 Square Head Master, and White Stand tip tested at '22 centers during T. » 1 7 

 produced average yields of approximaely 46.2, 43.9, and 11.5 bu. per acre, re- 

 spectively. 



Cereal culture in New Castile, Spain. <;. ( m in tami.i.a {Bol. Agr. Tec. u 

 Econ., 10 {1918), No. 110, pp. 115-132; ah*, in Internet. Inst. Agr. [Rome], 

 Internat. Rev. Bci. and Pract. Agr., u {1918), No. ?. /-/-. 782 784). This article 

 reviews the available data on weather conditions i temperature and rainfall) 

 of New Castile in relation to the production of crops, particularly cereals. 



"The author lays stress on the necessity of such examinations ,,f the soil 

 as will immediately give the data by which it is possible to calculate approxi- 

 mately the probability of growing successfully any crop in a country with so 

 unfavorable a climate." at d on the importance of choosing resistant types (pref- 

 erably native), the date of sowing, and the character of soil. 



The influence of chemical fertilizers on the composition of grain i Agr. Mod. 

 {Milan], 28 (1917). No. ..'". pp. 265 ?67). Experimental work with wheat and 

 corn is briefly described showing the effed on the composition of the grain of 

 the application of nitrates, phosphates, and potash to different soils. The 

 results Indicated a general increase in the weight of grain, total nitrogen, 

 and phosphoric acid content, and the amount of dry gluten for the fertilized 

 over the unfertilized grain. 



Relative effect of sodium chlorid on the development of certain legumes. 

 Q. W. IIkm.p.y {Jour. Amer. Boc. Agron., W {1918), No. r,. h]l . .■;,; y t :n. This 

 paper, a contribution from the University of California, descril i •ritnents 



in which 13 varieties of legumes were grown in the greenhouse in glass jars 

 containing chemically pure quartz sand to which sodium chlorid was added in 

 amounts representing 0.04, 0.16, 0.3, 0.5, and 1 per cent of the dry weight of 





