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Milling and baking tests of einkorn. eramer, spelt, and Polish wheat, 

 J. A. LeClebc, L. H. Bailey, and Hannah L. Wessling (Jour. Amer. Soc. 

 Apron., 10 {1918), Xo. 5. pp. 215-217). — The results of milling and baking tests 

 made by the Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, with 

 samples of einkorn, emmer, spelt, and Polish wheat, and with a hard spring 

 wheat as a check, are briefly noted. The conclusions are reached that emmer 

 and spelt (both free of hulls) and Polish wheat can be milled into satisfactory 

 flour and the flour made into a Rood loaf of bread. Finkorn (free of hulls) 

 w;is not so promising. Alstronm spdr appeared t<> be specially adapted for 

 the production of a good baking Hour, and Black Winter emmer th>ur po 

 a very high absorption capacity. The use of emmer, spelt, ami Polisb wheat as 

 human food (bread, breakfasl cereals, etc.), is recommended in case <>f wheat 

 deficiency wherever they are available. 



Preliminary notes on barleys indigenous to Argentina. I.. I!\i'm\n ( .!». 

 Mas. Nac. Hist. Nat., Buenos Air* 1916), pp. 968-316, pis. }. fig. t). — Rather 



detailed descriptions of species and varieties of barleys occurring in Argentina 

 an- presented, their geographic distribution briefly discussed, and a systematic 

 classification outlined tor their Identification. 



Hastening the germination of Bermuda grass seed by the sulphuric acid 

 treatment. W. El Buy an (Jour. Ann Igron., tO [1918), No. 7-8, pp. 879- 



2si. pi. l). — Treating Bermuda gn ■! with Bulphuric arid for different 



lengths of time ranging from 5 to 80 minutes at the Arizona Experiment sta- 

 tion resulted in a maximum germination OD the twentieth day of from 70 to 

 71.5 per cent for seed treated from in to 20 min unpared with only 



22.5 per cenl for untreated seed. About 96 per cenl of the total germination 

 was obtained at the end of the fourth day for Beed treated LO minuti 



The castor-oil plant: Botany, culture, industry, and commerce, M. Imhard 

 and r. Bberhabdt (/.' L'i'-in. Botanique, culture. Industrie et Commt 

 Paris: Augustim ChaUamel, 1917, I. <</.. pp. /.'". figs, 13). — A rather comprehen- 

 sive work on the castor-oil plant. Including a brief historical sketch, a 

 botanical study of* the plant, notes on varieties, descriptions of general cul- 

 tural practices with particular reference to ih'' methods employed in India and 

 the French colonies, and a dlscussiOQ of the commercial and industrial I 

 of nil and oil cake production. 



The castor-oil plant in northern Africa. F. OoTTSTOH (/.'»/. Agr. Algerie, 

 Tunisie, Maroc, 2) (1918), No. i. pp t-8). — A brief account of the methods of 

 production, adapted varieties, and utilization of the crop in Algeria. 



Origin of the •• Moro " corn. P. .1. Westeh (Philippine Agr, Rev. [English 

 /'-/.]. 10 (1917), No. 8, p. 300).— A brief historical account of the origin of bo- 

 called .Moro corn, deemed the best all-around variety in the Philippines. It is 

 described as a hybrid strain developed from a cross of Mexican June corn and 

 a native white variety occurring in 1010 in Zamboanga, Mindanao. 



Scientific research and the cotton industry. Q. BkbthZV. iliul. Union 

 t&gypte, 15 (1917), No. 121, pp. 99-11+). — This presents a general discussion of 

 the organization and aims of the British Cotton Research Association. 



Cotton experiments. 1917. H. B. Baowfl and C. T. Amks | Mississippi stn. 

 Bul. t84 </.''/ s >. pp. 88, figs. 8). This describes the continuation of work with 

 cotton along the same genera] lines as previously noted (B, S. R M 87, p. 884). 

 On the whole the season was rather unfavorable tor cotton, although weevil 

 damage was generally less than during the two preceding years. 



Wannamaker-Cleveland and selected strains of Trice and Lone Star gave the 

 best results among the short-staple varieties, while Express and Webber 18 

 were the highesl in money value of the long-staple kinds, i 88 and Tri- 



