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EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



food value of each of the various cultivated species given with the chemical 

 composition of the tubers of many. 



Harvesting' (Dept. Agr. N. S. Wales, Farmers' Bui. 28, pp. 80, figs. 39). — 

 This bulletin contains information on a large number of topics connected with 

 the harvesting, storing, and milling of grains and on hay making. A scale of 

 points for wheat and oat hay is suggested. 



Grass plats at the experiment station during the last 15 years, S. Rhodin 

 (K. Landthr. Akad. Handl. och Tidskr., .'i9 (1910), No. 2, pp. 113-W,).— The 

 results of plat trials with Bromus incnnis, Festuca antndinacea, F. hete- 

 rophylla. Arena clatior, A. flavesccns. and Poa serotitw were tested at the 

 Swedish experiment station near Stockholm, conducted with a view to deter- 

 mining their value for pasture or hay on soils of different character, are 

 reported and discussed. 



Abaca (Manila hemp), H. T. Edwards and M. M. Saleeby (Philippine Bur. 

 Agr., Fanners' Bui. 12, rev., pp. 39, pis. 11). — This is a revised and enlarged 

 edition of this publication (E. S. R.. 16, p. 86S). 



Alfalfa, C. Willis and J. V. Bopp (South Dakota Sta. Bui. 120, pp. 661- 

 682). — This bulletin gives full directions for obtaining and handling a stand of 

 alfalfa in South Dakota and for harvesting. A brief report is given of each of 

 a numl)er of varieties tested and the history of the seeds stated. 



Alfalfa, J. M. Westgate (South Bend, Ind., 1910, pp. 1,8, figs. 12). ^A brief 

 history of alfalfa and description of the plant are given. Various methods of 

 seeding, cultivating, harvesting, storing, and feeding are suggested and allied 

 topics discussed. 



Chou Moellier or marrow cabbage, W. H. Lawrence (Washington Sta. Bui. 

 95, pp. 5-15, fig. 1). — This bulletin gives a brief history of Chou Moeliier or 

 marrow cabbage whicli was recently introduced from (Guernsey, and gives direc- 

 tions for its propagation and cultivation in Washington. It is a hybrid showing 

 many forms intermediate between marrow cabbage and thousand-headed kale. 

 The leaves grow from 24 to 36 in. in length by 14 in. or less in width. As the 

 lower leaves matured they were pulled and fed to chickens or dairy cows. The 

 plant proved about equal to kohl-rabi in frost-resisting characteristics. "From 

 the nature of the plant it is very evident that it is rich in protein and will 

 compare very favorably with thousand-headed kale." 



Cooperative variety tests of corn. Variety tests of corn at Columbia, M. F. 

 MiLLiiR and H. D. Hughes (Missouri Sta. Bui. 87, pp. 97-158, figs. ;2).— This 

 bulletin gives a brief history and description of each of a number of varieties of 

 corn used in cooperative tests, and reports the yield of different varieties as 

 tested by the cooperators during each year of the period 1905-1909. For 

 purposes of the test the State was divided into 6 districts, as follows: Section 

 I, northwest corner; Section II, southwest corner; Section III, the Ozark region; 

 Section IV, the southeast Missouri lowlands; Section V, the east central river 

 counties, and Section VI, northeast Missouri. The following table shows the 

 most important results: 



Average yields of leading varieties, 1905-1909, by districts. 



" Average for 1906, 



" Average for 1907-1909. 



