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obtained bj' selection of tlie most Inferior lieads. . . . Tlie results with the 

 Fulcaster variety show that no difference in yield was obtained by either method 

 of seed selection. . . . Also efforts to separate out strains by Individual plant 

 selections Avere without result. In short, the Fulcaster variety used in these 

 experiments must have been a pure strain which was not capable of being 

 changed by any of the methods used." 



Winter barley is noted as being a useful crop for Tennessee, the varieties 

 Tennessee and Union being the best yielders. Better yields were obtained with 

 seeding the latter half of September. Red clover is noted as being successfully 

 sown with early-seeded winter barley and winter oats. Spring barley has 

 proved inferior to sjiring oats, but may be used as a nurse crop. Better yields 

 of winter oats were obtained from September seedings than from later seedings. 

 Spring oats were successfully sown with Kentucky blue grass in the fall as a 

 protection for the young grass, as they winter-killed and were out of the way 

 for the full development of the grass in the spring. 



Turf, C. M. Hutchinson (Agr. Jour. India, 9 (1914), No. I,, pp. 366-383, 

 pi. 1). — ^This article describes various treatments of lawns, both manurial and 

 cultural. Cynodon dactylon seems to have been the most successful grass as a 

 turf former. The successful application of sand at the rate of 150 lbs. to 100 

 sq. ft. of lawn, on soils that were inclined to bake or crack dui'ing dry weather, 

 is noted. 



Grading' and baling Philippine fibers, H. T. Edwards (Philippine Ayr. Rev. 

 [English Ed.], 7 {WIJ,), No. 10-12, pp. 381-^90, figs. 5).— This article describes 

 the official standard grades, gives methods of determining them, and describes 

 the baling and labeling of fibers as required in the fiber industry of the 

 Philippines. 



Description of the standard grades of abaca (Manila hemp), M. M. Saleeby 

 (Philippine Agr. Rev. [English Ed.], 7 (1914), No. 10-12, pp. 402-410).— Thiii 

 article gives specific descriptions of each grade of the newly established standard 

 for abaci! for the Philippines. These descriptions are based upon color, clean- 

 ing, texture, and length, and include brown, seconds, current, midway, good 

 current, superior current, prime, and extra prime. 



The rejuvenation of depleted abaca fields, F. P. Nickles (Philippine Agr. 

 Rev. [English Ed.], 7 (1914), No. 10-12, pp. 411-419, pis. 2).— This article 

 describes improved methods of cultivating abacit that have been successfully 

 tried at the La Carlota station and by some growers. These methods consist 

 chiefl.v of clean cultivation and the use of cowpeas as a cover and gi'een- 

 manure crop. 



Alfalfa farming in America, J. E. Wing (Chicago: Sanders Publishing Co.. 

 1912, pp. 528, pis. 20, figs. 5). — A treatise on the production and uses of alfalfa 

 with special reference to the United States. 



Alfalfa culture, P. J. Jennings, R. J. Burley, and W. H. Fairfield (Dept. 

 Int. Canada, Irrig. Ser. Bui. 2 (1914), pp. 26. pis. 2, figs. S). — This bulletin gives 

 the results of successful attempts to grow alfalfa, especially under irrigation, 

 in Alberta and Saskatchewan. 



Alfalfa, W. T. Clarke (California Sta. Cire. 87, Reprint, pp. 6K— The article 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 29, p. 32) has been rewritten. 



Fertilizer experiments with beans in the valley of Mexico, M. Calvino 

 (Bol. Soc. Agr. Me.ricana, 38 (1914), ^"o. 42, pp. 824-827. fig. i).— This article 

 describes a fertilizer experiment with beans in which the addition of 80 kg. 

 per hectare (71.2 lbs. per acre) of sulphate of ammonia to a fertilizer consist- 

 ing of sulphate of iron 100 kg., double superphosphate SO kg., sulphate of potash 

 SO kg., and gypsum 260 kg., per hectare, produced an increase of 356 kg., and 

 a total yield of l.SSO kg., of beans per hectare. 



